Tag: Abortion

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Commemorate life Saturday, Oct. 1

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Reproductive activists will commemorate the life of Rosie Jiménez at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 1 at Water Street Mall, 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora. The Community Speakout in defense of reproductive justice for all honors Jiménez who died of an unsafe abortion October 3, 1977. Speakers will address their concerns...

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Criminal abortion blasted

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Speakers at a Tuesday, Sept. 27, press conference in Aurora on reproductive rights pose for a photo. From left are Rep. Katherine Clark, assistant speaker, House of Representatives; Congressman Sean Casten, D-6; and Jennifer Welch, president/CEO, Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Planned Parenthood's Aurora health center hosted the presentation.

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Abortion main issue: Pritzker

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By Peter Hancock Democratic Party governor JB Pritzker said Tuesday this week that abortion rights will be a central issue in the 2022 election, not just in his bid for reelection, but in races up and down the ballot. That includes races for Congress and the Illinois Supreme Court as...

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Illinois government will contact other states

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By Peter Hancock Democratic Party governor JB Pritzker said this week that he is actively reaching out to businesses in Indiana and other states that recently have passed restrictive abortion laws in hopes of luring those companies to Illinois. “Well, all ready I’ve reached out to companies that are affected...

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Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Objection to letter’s view

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July 5, 2022Dear editor; In The Voice June 30 edition there was another emotional rant by the same person who has had her liberal views published in the Reader’s Voice several times. This diatribe regarded the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion that returned abortion decisions to the states...

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Survey: State residents moderate on abortion issue

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By Peter Hancock A new survey released this week suggests Illinoisans are more moderate on the issue of abortion than the current Democratic Party-controlled General Assembly, but it is unclear whether that will cost Democrats votes in November. The poll by the Chicago-based firm Ogden & Fry, which is owned...

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Call to work together on an abortion issue

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The likely overthrow of Roe v. Wade this month by the U.S. Supreme Court puts abortion back in the crosshairs of American public focus. The polar opposite Pro-Life and Pro-Choice camps appear more interested in ideology than in the practical matter of reducing decisions to have an abortion. Enter Perry...

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Parental notification controversial

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By Beth Hundsdorfer Governor JB Pritzker signed a law recently that ends parental notification, a requirement that doctors notify the parents of a minor seeking an abortion. “With reproductive rights under attack across the Nation, Illinois is once again establishing itself as a leader in ensuring access to health care...

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Abortion: Thoughts on both sides of the volatile issue

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Abortion is back in the news again. It had been biding its time until the right moment. The right moment arrived with the appearance of two news items: • The first item is that the U.S. Supreme Court will be reviewing the State of Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15...

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Commentary Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Work continues in right to life

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September 7, 2021Dear editor; I am willing to match my life history against Hamza Shaban and Susan Estrich’s columns appearing in the Washington Post. The battle for abortion and Abortion and the importance of one vote were in the headlines. I would offer to meet with those paid cheaps who...

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Reader’s Commentary: Rally for reproductive rights in Naperville

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By Naperville Radical Women Community activists urge the public to make your voice heard in support of the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, on Naperville’s Riverwalk, Free Speech Pavilion. Laura Welch, president of Illinois NOW (National Organization of Women), underscores that, “Illinois is one...

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Women’s reproductive care in Barbara Hernandez town hall

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State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Hernandez, will join with ACLU Illinois for a town hall meeting to discuss women’s reproductive health care legislation at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 1 E. Benton Street in Aurora. Hernandez and ACLU Illinois will discuss legislation to repeal the Parental Notification of Abortion (PNA)....

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Response: Christmas greeting serious

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If Frank Patterson’s letter in the January 7 issue of The Voice, “Comment on greetings at Christmas” goes unanswered, then (commentator) Rush Limbaugh’s observation is accurate: “The general population doesn’t know what is happening and it doesn’t even know it doesn’t know.”

Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, criticized Western countries for abandoning Christian roots.

Such a statement from prominent leaders should be taken seriously. If not, our country is on a continuing route to chaos. Mr. Patterson’s opinion shows disrespect for our religious traditions....

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