A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor.
The courthouse became the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility in 2010, three years after the Republican lawmaker from Wood Dale died at 83 years old.
The new measure, if approved, would rename the building the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility.
During an interview Sunday, County Board Chair Deb Conroy referenced the Hyde Amendment, legislation introduced by Hyde in 1976 that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions, with some exceptions. “While Henry Hyde was a very well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women, particularly women in Illinois,” said Conroy, a Democrat from Elmhurst. “I think, overwhelmingly, women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance.”
Conroy said she told a Daily Herald editorial board in 2022 that she would take this action if elected chair.
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