
Illinois Review reports :
After a lengthy debate over an array of issues concerning the beginning of life, contraception, abortifacients and whether employers should be required to provide insurance coverage for all forms of prescription contraceptives, the Illinois House voted to pass HB 5576 with a 61 to 52 Thursday morning.Got that? If white men doesn't want to pay for birth control he's a racist!
The sponsor and supporters pointed to the insensitivity of "white men" who opposed the legislation in House committee testimony because of the costs HB 5576 would add to employers' health care requirements. Both the state's Chamber of Commerce and several insurance companies opposed the legislation.
"Insult to injury came along when a panel of white men came along, saying how important it is to manage the costs of being inside my uterus," said openly-gay State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago.) "It was jarring, quite frankly, that we are here in 2016, and I am still being told by a panel of white men what belongs in my body."