A Job Half Done
Overturning Roe was a historic victory, but ending Roe was only step one. Since Dobbs, abortion rates have actually increased—driven largely by…
Bethany Bachman
Writing for IFI since 2023 41 articles
About Bethany Bachman
Bethany is a freelance writer and editor and the former Director of Internships and Lectures at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. An Illinois native and alumnus of Trinity International University (M.A. in Bioethics), she now lives in south-central Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.
Articles by Bethany Bachman
Turning the Trans Ship
Across the nation and around the world, the transgender movement is facing growing scrutiny as people confront the real-world consequences of denying…
The State Makes a Bad Parent, But It’ll Keep Trying
Government bureaucracy cannot replace a loving mom & dad. Yet too often in Illinois, politicians act as if children belong to the…
Oppose HB 4606: New Moms Need Community, Not Assessment
Families and communities once cared for new mothers. Now government wants to take their place. Illinois HB 4606 would send state home-visiting…
Guardrails, Schmardrails.
Illinois Democrats are bent on removing every possible barrier to the life-altering procedures of abortion and gender reassignment, and last week, they…
CORRECTION: Cassidy’s Confusion on the Definition of Dignity
Illinois lawmakers admit preborn life has dignity… yet still allow it to be destroyed. That’s the contradiction of HB 4839. It has…
It’s Not Personal, it’s Political
If you ask a progressive, everything is political now. Every opinion, the books you read, the food you eat, the way you…
Speak Out Against Yet Another Abortion Expansion in Illinois
Just when it seems Governor Pritzker and Congressional Democrats couldn’t possibly expand abortion any further in the Land of Lincoln, they find…
A Hard Pill to Swallow: Mifepristone and the Dangers of Chemical Abortion
Abortion advocates once promised “safe, legal, and rare.” Today, it’s abortion by mail, minimal oversight, and silenced dissent. This is what happens…
Pritzker’s Ever-Growing Passion
When it comes to abortion, Governor J.B. Pritzker has only one goal: expand. In Illinois, he has consistently removed commonsense barriers to…
Illinois’ Deepening Dance With Death
It was a series of moves that showed a cynical disregard for morality and the will of the people. Introduced as the…
A Creeping Definition of Death Threatens Us All
While authorities expose chilling organ procurement abuses, mainstream voices argue for redefining death to meet demand. From patients waking up mid-harvest to…