Testimony on Illinois FOCA 2.0
Posted by Mary-Louise Kurey (March 15, 2010 at 8:52 pm)
Here is the testimony testimony I gave to the House Human Services Committee regarding this year’s Illinois FOCA bill. Read this testimony to become more acquainted with specifics on the key provisions of the bill. The two worst provisions are:
Radically expanded public funding of abortion, in-vitro ferilization, sterilization and other procedures
Under HB 6205, Illinois taxpayers would be forced to pay for abortions for all state employees, Medicaid recipients, people enrolled in All Kids, S-CHIP and any other state medical assistance program. At a time when our state is facing a $10 billion to $13 billion shortfall and can barely make its Medicaid payments on essential health care for the poor like dialysis and nursing care, special-interest groups are trying to create their own “bailout package.”
Mandatory comprehensive sex education for all Illinois public schools on the elementary and high school levels
While they say it would be “age appropriate,” anyone who looks at the national guidelines for comprehensive sex ed curricula published by SIECUS (the nation’s leading comprehensive sex ed advocacy group) would be shocked at the “Developmental Messages” for 5-8 year-olds.
Check out my testimony [PDF] to read more, but beware . . . this is not G-rated!