Bill Text: IL HR0417 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Resolves that the State of Illinois discontinue State funding of Planned Parenthood.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-01 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0417 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0417-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, During these final weeks of the Spring 2009 | ||||||
| 3 | Legislative Session, lawmakers will be forced to make hard | ||||||
| 4 | choices as State revenues continue to deteriorate and the | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois budget outlook for Fiscal Year 2010 hemorrhages with | ||||||
| 6 | red ink; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Planned Parenthood, the alleged not-for-profit | ||||||
| 8 | abortion business, in fiscal year 2007, brought in $1.0179 | ||||||
| 9 | billion in gross revenue and, according to the Planned | ||||||
| 10 | Parenthood Federation of America's Annual Report for | ||||||
| 11 | 2006-2007, of that nearly $1.02 billion, $336.7 million came | ||||||
| 12 | from government grants and contracts at both state and federal | ||||||
| 13 | levels; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In the State of Illinois, taxpayers have provided | ||||||
| 15 | over $25 million in funding to Planned Parenthood over the past | ||||||
| 16 | five years for an average of $5 million per year; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Whatever one's views on abortion, the fact remains | ||||||
| 18 | that the government, while trying to regain a steady financial | ||||||
| 19 | foothold, should focus on providing financial assistance for | ||||||
| 20 | basic, vital healthcare needs to those who need it most and | ||||||
| 21 | that will affect the most citizens, not subsidizing a | ||||||
| 22 | controversial operation that has no problem raising money on | ||||||
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| 1 | its own accord; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the State of Illinois discontinue State funding of Planned | ||||||
| 5 | Parenthood and to more prudently spend our precious tax dollars | ||||||
| 6 | by helping to pay our current healthcare obligations and to | ||||||
| 7 | provide healthcare for all Illinoisans.
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