97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1596

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Matt Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 510/1  from Ch. 38, par. 81-21

    Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended by
5changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 510/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 81-21)
7    Sec. 1. It is the the intention of the General Assembly of
8the State of Illinois to reasonably regulate abortion in
9conformance with the decisions of the United States Supreme
10Court of January 22, 1973. Without in any way restricting the
11right of privacy of a woman or the right of a woman to an
12abortion under those decisions, the General Assembly of the
13State of Illinois do solemnly declare and find in reaffirmation
14of the longstanding policy of this State, that the unborn child
15is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore,
16a legal person for purposes of the unborn child's right to life
17and is entitled to the right to life from conception under the
18laws and Constitution of this State. Further, the General
19Assembly finds and declares that longstanding policy of this
20State to protect the right to life of the unborn child from
21conception by prohibiting abortion unless necessary to
22preserve the life of the mother is impermissible only because
23of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and that,

 

 

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1therefore, if those decisions of the United States Supreme
2Court are ever reversed or modified or the United States
3Constitution is amended to allow protection of the unborn then
4the former policy of this State to prohibit abortions unless
5necessary for the preservation of the mother's life shall be
6reinstated.
7    It is the further intention of the General Assembly to
8assure and protect the woman's health and the integrity of the
9woman's decision whether or not to continue to bear a child, to
10protect the valid and compelling state interest in the infant
11and unborn child, to assure the integrity of marital and
12familial relations and the rights and interests of persons who
13participate in such relations, and to gather data for
14establishing criteria for medical decisions. The General
15Assembly finds as fact, upon hearings and public disclosures,
16that these rights and interests are not secure in the economic
17and social context in which abortion is presently performed.
18(Source: P.A. 81-1078.)