Republican State Platform on AbortionThe

As an occasional feature, McHenry County Blog will reprint various sections of the Platform approved at the recent Republican Convention held in Decatur. Here is the one on right to life.

EMBRACING THE FIRST FREEDOM: THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Recognizing that the rights and needs of children begin at conception, the Republican Party of Illinois embraces the Right to Life of innocent unborn children and supports reform proposals protecting that right and limiting the practice of abortion in Illinois.

We believe that all innocent human life must be respected and safeguarded from conception to natural death; therefore:

  • The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life, which cannot be infringed.

  • The Party affirms its support for a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution and we endorse making clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection applies to unborn children.

  • We urge the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

  • We affirm our support for the appointment or election of judges at all levels of the judiciary who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of human life.

  • The Illinois Republican Party opposes the fostering of utilitarian experiments which sacrifice human embryos in what appears to be a futile search for medical cures. Such experimentation undermines the right to life of every human being and offends the moral conscience of many taxpayers. We embrace the more fruitful – and completely ethical – avenues of research using cord blood, bone marrow and other adult stem cells, and we note the success of adult stem cell research in treating or curing more than 70 diseases, conditions and injuries.

In particular, we call on the Governor and General Assembly to:

  • End the taxpayer subsidy for abortion;

  • Require a doctor to involve a minor’s parents before aborting her unborn child;

  • Outlaw the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion; and

  • Enact the Illinois Born-Alive Infant Protection Act guaranteeing medical assessment and appropriate medical care for babies whose birth is incidental to abortion.

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As I pointed out yesterday, the local pro-life political action committee is holding a pig roast fund raiser on June 20th at Resurrection Center on Country Club Road in Bull Valley. Here’s where you can sign up.

RSVP: Yes No Maybe

A copy of the report of the Pro-Life Victory PAC is filed with the State Board of Elections and the McHenry County Clerk’s Office, and is available for purchase from the State Board of Elections and the McHenry County Clerk’s Office, Woodstock, IL. You can also view it at the State Board of Elections web site.

The couple wearing the pro-life tee shirts attended the Decatur convention. The sergeants-at-arms did not make them take off their presumably non-pre-approved signs.


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