Prairie State Wire

State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) was one of four members of the state’s legislature to sign a friend of the court brief supporting Mississippi’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

"I believe in the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human being,” Bailey, a candidate for governor in 2022, told Prairie State Wire. “I think Roe v. Wade is inconsistent with those principles, and we'd be better to return this issue to the legislatures for thoughtful discussions and decisions.”

Illinois Right to Life Action gave Bailey a 100% rating for his votes on abortion legislation

“Abortion is not healthcare,” he posted on Facebook in 2019.

In 2019, Bailey introduced a resolution calling for Chicago to break away from the rest of the state, but says he no longer supports that, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The resolution was a “warning shot” to the city, Bailey said, according to the Sun-Times.

“I am going to fight to make Illinois stronger from the north to the south from the east to the west as a whole and to make Chicago the great city that it should be,” Bailey told the newspaper. “But unfortunately, it’s being held hostage with liberal terrible ideas.”

His experience as a business owner, farmer and legislator and his work ethic qualify him to get the state's economy moving, he told Prairie State Wire.

 "My campaign is focused on fighting for working families to provide tax relief and clear the way for economic growth,” he said. “We have to get Illinois growing again.”

James Odum of the Illinois Family Institute praised Bailey for signing the amicus brief in the Mississippi abortion case.

“Thank you Sen. Bailey for being only one of four members of the Illinois Legislature to take the opportunity to speak for the people of Illinois, against the execution of unwanted and unborn human beings,” Odum said on Facebook. “This was one of few opportunities that the Republican, pro-life minority in Illinois have to speak with authority. As you spoke with greater power while locked out of the Capitol for COVID, here again, you have brought glory to God and representation to the disenfranchised citizens of all but Cook County, who rules over us.”