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I have been working hard and I know some of you have been too in order to stop the baby dump bill HB 632 from passing in committee. However, it did just that yesterday. HB 632 has passed the House Human Services committee with a vote of 8-0. This bill is still in front of the Senate Judiciary committee and I have it on good authority that they are very leary of passing this bill into law. PLEASE take the time to call your local Senator AND call the list of Senate committee members listed below. They will vote soon so please don't send letters. A call is the way to get their attention now and won't take too much of your time.
Call and ask to speak to the senator's aide and tell him/her that you are calling in regards to bill HB 632, the baby abandonment bill, and that you request that the senator in question vote NO on this bill. Give your reasons. Tell them how these bills leave these young birth mothers with no support/help, how we as tax payers will bear the brunt of any and all costs that must be assumed for these children, that all people have a right to know their personal family history and their medical history, how other states have these laws and that the statistics prove that they do NOT work (TX has only had 2 babies abandoned under the safe haven law but still had something like 14 other babies abandoned illegally!), and anything further you feel they must know about this legislation.
Please.....don't let this happen in our state. Take the few minutes out of your day to make the call to stop this in its tracks. Also, talk to your friends, family and neighbors, educate them and ask them to make the call also.
I just discovered today, thanks to a letter from a Senator, that they hid the baby dump bill and rushed it through the Senate at the last minute with no one the wiser. We had a Senator who told us the bill would sit until next term and he would let us know before it came up for vote then. I must assume that he either changed his mind about talking with us, or they put it out there so quickly he didn't have the chance to talk with us. The bill was voted in with NO opposition in the Senate. So, IL was the next domino to fall in the chain of baby dump states. Sorry guys...but I think we lost this one before we ever started.
Contact info for the Senate Judiciary Committee:
SENATOR: Carl E. Hawkinson (Chairman)
SENATE DISTRICT: 47
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 4 Weinburg Arcade
Galesburg, IL 61401
PHONE: 309-343-8176CAPITOL ADDRESS: 623 CAP
PHONE: 782-1942
ASSOCIATED Rep. David R. Leitch
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Donald L. MoffittSENATOR: Dan Cronin
SENATE DISTRICT: 39
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 105 East First Street
Elmhurst, IL 60126
PHONE: 630-941-0040CAPITOL ADDRESS: 127 CAP
PHONE: 782-8107
ASSOCIATED Rep. Angelo "Skip" Saviano
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Bob BigginsSENATOR: John J. Cullerton
SENATE DISTRICT: 6
PARTY: Democrat
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 1051 West Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
PHONE: 773-883-0770CAPITOL ADDRESS: 413 CAP
PHONE: 782-7260
ASSOCIATED Rep. Judy Erwin
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Sara FeigenholtzSENATOR: Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
SENATE DISTRICT: 31
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 2610 Sheridan Road
Suite 213
Zion, IL 60099
PHONE: 847-872-7500CAPITOL ADDRESS: 323 CAP
PHONE: 782-7353
ASSOCIATED Rep. Andrea Moore
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Timothy H. OsmondSENATOR: Kirk Dillard
SENATE DISTRICT: 41
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: Westmont Centre
Suite 201
1 S. Cass Ave.
Westmont, IL 60559
PHONE: 630-969-0990CAPITOL ADDRESS: M115 CAP
PHONE: 782-8148
ASSOCIATED Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. James H. "Jim" MeyerSENATOR: Barack Obama
SENATE DISTRICT: 13
PARTY: Democrat
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 1741 East 71st Street
Chicago, IL 60649
PHONE: 773-363-1996CAPITOL ADDRESS: 105B CAP
PHONE: 782-5338
ASSOCIATED Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Charles G. Morrow IIISENATOR: Patrick J. O'Malley
SENATE DISTRICT: 18
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 12314 S. 86th Avenue
Palos Park, IL 60464
PHONE: 708-923-1818CAPITOL ADDRESS: 129 CAP
PHONE: 782-5145
ASSOCIATED Rep. Maggie M. Crotty
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. James D. BrosnahanSENATOR: Edward Petka
SENATE DISTRICT: 42
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 501 N. Division
PO Box 188
Plainfield, IL 60544
PHONE: 815-436-5577CAPITOL ADDRESS: 122 CAP
PHONE: 782-0422
ASSOCIATED Rep. Brent Hassert
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Tom CrossSENATOR: Peter Roskam
SENATE DISTRICT: 20
PARTY: Republican
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 500 Pennsylvania Avenue
Glen Ellyn, IL. 60137
PHONE: 630-790-1709CAPITOL ADDRESS: 121B CAP
PHONE: 782-8022
ASSOCIATED Rep. Vincent A. Persico
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Randall M. HultgrenSENATOR: George Shadid
SENATE DISTRICT: 46
PARTY: Democrat
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 410 Court Street
Pekin, IL 61554
PHONE: 309-353-6276CAPITOL ADDRESS: 309H CAP
PHONE: 782-8250
ASSOCIATED Rep. Michael Smith
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Ricca SloneSENATOR: Ira Silverstein
SENATE DISTRICT: 8
PARTY: Democrat
DISTRICT ADDRESS: 6199 N Lincoln Avenue
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60659
PHONE: 773-743-5015CAPITOL ADDRESS: 105D CAP
PHONE: 782-5500
ASSOCIATED Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
REPRESENTATIVES: Rep. Louis I. LangThank you all!! Let's make sure these people who represent us know that we don't want this to happen in our state!!!!
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