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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, On May 31, 2019, the 101st General Assembly 
3passed the Reproductive Health Act, which established laws and 
4policies that protect individual decision-making in the area 
5of reproductive health, supports access to the full scope of 
6quality reproductive health care for all in our State, and 
7permits regulation of reproductive health care, including 
8contraception, abortion, and maternity care, only to the 
9extent that such regulation is narrowly tailored to protect a 
10compelling State interest; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Each individual has a fundamental right to make 
12autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health, 
13including the fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive 
14health care, contraception, or sterilization and to make 
15autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right and the 
16fundamental right of an individual who becomes pregnant to 
17continue the pregnancy and give birth to a child or to have an 
18abortion and to make autonomous decisions about how to 
19exercise that right; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, The Reproductive Health Act repealed the Illinois 
21Abortion Law of 1975, the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act, and 
22the Abortion Performance Refusal Act; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The Governor approved of the Reproductive Health 
2Act, and it became law on June 12, 2019; and
 
3    WHEREAS, On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court 
4granted the petition for writ of certiorari to Dobbs v. 
5Jackson Women's Health Organization on Question 1 that is 
6whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions 
7are unconstitutional; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, In the wake of this news, fundamental 
9reproductive health rights and the United States 
10constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade 
11and Planned Parenthood v. Casey are in jeopardy; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, In 2021, several states are banning fundamental 
13reproductive health rights across the nation; therefore, be it
  
 
  
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare our 
16commitment to uphold the law and values embodied within the 
17Reproductive Health Act; and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
19delivered to the Governor, all Illinois constitutional 
20officers, and all members of the Illinois General Assembly in 
21order to bring further awareness to the importance of 
 
 
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1upholding fundamental reproductive health rights for our 
2residents of the State of Illinois and to be a model state for 
3the rest of our country.