Daily Southtown: Pro-life bill proceeding with unprecedented compromise

[Tweed]

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/columns/Acurrent/miller.htm

"Almost half of the entire Illinois House has signed up to sponsor a pro-life bill this year.

The proposal is an exact replica of a federal law that ostensibly protects infants who are "born alive" during botched abortion procedures. Opponents say the bill is merely a backdoor attempt to ban almost all abortions, but proponents point to the fact that both Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy voted for it in the U.S. Senate.

The difference, opponents say, is that the federal legislation didn't trigger any criminal laws, while the state bill would tap into a whole host of Illinois statutes:

"In determining the meaning of any statute or of any rule, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative agencies of this state, the words 'person,' 'human being,' 'child,' and 'individual' shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development."

1. I had no idea Madigan was pro-life.
2. I wonder if this is going to pass because of the 2004 election...

[madrchsod]

1. since it`s late and the kids are in bed

maybe the women who back womens rights should send these guys metal coat hangers and tell them to use them for their prostrate surgery....