Chung-Backed Resolution Opposes Extreme Anti-Choice Senate Bill

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Sharon Chung, D-Bloomington, helped pass a formal resolution opposing a Republican bill introduced last week to the Illinois State Senate, seeking to classify reproductive healthcare services—including in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments—as capital murder.

“In Illinois we believe in women’s fundamental rights and will continue to protect healthcare and reproductive care,” said Chung. “Unlike the male senator who introduced this bill, I have been pregnant and experienced reproductive healthcare. To assert that conception care, let alone termination care, could result in capital punishment is absurd and shameful.”

Senate Bill 3572 severely punishes women seeking reproductive healthcare, specifically abortion services, with no exceptions for rape or incest. The legislation states that all embryos and fertilized eggs are considered human beings in the eyes of the law. Thus, under this bill, abortion and IVF treatments would be labeled as murder, and the subsequent penalties for women and medical professionals would be harsher than the penalties for rapists and abusers. 

House Resolution 695 vehemently opposes Senate Bill 3572, reaffirming support for survivors of rape and incest, parents trying to start a family, and any and all women seeking legal reproductive healthcare, for any reason, in Illinois. The resolution also highlights similar legislation made legal in Alabama in 2024, where anti-choice Republicans nationwide remarked that IVF would be protected—indicating that extremist bills like Senate Bill 3572 would never be supported within their party. 

“As a mother, I will continue to protect women’s rights to dictate their reproductive health. As a legislator in this body, I will not stand for vitriol and violence towards women,” said Chung. “I will continue to advocate for reproductive healthcare across the board, unlike my colleagues who claim to stand for family values and rights.”