HB 6205 (Reproductive and Health
Access Act or the IL FOCA Bill) Passes out of House Committee
HB 6205 (the IL FOCA bill) Passed the Illinois House Human Services
Committee with a vote of 5 - 2, but with the following amendment...
The Reproductive Health and Access Act conflicts with the Illinois
Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 or the Health Care Right of
Conscience Act, the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 or
the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, respectively, controls.
It permits the noncontributory portion of a program of health benefits
to include the expenses of obtaining an abortion, induced miscarriage,
or induced premature birth unless, in the opinion of a physician,
certain conditions exist.
It also deletes language that excludes (which then means the bill does
NOT exclude) provisions concerning reimbursement for medical
assistance, abortions and induced miscarriages and premature births
unless, in the opinion of a physician, certain conditions exist.
It also provides that the "Comprehensive Health Education Program" (sex
ed) shall comply with the Reproductive Health and Access Act.
Click
here
for
more details on this bill from the Illinois General Assembly
Web Site.
What next?
We expected this pro-abortion committee to pass this bad bill, but the
vote margin shows just how hard the pro-abortion lobby has been working
on our state Reps.
But they're not the only ones at work. We are too. The hearing this
morning was packed with representatives. All our calls are having an
impact!
The next step is for this bill to move to the House floor. The bill
made it out of committee last year too, but pro-lifers like you
pummeled their reps with calls and it never came up for a vote.
We can do it again this year and kill Illinois FOCA -- if every single
one of us joins the fight.
CALL your state rep and tell them to VOTE NO
on HB6205.
If you've already called, please call again TODAY. Click here to get talking
points and contact links or Click
here
to
find your Representative's contact information.
Source: Illinois Federation for Right to
Life
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Date:
March
10,
2010
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coordinating body for local pro-life chapters representing thousands of
Illinois citizens working to restore respect for all human life in our
society. The IFRL is composed of people of different political
persuasions, various faiths and diverse economic, social and ethnic
backgrounds. Since 1973 the Illinois Federation for Right to Life has
been working to end abortion and restore legal protection to those members of the
human family who are threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Diverse though we are, we hold one common belief - that
every human being has an inalienable right to life that is precious and must be protected. IFRL is
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