Bill Text: IL SJR0045 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Resolves that the State of Illinois is committed to supporting non-destructive stem cell research.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred to Assignments [SJR0045 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SJR0045-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois recognizes that the human
embryo is a stage of human life; and
WHEREAS, Human lives are not objects to be manipulated and
destroyed for research purposes; and
WHEREAS, Human embryonic stem cell research necessitates
the dismemberment and destruction of human embryos; and
WHEREAS, Adult stem cell, umbilical cord blood, and
amniotic material research have far exceeded early
expectations and continue to yield successful and promising
treatments and cures, and are significant and better research
alternatives to destructive embryonic stem cell research; and
WHEREAS, Scientists are making further impressive progress
on new techniques, such as fusion regeneration and
parthenogenesis, that represent non-destructive alternatives
to sacrificing human life; and
WHEREAS, Human embryonic stem cell research is contrary to
the dignity and sanctity of each individual person as a
fertilized egg, which combines the essential genetic materials
that define and individualize human identity; and

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WHEREAS, Citizens face an age of powerful and exciting
advances in biotechnology and must ensure and support technical
advances that will not demean our very humanity, but will serve
to uphold the right to life as well as to heal; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING HEREIN, that that the State of Illinois is committed
to supporting non-destructive stem cell research.