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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Recent multiple news articles have reported on the 
3harvesting and sale of body parts from aborted babies by 
4Planned Parenthood; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Trafficking in human body parts is a federal 
6crime; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Trafficking in human body parts is a form of human 
8trafficking; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Illinois has provided State taxpayer dollars and 
10has acted as a conduit for federal taxpayer dollars for Planned 
11Parenthood agencies in Illinois for many years, including most 
12recently $2.54 million in Fiscal Year 2013, $2.28 million in 
13Fiscal Year 2014, and $2.28 million in Fiscal Year 2015; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Illinois taxpayers, through their State 
15government, are indirectly involved and are cooperating with 
16Planned Parenthood in these particular immoral and potentially 
17criminal acts; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, State tax dollars enable Planned Parenthood to 
19divert an equal amount of financial resources from other 
20sources to fund their operations; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Governor Bruce 
3Rauner and the members of this body to end any and all State 
4funding of Planned Parenthood immediately; and be it further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That we urge the proper State agencies, 
6including, but not limited to the Illinois Department of Public 
7Health and the Illinois State Police, to conduct a thorough 
8investigation to determine if any Illinois taxpayer dollars are 
9directly involved in the harvesting and selling of baby body 
10parts by Planned Parenthood and associated agencies in 
11Illinois; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
13delivered to the Governor, the Directors of the Illinois 
14Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Police, and 
15the members of the Illinois congressional delegation.