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Abortion opponent Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), co-sponsor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, was in Chicago yesterday to speak to the City Club.

With the news here focused on the horrific, life-threatening “Blizzard of ’11,” Roskam’s remarks haven’t received much notice. They should.

According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, Roskam, the new chief deputy Republican whip, addressed “controversy over a ban on federal funding of abortions, including a new definition of what constitutes rape.” Roskam, who holds the seat once held by anti-abortion stalwart Henry Hyde, explained that House Republicans planned to push for a federal statutory ban on taxpayer funding of abortions. As the Tribune’s Rick Pearson noted, “The definition of rape as an exception entitled to federal funding has been changed to ‘forcible rape.’ ”

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