HR0833 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising found the bodies of 115 babies who were allegedly illegally aborted; and

WHEREAS, Five of the bodies are in the custody of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department; and

WHEREAS, The bodies of the aborted babies appear to be fully developed and appear to be the victims of partial-birth abortion and potentially even post-birth abortion; and

WHEREAS, Partial-birth abortion is illegal in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The Surgi-Center in Washington D.C. advertises on its website that it performs abortions as late as 27 weeks; and

WHEREAS, A baby can survive outside the womb at as early as 22 weeks of pregnancy; and

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice have refused to perform autopsies on the babies; and

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Police Department has made reference to the bodies of five dead fully formed infants as "items"; and

WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Police Department under the direction of Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appears more interested in investigating the pro-life activists who found the bodies than the possible illegal activity at the Surgi-Center; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate possible criminal activity at the Surgi-Center abortion mill, urge that the investigation include proper autopsies to find out how these children died, and urge that this investigation be conducted in the same manner as any other homicide investigation would be conducted; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Attorney General Merrick Garland, all Illinois constitutional officers, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, and the President and Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate.