Bill Text: IL HB4298 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law. Removes language regarding interpretation of specified provisions. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4298 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4298-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 Statute on Statutes is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1.36 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 70/1.36) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1.36. Born alive infant. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) In determining the meaning of any statute or of any | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | rule, regulation, or interpretation of the various | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | administrative agencies of this State, the words "person", | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | "human being", "child", and "individual" shall include every | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | any stage of development. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) As used in this Section, the term "born alive", with | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | that member, at any stage of development, who after such | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | has been cut and regardless of whether the expulsion or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | cesarean section, or induced abortion. |
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1 | (b-5) A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be | ||||||
2 | fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate | ||||||
3 | protection under the law. | ||||||
4 | (c) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
5 | affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal | ||||||
6 | right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at | ||||||
7 | any point prior to being born alive, as defined in this | ||||||
8 | Section. | ||||||
9 | (d) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
10 | affect existing federal or State law regarding abortion. | ||||||
11 | (e) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
12 | alter generally accepted medical standards. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 94-559, eff. 1-1-06 .)
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