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    Kirk's Senate rivals criticized him for abandoning his principles and abandoning women. "By voting yesterday to block women from essential reproductive health care services, Mark Kirk has abandoned Illinois women and, consistent with his recent solicitation of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, cast his lot with the extreme, anti-choice right wing of the Republican Party" former Chicago Urban League president and Democratic candidate Cheryle Robinson Jackson said in a statement. Full Article at Huffington Post
    By voting yesterday to block women from essential reproductive health care services, Mark Kirk has abandoned Illinois women and, consistent with his recent solicitation of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, cast his lot with the extreme, anti-choice right wing of the Republican Party
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 1 month ago
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Illinois Democrats Line Up Behind Health Care Bill
  1. This health reform bill is about improving access to care, not further restricting a woman's right to choose ... Our bill is about lowering health care costs for millions of women and their families, not further marginalizing women by forcing them to pay more for their care.
    Jan Schakowsky – Jan Schakowsky SOURCE: Huffington Post 1 month ago
  2. This amendment says only women who can afford insurance deserve access to reproductive health care ... This amendment says that women who need a little help paying for health care have to surrender their right to privacy.
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 1 month ago
  3. Mark Kirk proved tonight he will abandon all of his principles to curry favor with right wingers like Sarah Palin ... He flip-flopped on the Clean Energy bill because the right wing demanded it, and now he has abandoned his once pro-choice voting record to take private insurance coverage away from women...
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 1 month ago
  4. By his votes as well as his actions, Kirk has shown he neither understands nor cares about the health care needs of Illinois women.
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 1 month ago

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