Personal PAC is hitting him hard on his anti-abortion views with a new flyer.
Usually such things are not the best in discussing nuanced policy, but the nice thing about Bill Brady? No nuances–he just thinks your uterus belongs to the state.
Let me make the point though that is really important. This isn’t just about abortion, it’s about contraception. Bill Brady voted to allow insurance companies to not cover contraceptives while they do cover Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs.
He also was against the rule and voted to overturn the regulation requiring pharmacies that sell contraceptives to actually sell those contraceptives regardless of whether an individual pharmacist is opposed to them. No word on how he feels about Christian Science pharmacists.
Many nice people I know and respect are against abortion and I respect, but disagree with them. However, Bill Brady is backed by the ‘pro-life’ movement that isn’t just against abortion, but sex and anything that goes along with it that isn’t strictly pro-creation.
Want evidence? Let me share with you my favorite press release of the last few months:
CHICAGO, IL, June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To mark the day the U.S Food and Drug Administration first approved the birth control pill 50 years ago, the Pro-Life Action League is encouraging pro-life activists across the nation to speak out against contraception.
“Contraception has radically altered sexual behavior in our culture and ultimately leads to more abortion, not less,” said Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League. “We want to empower pro-life activists to confidently articulate the case against contraception, especially as we remember the day it was first approved for use in America.”
In a press release the Pro-Life Action League outlined a number of points that it said would equip pro-life activists with the information they need to speak out against contraception.
Those points include:
– The mentality of contraception opposes life. The unborn child is not seen as the natural consequence of sex but as a “mistake” to be avoided. When a woman does become pregnant, this mentality predisposes her to abort.
– Contraception encourages risky sexual behavior, contributing to the 19 million Americans who become infected with sexually transmitted diseases every year, according to the Center for Disease Control.
– No form of birth control is 100% fail proof. Consider this – even when the birth control pill is taken exactly as prescribed, 116,000 women still become pregnant every year. What happens to these 116,000 babies?
– Just like birth control, condoms are not the answer. In fact, a comprehensive study by the Consortium of State Physicians Resource Councils found that as the use of condoms has increased, so has the rate of out-of-wedlock births.
“When the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in 1960, a chain of events was set in motion that led straight to the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that struck down laws protecting unborn babies in all fifty states. History has proved that – far from reducing the need for abortion – contraception only increases abortion,” said Scheidler. “We hope to educate more people about birth control and all forms of contraception and help them communicate this opposition more clearly.”
The movement isn’t about abortion, it’s about regulating sex.
Fantastic article which makes a number of really important points. This debate isn’t about who’s pro-choice and who’s pro-life (Bill Brady wishes it was that simple), but rather Bill Brady’s intense extremism across the board on these issues.
From opposing funding for anti-domestic abuse programs to taking the initiative in proposing legislation to force women to get ultrasounds before receiving abortions, Bill Brady’s simply way off kilter with mainstream Illinois.
He was one of only a couple legislators to oppose requiring insurance coverage for mammograms on women over 40!
We’ve just launched a campaign to push issues exactly like the ones in the article, and it’d be fantastic if anyone would like to join us at http://www.StopBillBrady.com and http://www.facebook.com/StopBillBrady
Thanks!
They aren’t pro-life; they’re anti-woman.
If Brady were pro-life, he wouldn’t be proposing massive across-the-board cuts in human services that are keeping lots of people alive. (Oh wait, he never said that even though he did. It was his evil twin. Yeah, that’s the ticket.)
If Bill Brady is so pro-life why doesn’t he focus on the people that are actually living and need help. I mean whats the point of having titles if you can’t use common sense.