Bill Text: IL SB1596 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1596 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1596-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 510/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 81-21)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
It is the
the intention of the General Assembly of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | the State of
Illinois to reasonably regulate abortion in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | conformance with the
decisions of the United States Supreme | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Court of January 22, 1973.
Without in any way restricting the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | right of privacy of a woman or the
right of a woman to an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | abortion under those decisions, the General
Assembly of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | State of Illinois do solemnly declare and find in
reaffirmation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | of the longstanding policy of this State, that the unborn
child | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | a
legal person for purposes of the unborn child's right to life | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | and is
entitled to the right to life from conception under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | laws and
Constitution of this State. Further, the General | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Assembly finds and
declares that longstanding policy of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | State to protect the right to
life of the unborn child from | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | conception by prohibiting abortion unless
necessary to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | preserve the life of the mother is impermissible only
because | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | of the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and that,
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| 1 | therefore, if those decisions of the United States Supreme | ||||||
| 2 | Court are
ever reversed or modified or the United States | ||||||
| 3 | Constitution is amended
to allow protection of the unborn then | ||||||
| 4 | the former policy of this State
to prohibit abortions unless | ||||||
| 5 | necessary for the preservation of the
mother's life shall be | ||||||
| 6 | reinstated. | ||||||
| 7 | It is the further intention of the General Assembly to | ||||||
| 8 | assure and protect
the woman's health and the integrity of the | ||||||
| 9 | woman's decision whether or
not to continue to bear a child, to | ||||||
| 10 | protect the valid and compelling state
interest in the infant | ||||||
| 11 | and unborn child, to assure the integrity of marital
and | ||||||
| 12 | familial relations and the rights and interests of persons who | ||||||
| 13 | participate
in such relations, and to gather data for | ||||||
| 14 | establishing criteria for medical
decisions. The General | ||||||
| 15 | Assembly finds as fact, upon hearings and public
disclosures, | ||||||
| 16 | that these rights and interests are not secure in the economic
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| 17 | and social context in which abortion is presently performed.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 81-1078.)
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