Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on 6/5/2019 at 11:30 AM

19-3197

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:29:30 GMT

File #: 19-3197
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Justice Michael Bruce Hyman Position: Board Member Department/Board/Commission: Justice Advisory Council Effective date: 5/23/2019 Expiration date: 5/23/2023, or until a successor is duly appointed and qualified
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-3289

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:29:30 GMT

File #: 19-3289
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Michael Kuryla Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Emergency Telephone System Board Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: 6/5/2022
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-3758

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:29:30 GMT

File #: 19-3758
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: URGING THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SUPPORT HB2495, THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT WHEREAS, every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health; and WHEREAS, every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and WHEREAS, no person who has terminated a pregnancy has made that deeply personal decision lightly; and WHEREAS, accessing reproductive health care is not a criminal activity; and WHEREAS, the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health non-profit, found that women around the world access abortion services at a statistically same rate whether they are legal and safe or illegal and unregulated; and WHEREAS, deaths and injuries from unsafe abortions are preventable; and WHEREAS, marginalized individuals are disproportionately affected by abortion restrictions as they are unable to seek safe and legal services in another country, state or county or access private care; and WHEREAS, over the last 60 years, more than 30 countries
Action: recommend for receiving and filing
Result: Pass