102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0007
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new

     Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the right to reproductive healthcare is a fundamental right held by all citizens. Further specifies rights concerning reproductive healthcare. Effective upon being declared adopted.
  


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  
 
  
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
4HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the 
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general 
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption 
8of this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois
  
9Constitution in Article I by adding Section 25 as follows:

  
 

10
ARTICLE I 


11
BILL OF RIGHTS


12    (ILCON Art. I, Sec. 25 new)
13SECTION 25. RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
14    (a)   The right to reproductive healthcare is a fundamental 
15right held by all citizens.
16    (b)   All citizens shall have the following rights 
17concerning reproductive healthcare:
18        (1)   Every individual possesses a fundamental right of 
19    privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions.
20        (2)   Every individual has the fundamental right to 
21    choose or refuse birth control.
22        (3)   Every individual has the fundamental right to 
23    choose or refuse to receive an abortion.
 
 
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1        (4)   The State shall not deny or interfere with an 
2    individual's fundamental right to choose or refuse to 
3    receive an abortion.
4        (5)   The State shall not discriminate against the 
5    exercise of these rights in the regulation or provision of 
6    benefits, facilities, services, or information.
7        (6)   The State may not deny or interfere with an 
8    individual's right to choose to receive an abortion prior 
9    to viability of the fetus, or to protect that individual's 
10    life or health.
11        (7)   Any law of the State relating to abortion shall be 
12    valid only if:
13            (A) the law is medically necessary to protect the 
14        life or health of the individual terminating the 
15        pregnancy;
16            (B) the law is consistent with established medical 
17        practice; and
18            (C) of the available alternatives, the law imposes 
19        the least restrictions on the individual's right to 
20        receive an abortion.
21        (8) If the State provides, directly or by contract, 
22    maternity care benefits, services, or information to 
23    individuals through any program administered or funded in 
24    whole or in part by the State, the State shall also provide 
25    individuals otherwise eligible for any such program with 
26    substantially equivalent benefits, services, or 
 
 
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1    information to permit them to voluntarily terminate their 
2    pregnancies.
 
  
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SCHEDULE

  
4    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
5declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
6Constitutional Amendment Act.