HB 2354 Hearing - Call Your Reps
HB 2354, the so-called Reproductive Health and Access Act (a.k.a. theIL State FOCA) was not heard in committee last Wednesday. We all need to call members of the Committee NOW and ask them to vote NO. Especially Representative Flowers.We have taken to calling it the state FOCA for all of the bad it seeksto do: prohibit regulation of abortion; publicly fund abortion;undermine the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, provide broadimmunity protections to any health care worked involved in abortion, andmandate comprehensive sex education in all public schools. In short, itis a really bad bill.We do expect the bill to come up for a committee vote this week. It willprobably be heard Wednesday morning in the House Human ServicesCommittee, around 8:00 a.m. This is a tough committee for us, and weneed all the calls/lobbying we can muster to keep it from getting to theHouse Floor!!We need the following member of the committee to vote NO on HouseBill 2354: Representative Flowers (773) 471-5200 Other Committee Members are:Chairperson: Naomi D. Jakobsson (D)E-mail: naomi@naomijakobsson.com206 N. RandolphSuite 120Champaign, IL 61820Phone: (217) 373-5000 Vice-Chairperson: Constance A. Howard (D)E-mail: staterep-constance-a-howard@comcast.net8729 S. State StreetChicago, IL 60619Phone: (773) 783-8800 Republican Spokesperson: Patricia R. Bellock (R)E-mail: rep@pbellock.com1 S. Cass Ave.Westmont Centre, Suite 205Westmont, IL 60559Phone: (630) 852-8633 Member: Sandy Cole (R)E-mail: Click here (Web Form)137 South CenterSuite 2Grayslake, IL 60030Phone: (847) 543-0062 Member: Annazette Collins (D)E-mail: collinsar@ilga.gov259 North Pulaski RoadChicago, IL 60624Phone: (773) 533-0010 Member: Mary E. Flowers (D)E-mail: flowersme@ilga.gov2525 W. 79th StreetChicago, IL 60652Phone: (773) 471-5200 Member: Timothy L. Schmitz (R)E-mail: info@timschmitz.org127 Hamilton StreetSuite DGeneva, IL 60134Phone: (630) 845-9590Call these representatives and ask them to vote No on House Bill 2354because it would prevent any regulation of abortion, provide for publicfunding of abortion, force health care workers to abandon theirconsciences or lose their job, and mandate comprehensive sex education.