94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1012


 
Introduced 02/03/05, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Sara Feigenholtz
 
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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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended by 
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changing Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 510/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 81-21)



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    Sec. 1. It is the
the intention of the General Assembly of 
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the State of
Illinois to reasonably regulate abortion in 
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conformance with the
decisions of the United States Supreme 
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Court of January 22, 1973.
Without in any way restricting the 
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right of privacy of a woman or the
right of a woman to an 
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abortion under those decisions, the General
Assembly of the 
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State of Illinois do solemnly declare and find in
reaffirmation 
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of the longstanding policy of this State, that the unborn
child 
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is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, 
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a
legal person for purposes of the unborn child's right to life 
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and is
entitled to the right to life from conception under the 
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laws and
Constitution of this State. Further, the General 
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Assembly finds and
declares that longstanding policy of this 
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State to protect the right to
life of the unborn child from 
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conception by prohibiting abortion unless
necessary to 
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preserve the life of the mother is impermissible only
because 
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of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and that,

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therefore, if those decisions of the United States Supreme 
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Court are
ever reversed or modified or the United States 
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Constitution is amended
to allow protection of the unborn then 
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the former policy of this State
to prohibit abortions unless 
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necessary for the preservation of the
mother's life shall be 
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reinstated.
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    It is the further intention of the General Assembly to 
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assure and protect
the woman's health and the integrity of the 
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woman's decision whether or
not to continue to bear a child, to 
 


 






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protect the valid and compelling state
interest in the infant 
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and unborn child, to assure the integrity of marital
and 
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familial relations and the rights and interests of persons who 
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participate
in such relations, and to gather data for 
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establishing criteria for medical
decisions. The General 
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Assembly finds as fact, upon hearings and public
disclosures, 
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that these rights and interests are not secure in the economic

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and social context in which abortion is presently performed.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1078.)