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HR0135 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Human life should be cherished and protected from
3conception to a natural death, and adoption should always be
4the first alternative to keeping a newborn child; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Many Americans are morally opposed to abortions
6and to taxpayer money subsidizing any organization that
7performs abortions; the use of aborted human tissue for
8research is morally abhorrent and should cease immediately; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood performed 323,999 abortions in
102014 in the United States; it has sent millions of dollars
11overseas with little accountability in the form of grants; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood performs abortions while being
13subsidized by taxpayer dollars; Planned Parenthood
14overwhelmingly refers expecting women to abortions rather than
15adoptions; Planned Parenthood has also profited from providing
16aborted baby parts and tissue to places of research; therefore,
17be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20urge the United States Congress to defund Planned Parenthood;
21and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2delivered to President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader
3Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker
4of the House Paul Ryan, House of Representatives Minority
5Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members of the Illinois
6Congressional Delegation.