Full Text of SR0047 96th General Assembly
SR0047 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" would | 3 |
| invalidate any "statute, ordinance,
regulation, administrative | 4 |
| order, decision, policy, practice, or other action" of any | 5 |
| federal, state,
or local government or governmental official | 6 |
| (or any person acting under government authority)
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| "deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose" abortion, or | 8 |
| that would
"discriminate against the exercise of the right ... | 9 |
| in the regulation or provision of benefits,
facilities, | 10 |
| services, or information"; and
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| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" would nullify | 12 |
| any federal or state law
"enacted, adopted, or implemented | 13 |
| before, on, or after the date of (its) enactment" and would
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| effectively prevent the State of Illinois from enacting similar | 15 |
| protective measures
in the future; and
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| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" would | 17 |
| invalidate more than 550 federal and
state abortion-related | 18 |
| laws, laws supported by the majority of the American public; | 19 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" would | 21 |
| specifically invalidate the following
common-sense, protective | 22 |
| laws and rules properly enacted by the State of Illinois:
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| (1) born alive infant protection (5 ILCS 70/1.36); | 2 |
| (2) ambulatory surgical treatment center regulation | 3 |
| (210 ILCS 5/Act) and 77 Ill. Adm. Code 205.330, 205.540 | 4 |
| (codifying consent decree); | 5 |
| (3) prohibitions on abortion counseling and referral | 6 |
| by recipients of State funds (410 ILCS 230/4-100) and 77 | 7 |
| Ill. Admin. Code 655.10; | 8 |
| (4) limitations on use of State funds to purchase | 9 |
| insurance coverage for abortions (5 ILCS 375/6.1); | 10 |
| (5) requiring only a licensed physician to perform an | 11 |
| abortion (720 ILCS 510/3.1); | 12 |
| (6) Health Care Right of Conscience Act (745 ILCS | 13 |
| 70/Act); and | 14 |
| (7) abortion reporting (77 Ill. Adm. Code 505.20 | 15 |
| through 505.50); and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" will not make | 17 |
| abortion safe or rare, but will
instead actively promote and | 18 |
| subsidize abortion with state and federal tax dollars and do | 19 |
| nothing
to ensure its safety; and
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| WHEREAS, The federal "Freedom of Choice Act" will protect | 21 |
| and promote the abortion
industry, sacrifice women and their | 22 |
| health to a radical political ideology of unregulated abortion-
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| on-demand, and silence the voices of everyday Americans who | 24 |
| want to engage in a meaningful
public discussion and debate |
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| over the availability, safety, and even desirability of | 2 |
| abortion; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Senate strongly | 5 |
| opposes the
federal "Freedom of Choice Act" and urges the | 6 |
| United States Congress to summarily reject it; and be it | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly opposes the federal | 9 |
| "Freedom of Choice Act" because it
seeks to circumvent the | 10 |
| states' general legislative authority as guaranteed by the 10th
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| Amendment to the United States Constitution; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly opposes the federal | 13 |
| "Freedom of Choice Act" because it
seeks to undermine the right | 14 |
| and responsibility of the states and the people to debate, vote | 15 |
| on,
and determine abortion policy; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly opposes the federal | 17 |
| "Freedom of Choice Act" because
the protection of women's | 18 |
| health through state regulations on abortion is a compelling | 19 |
| state
interest that should not be nullified by Congress; and be | 20 |
| it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly opposes the federal |
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| "Freedom of Choice Act" because its
enactment would nullify 7 | 2 |
| laws in the state of Illinois,
laws that the legislature and | 3 |
| the people of Illinois strongly support; and be it further | 4 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 |
| transmitted to the Governor, the President of the United | 6 |
| States, the President and President pro tempore of the Senate, | 7 |
| and the
U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each | 8 |
| member of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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