Extreme abortion bill passes state legislature. Somehow, the uproar is missing

Published May 29, 2019 10:07pm ET



When Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri passed pro-life legislation earlier this month, it consumed the news cycle. But when the Illinois House of Representatives passed the most radical abortion bill in America Tuesday, it flew completely under the radar.

The House passed the Illinois Reproductive Health Tuesday by a vote of 64 to 50. The bill is nearly identical to the New York bill of the same name that made headlines in January for legalizing abortion until birth. The Illinois bill includes one important provision that wasn’t in the New York bill.

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