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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, A legislative proposal would allow State Medicaid 
3funds to be used to pay for
abortions and would cover abortions 
4for State employees for any reason through all nine months
of 
5pregnancy; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The legislation would allow the State of Illinois 
7to fund organizations that pay for
abortions; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, There were 39,856 abortions performed in Illinois 
9in 2015; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The number of abortions in Illinois represents 
114.6% of the abortions
performed across the country; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Medicaid currently does not provide funding for 
13abortions and insurance benefits
for abortions are only 
14provided to State employees when the life or health of the 
15mother is in
danger and in cases of rape and incest; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois would be responsible for 
17100% of Medicaid costs tied to
abortions because there would be 
18no federal reimbursements as a result of the Hyde
Amendment 
19which prevents federal funds from covering abortions; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Illinois ended 2016 with nearly $11 billion in 
2unpaid bills, making the cost of
abortion funding an undue 
3burden on taxpayers;; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Taxpayers opposed to abortion on moral and 
5religious grounds should not have to
fund abortions with their 
6tax dollars; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, State or federal law does not prohibit private 
8donors from paying for abortions; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
10HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
11state our opposition to legislative efforts to use State 
12taxpayer funds to pay for abortions and to use taxpayer funds 
13to pay for insurance costs for State employees to have 
14abortions for any reason through all nine months of pregnancy.