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 1        AN ACT to create the Freedom of Choice Act.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Freedom of Choice Act.

 6        Section  5.   Public policy and legislative purpose.  The
 7    General Assembly of the State of Illinois both recognizes and
 8    respects a woman's right to  personal  bodily  integrity  and
 9    autonomy.   In  light  of  this public policy, the purpose of
10    this Act is to protect the reproductive rights and freedom of
11    women.

12        Section 10.  Restrictions on pregnancy termination.
13        (a)  Notwithstanding  any  law  to  the  contrary,  State
14    agencies and units of local government shall not restrict the
15    right of a woman to choose to terminate  a  pregnancy  before
16    fetal  viability  or at any time, if termination is necessary
17    to  protect  the  life  or  health  of  women,  except  under
18    subsection (c).
19        (b)  All State agencies and  units  of  local  government
20    shall   review   and   revise,   as   necessary,  all  rules,
21    regulations, ordinances, and resolutions  that  violate  this
22    Section.
23        (c)  State  agencies  and  units  of local government may
24    impose requirements medically necessary to protect  the  life
25    and health of women.

26        Section  50.   Home  rule.   A  home  rule  unit  may not
27    exercise any of its powers in a manner inconsistent with this
28    Act.  This Section is a denial and limitation  of  home  rule
29    powers  and  functions  under  subsection (h) of Section 6 of
 
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 1    Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

 2        (720 ILCS 510/1 rep.)
 3        Section 90.  The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended
 4    by repealing Section 1.

 5        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 6    becoming law.