HR0417 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, During these final weeks of the Spring 2009 Legislative Session, lawmakers will be forced to make hard choices as State revenues continue to deteriorate and the Illinois budget outlook for Fiscal Year 2010 hemorrhages with red ink; and

WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood, the alleged not-for-profit abortion business, in fiscal year 2007, brought in $1.0179 billion in gross revenue and, according to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Annual Report for 2006-2007, of that nearly $1.02 billion, $336.7 million came from government grants and contracts at both state and federal levels; and

WHEREAS, In the State of Illinois, taxpayers have provided over $25 million in funding to Planned Parenthood over the past five years for an average of $5 million per year; and

WHEREAS, Whatever one's views on abortion, the fact remains that the government, while trying to regain a steady financial foothold, should focus on providing financial assistance for basic, vital healthcare needs to those who need it most and that will affect the most citizens, not subsidizing a controversial operation that has no problem raising money on its own accord; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State of Illinois discontinue State funding of Planned Parenthood and to more prudently spend our precious tax dollars by helping to pay our current healthcare obligations and to provide healthcare for all Illinoisans.