Prayer Vigil at Crespo’s Office TONIGHT
Posted by Alicia Torres (March 17, 2010 at 2:53 pm)
On Wednesday March 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., concerned citizens and constituents of the 44th District will gather at Representative Fred Crespo’s district office, 1014 E. Schaumburg Road, Streamwood, IL 60107, to hold a prayer vigil in opposition to Illinois House Bill 6205, the Reproductive Health and Access Act.
This bill, up for a vote in the Illinois General Assembly, concerns citizens for many reasons. The chief concern is that HB 6205 will radically expand taxpayer funding for abortion and other “reproductive health care” services. HB 6205 will also rescind local control of sex education programs and mandate comprehensive sex education in high schools and elementary schools statewide.
“HB 6205 is not about freedom of choice, it is about using our tax dollars to pay for elective abortion and other services that many citizens contentiously object to. With our state in a dire financial crisis, it is wrong to even consider such a broad expansion of tax-payer funding of abortion,” said Maureen Deitche, a member of Girl’s Health First, who lives in Crespo’s district.
Rep. Fred Crespo is not co-sponsoring HB 6205 at this time, but will not commit to opposing the bill. Citizens are gathering at his district office for a peaceful prayer vigil, to encourage Crespo to make a commitment to oppose HB 6205.