Pritzker to U.S. Senate: 'Be like Illinois'
Published Date: 5/11/2022
Source: KSDK News
The Supreme Court's pending decision to return the nation's polarizing political debate over abortion back to legislators could test whether the U.S. Senate in its current form can still settle our most difficult disagreements. As state legislatures and governors across the country are poised to take charge over abortion policies, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a first-term Democrat, painted his state as a safe-haven for women seeking the procedure. "This is an island, this state," Pritzker said at a Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights on Wednesday morning. "And can you imagine what it would be like in the country if Illinois was not pro-choice?" Read more at KSDK.com