Tag Archives: Mike Simmons
Priorities Amiss
It is hard to believe, but in this General Assembly session, State Senators Linda Holmes (D-Aurora) and Laura Fine (D-Glenview) have introduced legislation to legalize assisted suicide in Illinois (SB 3499). At the same time, their colleague, State Senator Mike Simmons (D-Chicago), has sponsored legislation (SB 3792) to make it illegal for animal shelters to euthanize dogs and cats.
Posted in Feedback Observations, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Laura Fine, Linda Holmes, Mike Simmons, SB 3499, SB 3792
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Illinois “Progressives” Want to Expunge Pronouns in State Statute
There is something rotten in the Illinois General Assembly. Dozens of Illinois Democrats are cosponsoring House Bill 1596, titled, “The Children And Family Services Act,” a bill that will expunge every occurrence of the pronouns “he,” “she,” “his,” and “her” from existing laws pertaining to children. Wherever the law formerly stated, “he or she,” or “his or her” it now says, “the minor,” or “the child,” or “the applicant,” or “the member.”
Posted in Sexuality
Tagged HB 1596, Human Rights Committee, Lakesia Collins, Mike Simmons, pronouns
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Illinois – Home of Ideology, Not Facts
If one State Senator has his way, Illinois will become a center for gender affirmation care for children—which is just a euphemism for chemical castration and surgical mutilation of children. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) district, recently introduced SB 1283 which is to be known as the “Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act.” He introduced the bill as a response to several states outlawing puberty blockers, hormone therapy and cosmetic surgery that makes the child appear to be the opposite of the child’s birth sex.
Posted in Sexuality
Tagged Andrew Bailey, Bernie Sanders, cosmetic surgery, detransitioners, Gender dysphoria, Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, hormone therapy, Jamie Reed, Jazz Jennings, Marci Bowers, Mike Simmons, Puberty blockers, Reddit, SB 1283, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University Transgender Center
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Should Violent Prisoners Vote in Illinois Elections?
Illinois prisoners should have the right to vote, a powerful lobbying group is arguing to the Illinois General Assembly. The effort nearly progressed in late January 2022, when the measure failed in the Illinois House by three votes.
If made law, SB 828 would make Illinois the third state to allow incarcerated citizens to vote while they’re in prison – after Maine and Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
Current Illinois voter law must be changed because it is racially unfair, the advocates say. Their proposed changes would add about 28,000 prisoners to Illinois’ voter rolls. Most importantly, nearly 55 …
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Votes, Department of Corrections, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Jason Snead, La Shawn K. Ford, Mike Simmons, SB 828, WBEZ
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