Full Text of SR1273 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 1273
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 1273 by | 3 | | replacing everything after the heading with the following: | 4 | | "WHEREAS, In light of the advances in technology and the | 5 | | widespread accessibility of the Internet, pornography is more | 6 | | readily available and easily accessible than at any time in | 7 | | American history; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, As reported in 2013, all of the pornography | 9 | | websites on the Internet had more visitors that year than | 10 | | Amazon, Netflix, and Twitter combined; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Pornography normalizes violence, particularly | 12 | | against women and children; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, This rise in the demand for pornography has | 14 | | contributed to the human trafficking and the sexual |
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| 1 | | exploitation of both women and children around the world; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The women and children forced into producing | 3 | | pornography against their will are often kidnapped, held | 4 | | against their will, or are forced to continue producing | 5 | | pornography out of fear, threats, and violence by the | 6 | | traffickers; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The Internet has led to a dramatic increase in the | 8 | | production of underground pornography or amateur pornography | 9 | | that depicts more violent and illegal content, which is much | 10 | | harder to regulate and catch the offenders; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Pornography equates torment and violence against | 12 | | women and children with pleasure, increasing the demand for sex | 13 | | trafficking, prostitution, child sexual abuse images, and | 14 | | child pornography; therefore, be it | 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize that | 17 | | pornography harms the State of Illinois and its citizens; and | 18 | | be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the need for education, | 20 | | research, and policy change at the community and societal level | 21 | | in order to address the epidemic that is harming the citizens |
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| 1 | | of Illinois and the country as a whole."
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