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Members voted Monday 67 to 39 in favor of state Rep. Dagmara
Avelar’s House Bill 3637.
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, asked Avelar,
D-Bolingbrook, if her bill had been evaluated to see if it would
violate federal law.
“We want to make sure when it comes to this particular issue,
that FDA approval for medication abortion would not, or actually
if the FDA were to take this medication out of its FDA approval,
that it would not still ban or limit access to medication
abortion in Illinois,” Avelar said.
Speaking on the House floor Monday afternoon, Avelar said her
bill would not override federal law.
“What I would say is that, FDA approval for medication abortion,
if the FDA revokes that, we would still in Illinois be able to
have these drugs,” Avelar said.
State Rep. Bill Hauter, R-Morton, practices emergency medicine
and anesthesiology in Peoria. Hauter urged a “no” vote.
“We are saying that approval by the World Health Organization
but active rejection because of safety by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration would be able to be prescribed in Illinois,”
Hauter said.
Hauter called the bill “outrageous” and there should be safety
when it comes to abortion and abortion clinics.
“We have to stop this sort of breaking down all of the safety
mechanisms we have around abortion. There has to be some safety
mechanisms, whether it be in the abortion clinic or with
abortion mechanisms,” Hauter said. “Do not reject the authority
of the U.S. federal drug administration. This is an important
safety mechanism. This bill would reject that. This is
unprecedented in my mind.”
House Bill 3637 would also protect medical providers who lose
their licenses in other states, as long as their conduct was not
unlawful in Illinois. Avelar said her bill would expand shield
law protections to cover more licensed medical professionals. |
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