Schakowsky, Dold Help Defeat Pro-Life Bill
North Shore representatives vote against bill that would criminalize abortion based on gender.
A proposed federal law criminalizing abortions performed solely because of the gender of the fetus was defeated Thursday as Rep. Robert Dold, R-Kenilworth, joined six other Republicans in voting against the measure. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Evanston, voted against the bill as well, joining 160 of her Democratic colleagues to defeat the proposed legislation on procedural grounds. Earlier: Dold Schakowsky Spar on Women’s Health The final vote was 246-168 in favor of the bill, which required a two-thirds majority because its sponsors were trying to rush it through and needed a suspension of the rules to do so, according to Dold communications director Stefani Zimmerman. Schakowsky was incensed that the Republican majority would try to suspend …
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