Illinois HR 507: AUTISM-SEC. KENNEDY

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HR0507LRB104 15859 MST 29075 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly promoted 

3false, disproven claims linking childhood vaccines and common 

4medications to autism; and

5 WHEREAS, These reckless statements directly contradict 

6decades of peer-reviewed research and scientific consensus 

7showing no connection between vaccines or Tylenol and autism 

8or autism spectrum disorder; and

9 WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's rhetoric undermines public 

10trust in science, dismisses the expertise of the Centers for 

11Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National 

12Institute of Health (NIH), and spreads misinformation that has 

13fueled a resurgence of preventable diseases like measles; and

14 WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy has advised pregnant women and 

15parents to withhold safe medications such as Tylenol, 

16endangering maternal and fetal health by increasing the risk 

17of miscarriage, preterm birth, and complications from 

18untreated fever; and

19 WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's public comments describing 

20children with autism as those who "will never pay taxes, never 

21hold a job, never play baseball, never write a poem, never go 

HR0507- 2 -LRB104 15859 MST 29075 r

1out on a date, and may never use a toilet unassisted" are 

2deeply cruel and dehumanizing and disregard the lived 

3experiences of millions of neurodiverse individuals and their 

4families; and

5 WHEREAS, Autism is not a disease to be cured but a complex 

6neurodevelopmental condition influenced by genetics and 

7environmental factors, not vaccines or medications, as 

8confirmed by decades of scientific research; and

9 WHEREAS, Secretary Kennedy's embrace of divisive and 

10anti-scientific rhetoric mirrors th