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HR0507 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly promoted | ||||||
| 3 | false, disproven claims linking childhood vaccines and common | ||||||
| 4 | medications to autism; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, These reckless statements directly contradict | ||||||
| 6 | decades of peer-reviewed research and scientific consensus | ||||||
| 7 | showing no connection between vaccines or Tylenol and autism | ||||||
| 8 | or autism spectrum disorder; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's rhetoric undermines public | ||||||
| 10 | trust in science, dismisses the expertise of the Centers for | ||||||
| 11 | Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National | ||||||
| 12 | Institute of Health (NIH), and spreads misinformation that has | ||||||
| 13 | fueled a resurgence of preventable diseases like measles; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy has advised pregnant women and | ||||||
| 15 | parents to withhold safe medications such as Tylenol, | ||||||
| 16 | endangering maternal and fetal health by increasing the risk | ||||||
| 17 | of miscarriage, preterm birth, and complications from | ||||||
| 18 | untreated fever; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's public comments describing | ||||||
| 20 | children with autism as those who "will never pay taxes, never | ||||||
| 21 | hold a job, never play baseball, never write a poem, never go | ||||||
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| 1 | out on a date, and may never use a toilet unassisted" are | ||||||
| 2 | deeply cruel and dehumanizing and disregard the lived | ||||||
| 3 | experiences of millions of neurodiverse individuals and their | ||||||
| 4 | families; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Autism is not a disease to be cured but a complex | ||||||
| 6 | neurodevelopmental condition influenced by genetics and | ||||||
| 7 | environmental factors, not vaccines or medications, as | ||||||
| 8 | confirmed by decades of scientific research; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's embrace of divisive and | ||||||
| 10 | anti-scientific rhetoric mirrors the dangerous misinformation | ||||||
| 11 | that flourished under the Trump Administration during the | ||||||
| 12 | COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation that politicized science, | ||||||
| 13 | eroded public trust, and contributed to more than 39,000 | ||||||
| 14 | deaths in Illinois alone; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Both President Trump and Secretary Kennedy's | ||||||
| 16 | deliberate weaponization of public health for political gain | ||||||
| 17 | replaces fact with fear, exploits vulnerable families, and | ||||||
| 18 | ultimately jeopardizes the health and safety of American | ||||||
| 19 | children, families, and communities nationwide; therefore, be | ||||||
| 20 | it | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we condemn the dangerous, false, and demeaning statements of | ||||||
| 2 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and reaffirm Illinois' commitment to | ||||||
| 3 | defending science, truth, and respect for all individuals with | ||||||
| 4 | developmental differences; and be it further | ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, That we urge Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to | ||||||
| 6 | immediately resign as Secretary of Health and Human Services; | ||||||
| 7 | and be it further | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, That if Secretary Kennedy fails to resign, we | ||||||
| 9 | urge President Trump to immediately remove him as Secretary of | ||||||
| 10 | Health and Human Services. | ||||||