SB0025 claims that abortion is a fundamental right for citizens of Illinois, and that fetuses do not have “fundamental rights”. The bill requires that abortion be covered by insurance providers in the state of Illinois.
The Illinois State Senate passed SB0025 on May 31, 2019 by a vote of 34 to 20. We have assigned pluses to the nays because Illinois should act to ban abortion, which disregards the unalienable right to life endowed by God to every person. States have a duty to not only secure this most sacred right, as guaranteed by both the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, but to also reject the notion that “heath care” is in any manner the legitimate object of government.