Bill Text: IL HB2185 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law. Removes language regarding interpretation of specified provisions. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB2185 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2185-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 1.36 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 70/1.36)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.36. Born alive infant. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) In determining the meaning of any statute or of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | rule, regulation, or
interpretation of the various | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | administrative agencies of this State, the words
"person", | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "human being", "child", and "individual" shall include every | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | infant member
of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | any stage of development.
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| 14 | (b) As used in this Section, the term "born alive", with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | respect to a member
of the species homo sapiens, means the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | complete expulsion or extraction from
his or her mother of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | that member, at any stage of development, who after such
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| 18 | expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite movement of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | voluntary muscles, regardless of
whether the umbilical cord | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | has been cut and regardless of whether the expulsion
or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | cesarean section,
or induced abortion.
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| 1 | (b-5) A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be | ||||||
| 2 | fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate | ||||||
| 3 | protection under the law. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
| 5 | affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal | ||||||
| 6 | right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at | ||||||
| 7 | any point prior to being born alive, as defined in this | ||||||
| 8 | Section.
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| 9 | (d) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
| 10 | affect existing federal or State law regarding abortion.
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| 11 | (e) (Blank). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | ||||||
| 12 | alter generally accepted medical standards.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 94-559, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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