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These are two separate issues and the statement about abortion has no bearing on law, so the abortion statement is irrelevant.
I think the issue then remains her FOID and the Law is the Law. I stand with the law because bending the rules for one person can have more negative consequences than positive. "It rains on the just as well as the unjust".
Do I think the Law should change? Yes but conditionally.
Also I think she went about things the wrong way. She should be fighting to have it changed and accepting why it's in place to begin with.
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I don't understand this sentiment. I don't stand with the law in any routine or automated fashion. It has been the legal history of this country for 200 years that the job of a jury is to weigh the application of th elaw in the particular case. If a person shoots in self-defense in their home, in clear violation of the city ordinance against firing a gun in the city limits, are you suggesting they should be prosecuted for firing the weapon even though they could not be prosecuted for killing the intruder?
Just what conditions would you apply to eliminating Illinois FOID card?