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IL SB3572
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/5/2026
Primary Sponsor
Neil Anderson
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AI Summary
- Redefines "person," "individual," and "another" in Illinois Criminal Code to include any preborn child from fertilization until natural death, making abortion potentially prosecutable as homicide
- Exempts unintentional deaths of unborn children resulting from life-saving medical procedures on the pregnant woman (when accompanied by reasonable efforts to save the child) and spontaneous miscarriage
- Repeals existing Criminal Code sections 9-1.2, 9-2.1, 9-3.2, and 12-3.1, which currently provide separate legal treatment for prenatal deaths
- Amends the Wrongful Death Act to include unborn children from fertilization, allowing civil lawsuits for their deaths
- Applies prospectively only to acts occurring after the law takes effect, with immediate effective date upon passage
Legislative Description
ABOLISH ABORTION-DEFINE PERSON
Last Action
Referred to Assignments
2/5/2026
Committee Referrals
Assignments2/5/2026
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