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91_HB2701
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1 AN ACT to amend the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act by
2 changing Sections 5 and 15.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act is amended
6 by changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 513/5)
8 Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
9 "Fetus" and "infant" are used interchangeably to refer to
10 the biological offspring of human parents.
11 "Partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the
12 person performing the abortion brings an intact, viable
13 partially vaginally delivers a living human fetus or infant
14 partially or entirely out of the uterus and into the birth
15 canal before killing the fetus or infant and completing the
16 delivery. The terms "fetus" and "infant" are used
17 interchangeably to refer to the biological offspring of human
18 parents.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-560, eff. 2-13-98.)
20 (720 ILCS 513/15)
21 Sec. 15. Civil action. The maternal grandparents of the
22 fetus or infant, if the mother has not attained the age of 18
23 years at the time of the abortion and if the abortion has not
24 been authorized under Section 17, may in a civil action
25 obtain appropriate relief unless the pregnancy resulted from
26 the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented
27 to the abortion. The relief shall include money damages for
28 all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the
29 violation of this Act and statutory damages equal to 3 times
30 the cost of the partial-birth abortion.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-560, eff. 2-13-98.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.