Most of Illinois’ Republican candidates for governor on Tuesday applauded the seemingly inevitable upending of federally protected abortion rights — though the silence of the state GOP’s establishment pick underscored the challenge in trying to court conservative voters in the primary and more moderate ones in November.
A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision — suggesting the Roe v. Wade decision will be overturned this year — was met with full-throated support by those farther to the right on the spectrum of the state’s GOP gubernatorial hopefuls.
