[LPIL - Board of Directors] Call for agenda items.

[Kelly Liebmann-LPIL IT Operations Director]

Whereas abortion is a major medical procedure which comes with possible health risks, including uterine perforations, lacerations, hemorrhaging, infections, blood clots, problems conceiving and carrying a baby full term, infertility, and death,

Whereas women who have an abortion may suffer from mental issues and PTSD after the procedure,

Whereas pro-abortion advocates claim women will seek out unsafe abortions if abortions were to become illegal, evidence from abortion clinics including the Women's Medical Society Clinic in Philadelphia, owned, and operated by Dr. Kermit Gosnell prove otherwise. In 2011, Gosnell, his wife, and eight employees were charged with a total of 32 felonies and 227 misdemeanors in connection with deaths, illegal medical services, and regulatory violations at the Women’s Medical Society Clinic. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce birth. Gosnell was also convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of one woman during an abortion procedure and was convicted for several other related crimes.

Whereas countless numbers of nameless women and millions of the unborn have died during abortion procedures,

Whereas sex traffickers can and do force their victims to receive abortions,

Whereas Planned Parenthood workers have been captured on video discussing Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby parts to scientific laboratories, including performing abortions in a manner that allows for efficient harvesting of in-tact body parts for maximum sale price and profit, 

Whereas abortion is a topic used by government and politicians to divide citizens against each other when citizens should be uniting against the ever expanding and freedom limiting government,

Whereas the subject of abortion is used as a political tool for politicians from both the left and right during election time,

Whereas government funded Planned Parenthood donates millions of dollars each year to pro-abortion political candidates,

Therefore, be it resolved, the Libertarian Party of Illinois shall adopt the following resolution to protect individual rights regarding abortion: “The Libertarian Party is adamantly against government involvement in any and every aspect of our lives. Citizens should not be forced to pay for abortions or abortion counseling via taxes or fees. Government should stop all payments to, and funding for, providers who perform abortions, counsel pregnant women about abortion as an option to terminate pregnancy or refer patients for abortions.”



Kelly Liebmann

Greenwood Township Trustee
Selective Services Region 1 Board Member
Deputy Voter Registrar
Treasurer, McHenry County Libertarians
LPIL IT Operations Director
Greenwood 3 Libertarian Party Precinct Committeeman
Convention Committee Member

"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -Thomas Paine

> On Aug 11, 2022, at 6:35 PM, Chase Renwick <chair at lpillinois.org> wrote:
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> Kelly,
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> Please submit the agenda item with corrected language so it isn't stated as an item to be added to a platform. 
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> Thank you,
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> Chase Renwick
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois
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> On Aug 11, 2022 5:05 PM, Kelly Liebmann-LPIL IT Operations Director via Lpil-bod <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
> Then I ask this to be a 
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> Resolution to Protect Individual Rights Regarding Abortion 
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> Kelly Liebmann
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> Greenwood Township Trustee
> Selective Services Region 1 Board Member
> Deputy Voter Registrar
> Treasurer, McHenry County Libertarians
> LPIL IT Operations Director
> Greenwood 3 Libertarian Party Precinct Committeeman
> Convention Committee Member
> 
> "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -Thomas Paine
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> On Aug 11, 2022, at 9:17 AM, chair at lpillinois.org wrote:
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> Bennet that's a great questions because we do not have a separately adopted platform.
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> A note from our bylaws. Please see the last two lines...
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> "A Candidate running for office may be denied support if deemed appropriate by the Executive
> Committee. Any member of the Party may file a complaint with the Central Committee or one of
> its officers if that member feels that the candidate does not properly represent the Party because
> of moral, ethical or extremist views or because that candidate supports policies in contradiction
> to the established platform of the Libertarian Party."
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> We do not have a separate platform and use the platform of the national party so I do not see how this motion could be voted on in its current form. We have no LPIL platform to "add to" as stated in the item and we can't add to the national platform because we're an affiliate.
> 
> Chase Renwick
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Illinois
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