Bill Text: IL HR0671 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois Executive Inspector General, the Illinois Attorney General, and the Illinois Department of Revenue to investigate Planned Parenthood's procedures for abortions, obtaining informed consent, and sale or donation of human fetal tissue across the State and to investigate which organizations across the State are involved in purchasing or accepting human fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 43-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-08-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe [HR0671 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0671-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is illegal to profit from the sale of any part | ||||||
| 3 | of a human body, except to be reimbursed for reasonable | ||||||
| 4 | expenses therefrom (720 ILCS 5/12-20); and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, No anatomical gift may be made unless expressly | ||||||
| 6 | authorized by the proper person or persons under the Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Anatomical Gift Act (755 ILCS 50/5-5); stillborn infants and | ||||||
| 8 | fetuses are treated as decedents under the Act (755 ILCS | ||||||
| 9 | 50/1-10); and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Physicians are required to certify in writing the | ||||||
| 11 | methods of abortion available and the reason for the method | ||||||
| 12 | chosen (720 ILCS 510/6); and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, It has come to light that Planned Parenthood may | ||||||
| 14 | be profiting from the sale of human fetal tissue to various | ||||||
| 15 | organizations across the State; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood may not be obtaining full | ||||||
| 17 | informed consent as to the donation of the fetal tissue and | ||||||
| 18 | reimbursement for such costs and procedures; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood may be performing abortion | ||||||
| 20 | procedures that put the life and health of the mother at risk | ||||||
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| 1 | in order to keep the fetal tissue intact; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The illegal practice of selling human fetal tissue | ||||||
| 3 | is a major concern because it takes advantage of people during | ||||||
| 4 | a difficult and emotional time; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | urge the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Executive Inspector General, the Illinois Attorney General, | ||||||
| 9 | and the Illinois Department of Revenue to investigate Planned | ||||||
| 10 | Parenthood's procedures for abortions, obtaining informed | ||||||
| 11 | consent, and sale or donation of human fetal tissue across the | ||||||
| 12 | State; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
| 14 | Health, the Illinois Executive Inspector General, the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | Attorney General, and the Illinois Department of Revenue to | ||||||
| 16 | investigate which organizations across the State are involved | ||||||
| 17 | in purchasing or accepting human fetal tissue from Planned | ||||||
| 18 | Parenthood; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | delivered to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Executive Inspector General, the Illinois Attorney | ||||||
| 22 | General, and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
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