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HB0984 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning infants who are born alive.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by adding |
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| Section 1.36 as
follows:
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| (5 ILCS 70/1.36 new)
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| Sec. 1.36. Born alive infant.
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| (a) In determining the meaning of any statute or of any |
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| rule, regulation, or
interpretation of the various |
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| administrative agencies of this State, the words
"person", |
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| "human being", "child", and "individual" shall include every |
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| infant member
of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at |
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| any stage of development.
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| (b) As used in this Section, the term "born alive", with |
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| respect to a member
of the species homo sapiens, means the |
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| complete expulsion or extraction from
his or her mother of that |
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| member, at any stage of development, who after such
expulsion |
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| or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the
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| umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, |
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| regardless of
whether the umbilical cord has been cut and |
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| regardless of whether the expulsion
or extraction occurs as a |
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| result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section,
or |
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| induced abortion.
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| (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affirm, |
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| deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal right |
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| applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any |
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| point prior to being born alive, as defined in this Section.
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| (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect |
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| existing federal or State law regarding abortion.
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| (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to alter |
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| generally accepted medical standards.
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