94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2979


 
Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 513/10









    Amends the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section prohibiting partial-birth abortions.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB2979

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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 Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act is amended by 
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changing Section 10 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 513/10)



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    Sec. 10. Partial-birth abortions prohibited. Any person 
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who knowingly
performs a partial-birth abortion and
and thereby 
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kills a human fetus or infant is
guilty of
a Class 4 felony. 
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This Section does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that
is 
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necessary to save the life of a mother because her life is 
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endangered by a
physical
disorder, physical illness, or 
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physical injury, including a life-endangering
condition caused 
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by or arising from the pregnancy itself, provided that no
other 
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medical procedure would
suffice for that purpose.
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(Source: P.A. 90-560, eff. 2-13-98.)