We need your help TODAY to defeat the most sweeping pro-abortion bill ever proposed in Illinois: HB-5615, the "Reproductive Justice and Access Act" and the E.R.A.
OPPOSE HOUSE BILL 5615!!!
House Bill 5615 represents a RADICAL & UNPRECEDENTED departure from current Illinois law regarding abortion, public funding of abortion, health care right of conscience, and comprehensive sex education.
HB-5616 would:
* Kill all restrictions on abortion in the state, including parental notification and the partial birth abortion ban.
* Force pro-life health care professionals to cooperate in abortion by making abortion referrals.
* Mandate "comprehensive" sex-ed programs, which promote promiscuity and undermine the family, for all public schools.
* Require taxpayers to fund abortions through medicaid.
* Keep abortion 100% legal in Illinois if Roe v. Wade is ever overturned in the Supreme Court.
It is expected that this bill will pass through committee tomorrow and then quickly go to the House floor for a vote. We must act now to defeat this pernicious bill!
Contact your state rep TODAY and say, "Vote NO on HB-5615." Here are some tools to help you:
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OPPOSE ERA - HJRCA0002!!!
31 remaining key NO votes, ERA on the second reading on the IL House Floor
The ERA's 2008 battle royale is in the Illinois House. The last time the Equal Rights Amendment was called and voted on in Illinois was 2005, when it passed the House in a 76 to 41 vote, and shutdown in the Senate which fell short of the needed 3/5 majority support. Since 2003, several House members have retired or moved to the Senate. Of the 41 "Nos," 31 remain.
The ERA will further entrench abortion in our society and legally mandate taxpayer funding for elective abortions. The New Mexico Supreme Court recently ruled under their state ERA that since only women undergo abortions, the denial of taxpayer funding is "sex discrimination" (N.M. Right to Choose/NARAL v. Johnson, 975 P.2d 841, 1998).
Clearly the ERA will harm women, families, society, and the structure of our government.
Once again the ERA is in the Illinois House as HJRCA0002 and will come up for a House vote shortly. The Equal Rights Amendment will not help women; instead it will harm women, their families, and our society.
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For more information on these bills please visit our website at
www.ifrl.org
To wrap up, contact your Representative and ask them to vote "NO" on HOUSE BILL 5615 (Reproductive Justice and Access Act), and to OPPOSE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 0002 (The Equal Rights Amendment). Then call your Senator and ask them to OPPOSE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 0002 (The Equal Rights Amendment).
