Illinois state lawmakers who serve on the Human Services Committee should know that you support these 5 Pro-Life Bills and oppose the radical birth certificate bill!

When a bill is scheduled for a committee hearing, citizens can file witness slips in support or opposition. Scroll down for instructions.

The following bills are scheduled to be heard in the Human Services Committee on March 9th. Please file witness slips for all of them. It only takes a few minutes for each slip and your name will be included among those who supported/opposed the bills.

They are all great Pro-Life bills, except for one. Please make note that HB 9 is a bill that we ask you to oppose.

Ultrasound Opportunity Act – HB 683 is sponsored by Paul Jacobs (R-Carbondale). It requires that a woman seeking an abortion be offered the opportunity to view a live ultrasound of her unborn baby before going through with the abortion.
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in support of HB 683.

Born Alive Infant Protection Act – HB 338 is sponsored by Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield). It declares that a child born alive as the result of an abortion be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law.
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in support of HB 338.

Repeal of Taxpayer Funding of Abortion – HB 783 is sponsored by Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg).
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in support of HB 783.

Amends the Reproductive Health Act – HB 791 is sponsored by Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg). It bans abortion after 20 weeks except in the case of a medical emergency.
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in support of HB 791.

Partial Birth Abortion Ban – HB 827 is sponsored by Adam Niemerg (R-Teutopolis).
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in support of HB 827.

In addition to these 5 great pro-life bills listed above, please also consider speaking out in opposition to this proposal to legalize fraud:

OPPOSE THIS BILL: HB 9, sponsored by Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-Glenview), allows a person to change gender on their birth certificate.
ACTION: Click HERE to file a witness slip in opposition to HB 9.

Witness Slip Instructions:

Section I. Enter your name, address, city and zip code. You can leave Firm/Business and Title blank. If it won’t allow you to leave them black, enter NA.

Section II. Leave it blank if you are not representing a group, etc.

Section III. Check that you are a Proponent (except for HB 9).

Section IV. Unless you are filing a written statement, select Record of Appearance Only.

Lastly, agree to the terms of agreement by checking the box.

Click Create (Slip).

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Working with the Catholic Conference of Illinois, IFI wants to alert you to an extremely important pro-life bill sponsored by State Representative Joe Lyons (D-Chicago).  If passed, this bill would require abortion providers to simply offer an ultrasound picture to women considering abortion. The choice of whether or not to view the ultrasound picture is still their. Research has proven that between 70 and 90 percent of “abortion minded” women who see images of their unborn children choose life.

The Ultrasound Opportunity Act (HB 4085), passed out of committee earlier today and will now be considered on the House floor.

Take ACTION: Click HERE to send an email or a fax to your state representative to ask him/her to support HB 4085. Informed consent for women in a crisis pregnancy is vital. HB 4085 is a reasonable reform that offers Illinois women true choice.

Background

The backers of commercialized abortion like to say their guiding principle is “choice,” but women considering abortion  cannot make a truly informed choice without having sufficient, objective information. Such complete and accurate information on the reality and status of her pregnancy and her unborn child is essential to her psychological and physical well-being and to her free exercise of autonomy.

We are living in the 21st century with medical technology available that offers pregnant mothers the opportunity for such information via ultrasonography. Yet few if any abortion doctors offer ultrasound views to their patients. That is the reason HB 4085 is a necessary and compassionate approach to informed consent in abortion.

Of course, the bill also offers a measure of protection for the unborn child who is the object of the abortion.

An exception is provided when a medical emergency would necessitate skipping this stage in the informed consent process.

Reports to the Department of Public Health, required by the bill, would be in statistical form only and would give future General Assemblies insight as to how the law is functioning as well as assuring compliance by individual abortion providers.

We commend Rep. Lyons for his sponsorship of this common sense piece of legislation.

Please contact your state representative today to encourage him/her to support HB 4085.

P.S. Spring is an extremely busy time at our State Capitol.  More than 8,000 bills have been filed so far this session. I want to thank you for your patience with IFI and the frequency of emails we are sending out. We are doing everything we can to keep you informed in a timely manner. As we pray, partner together, and build our team of subscribers, I can tell you with confidence, we are making a difference.