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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish | ||||||
| 3 | to congratulate Terry Cosgrove on his retirement from serving | ||||||
| 4 | as the president and CEO of Personal PAC; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In addition to his Personal PAC responsibilities, | ||||||
| 6 | Terry Cosgrove has also lent assistance to NARAL Pro-Choice | ||||||
| 7 | America, Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country, the | ||||||
| 8 | National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Pro-Choice | ||||||
| 9 | Resource Center, Voters for Choice, the Women's Campaign Fund, | ||||||
| 10 | Emily's List, and the Emergency Abortion Loan Fund over the | ||||||
| 11 | past 31 years; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove worked as a tenant counselor in | ||||||
| 13 | central Illinois for several years beginning in 1977, where he | ||||||
| 14 | helped low-income women who were being evicted from their | ||||||
| 15 | apartments for non-payment of rent and unable to pay their gas | ||||||
| 16 | and electric bills; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove served as the volunteer record | ||||||
| 18 | keeper for the Emergency Abortion Loan Fund that raised and | ||||||
| 19 | lent money to low-income women who wanted to obtain a legal | ||||||
| 20 | abortion; through this work, he became a pro-choice advocate | ||||||
| 21 | 40 years ago; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove played a pivotal role in the | ||||||
| 2 | restoration of abortion services for low-income women at John | ||||||
| 3 | H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in 1992; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove was instrumental in the passing of | ||||||
| 5 | House Bill 40 in 2017, the passing of the Reproductive Health | ||||||
| 6 | Act in 2019, and the repeal of the dangerous Parental Notice of | ||||||
| 7 | Abortion law in 2021; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove was appointed to the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Human Rights Commission by Governor Pat Quinn, with | ||||||
| 10 | confirmation by the Illinois Senate, in 2011; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove was honored with the Freedom of | ||||||
| 12 | Choice award by the Chicago Abortion Fund and the Ally Award by | ||||||
| 13 | the Lake County Democratic Women; he was inducted into the | ||||||
| 14 | Chicago LGBTQ Hall of Fame in 2014 for his role in filing the | ||||||
| 15 | first successful national lawsuit challenging discrimination | ||||||
| 16 | based on sexual orientation in public accommodations in 1980; | ||||||
| 17 | and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove has an academic background in the | ||||||
| 19 | area of economic justice and equity as it pertains to gender | ||||||
| 20 | discrimination and the treatment of women as second class | ||||||
| 21 | citizens; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove earned his Master of Social Work | ||||||
| 2 | from the Jane Addams School of Social Work with a focus on | ||||||
| 3 | public policy and its impact on reproductive rights; he earned | ||||||
| 4 | his second master's degree in Labor & Industrial Relations; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Terry Cosgrove has committed his life to making | ||||||
| 7 | sure laws that terrorize low-income and young women are | ||||||
| 8 | repealed; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate Terry Cosgrove on his retirement from serving | ||||||
| 12 | as the president and CEO of Personal PAC and commend him for | ||||||
| 13 | his years of dedicated service; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Terry Cosgrove as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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