WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep Robert Dold (IL-10) sent to Illinois Review the following explanation for why he voted to protect gender- and race-based abortions. He was the only Republican in the Illinois caucus to vote "No" on PRENDA.
“Abortions based on gender-selection are reprehensible, but federal legislative intervention and criminalization of this decision is not the proper approach to addressing gender discrimination. These are serious issues, particularly in some foreign countries, but today’s legislation would obligate American doctors to police and report ‘thought crimes’ in the women they serve and would put the federal government between the doctor-patient relationship.”
More on Dold's vote on Illinois Review HERE. The legislation did not gain the 2/3 needed for passage.
