Bush Boosts 2 Pro-Choice Candidates : Politics: The President, speaking in Illinois and Rhode Island, makes a pitch for cutting the capital gains tax and ignores the abortion issue.

President Bush, with an early eye on the 1990 elections, went campaigning today in Illinois and Rhode Island for two Republican congresswomen who disagree with him on abortion.

The trip occurred one day after Bush cast his third abortion-related veto this fall, knocking back a $14.6-billion foreign operations bill because it included $15 million in aid for a U.N. population control agency that Bush blames for supporting forced abortions in China.

The President made no mention of abortion in remarks at a fund-raising lunch here for Rep. Lynn Martin, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Paul Simon in next year’s elections.

Instead, he made a pitch for cutting the capital gains tax and passing his anti-crime and clean air initiatives--all of which have been held up in the Democratic-controlled Congress.

As Bush spoke at the $250-a-person Republican fund-raiser, he was heckled by members of the audience who shouted criticism of U.S. policy in El Salvador.

When a woman accused the Administration of killing priests, Bush replied: “We are not. You be quiet.”

He then sought to explain why the United States is supporting El Salvador. With that, a man jumped up and shouted, “Stop the repression in El Salvador!” The two demonstrators and a third person were led out by security forces, and the crowd applauded.

“Now, who’s next?” the President joked. “I’m here to talk about Lynn. This is not a town meeting.”

Later, Bush went to Providence, R.I., to raise funds for Rep. Claudine Schneider, expected to mount a challenge next year to Sen. Claiborne Pell, a Democratic veteran of 29 years in the Senate.

He also was helping raise money for Gov. Edward DiPrete, who is seeking a fourth two-year term in 1990 as Rhode Island’s chief executive.

Martin, Schneider and two other pro-choice GOP congresswomen, Olympia Snowe of Maine and Nancy Johnson of Connecticut, met with Bush last Tuesday to urge him to modify his hard-line stance against abortion funding.

Bush said Martin has been in his corner on the fight for a lower tax on capital gains, which are the profits on the sales of such investments as real estate and securities.

“The capital gains battle may be over for this year, but the fact is this: We’ve seen the votes--a majority in both the Senate and the House are on record in favor of cutting the capital gains rate,” he said.