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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3375 Introduced , by Rep. Mark Batinick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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| | HB3375 | | LRB101 09458 RJF 54556 b |
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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,
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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)
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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.
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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 that |
17 | | member, at any stage of development, who after such
expulsion |
18 | | or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the
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19 | | umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, |
20 | | regardless of
whether the umbilical cord has been cut and |
21 | | regardless of whether the expulsion
or extraction occurs as a |
22 | | result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section,
or |
23 | | induced abortion.
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