Tag Archives: Planned Parenthood
On May 2, the town of Danville, Illinois became what some have called a "sanctuary city for the unborn." After Planned Parenthood staff announced plans to open an abortion clinic in the town, the city council reacted by narrowly passing an ordinance (8-7), citing a section of federal law that forbids the mailing of abortion paraphernalia.
Posted in Federal, Illinois Politics, next gen, Sanctity of Life
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Tagged Abortion, Abortion and States' Rights, Article VI, Constitution, Danville, Dobbs v. Jackson, Kwame Raoul, ordinance, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Health Act, Roe v. Wade, sanctuary city, sanctuary city for the unborn, Supreme Court, U.S.C. §§ 1461–62
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We are pleased to announce that former state legislator Peter Breen has been added to our line-up of speakers for the IFI Special Forum on Religious Liberty. In addition to being a pro-life hero, Peter leads the Thomas More Society’s Legal Team in service of its Life, Family, and Religious Liberty missions.
Posted in Religious Liberty
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Tagged Arielle Del Turco, Center for Religious Liberty, First Amendment, National Committee for Religious Freedom, Peter Breen, Planned Parenthood, Pregnancy Resource Centers, Religious Liberty, Sam Brownback, SB 1909, Thomas More Society
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With more and more states in the region and beyond moving to protect the lives of unborn babies or at least restrict the mass killing, abortionists in Illinois are busier than ever, according to the abortion industry in the state and news reports about the gruesome phenomenon.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
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Tagged abortion holocaust, Colleen McNicholas, concentration camps, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Margaret Sanger, mobile abortion RV, National Socialist, Planned Parenthood, racism, Roe v. Wade, Southern Illinois, U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) recently introduced H.R. 128, also known as the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023, to the U.S. House of Representatives. This proposal would restrict the federal funds Planned Parenthood receives for abortion (except in cases of rape or incest or danger to the woman’s life) for one year to redirect $235 million toward community health centers. Currently, 40 representatives have cosponsored the bill.
Posted in Federal, IFI News, Illinois Politics, next gen, Sanctity of Life
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Tagged bill, H.R. 128, Lauren Boebert, Mary Miller, Mike Bost, Planned Parenthood, The Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023, U.S. House of Representatives
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On February 9, the Illinois General Assembly introduced two bills—one in the House, one in the Senate—both entitled the “Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act.” The contents of HB 2463, introduced by State Representative Terra Costa Howard (D-Lombard) and SB 1909, introduced by State Senator Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago) are identical, and both bills seek to radically curtail the operations of “limited services pregnancy centers.”
Attorneys general of 23 states have filed two amicus briefs in support of a lawsuit seeking the withdrawal of FDA approval of the drugs mifepristone (RU-486) and misoprostol for use in chemical abortions. Unfortunately, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is not one of them. Success in this suit could make chemical abortion illegal even in states where abortion access remains legal.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
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Tagged Abortion, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Charlotte Lozier Institute, Dr. Christina Francis, FDA, Guttmacher Institute, Kwame Raoul, Lynn Fitch, mifepristone, misoprostol, Planned Parenthood, RU 486, U.S. Justice Department
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It has been almost 20 years since it has been documented that children in our schools are in grave danger of being sexually abused by teachers. In 2004, Charol Shakeshaft completed a U.S. Department of Education sponsored study on Educator Sexual Misconduct. The seminal findings showed that 9.6% of children in our schools, public and private, are victims of educator sexual misconduct sometime between kindergarten and 12th grade.
Posted in Education
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Tagged Advocates for Youth, Answer, Charol Shakeshaft, Chicago Public Schools, Educator Sexual Misconduct, Faith Colson, Faith’s Law, institutionalized grooming, Michelle Mussman, National Sex Education Standards, Office of Inspector General, Planned Parenthood, SB 818, SIECUS, teacher unions, u.s. department of education
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“Roe v. Wade” turned 50 years old on Sunday, January 22nd. This is the infamous U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively gave us abortion on demand (when you add the impact of its companion decision of the same day, “Doe v. Bolton.”) Here are some comments from some pro-life leaders on the fallout from 50 years of “Roe.”
Posted in Sanctity of Life
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Tagged Abby Johnson, Alveda King, Doe v. Bolton, Eric Scheidler, Father Frank Pavone, Joe Scheidler, Jr., Martin Luther King, Planned Parenthood, Priests for Life, Pro-Life Action League, Roe v. Wade, Speak for Life, U.S. Supreme Court
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Leftists have redefined “hate.” To them hatred refers to ideas and moral beliefs that they think harm others. So, using that definition, how do leftists hate people? Let's count the ways. Well, not all the ways. That would suck dry the wellsprings of hope from which we draw at the beginning of each New Year and which are granted to us by a gracious God who has jobs for us to do—with joy.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
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Tagged Equality California, Gender dysphoria, Gender-affirming, Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, Heather Steans, Kelly Cassidy, Michael Simmons, Planned Parenthood, Rachel Levine, SB 107, Scott Wiener, Youth Health Protection Act
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Due to the reversal of Roe V. Wade, Planned Parenthood has been forced to close many clinics in states whose lawmakers and governors are upholding the sanctity of life. But sadly, the culture of death has so pervaded our society that many women in more pro-life states have been traveling to pro-abortion states (like Illinois) to kill their babies.
While many Republicans are celebrating Tulsi Gabbard’s exit from the destructive Democrat Party, Illinois Family Institute is taking a wait-and-see approach to yet another political incarnation of Gabbard. While rejecting the Democrat Party and its baleful policies is always a good thing, not every exit from the Democrat Party constitutes an embrace of conservative principles.
Two decades ago, Gabbard rightly opposed the legal recognition of homosexual relationships as marriages. Later, as a Democrat, she issued not one but two groveling apologies for her prior conservative views on marriage. Here is her most recent apology released in Jan. 2019 when …
Science-denier, election-denier, presidential-wannabe, softcore porn writer, and conspiracy-theorist nonpareil Stacey Abrams thinks Americans are not only deplorable but gullible. Last week she startled the nation with this pronouncement: "There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body."
Posted in Media Watch, Sanctity of Life
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Tagged ABC News, American Pregnancy Association, Baby Center, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, fetal heartbeat bill, Karen Miles, Medline Plus, New York Times, Planned Parenthood, Roni Caryn Rabin, Stacey Abrams, Today Show, Vincenzo Berghella, WebMD
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What would it be like to be considered “Public Enemy Number One”? The term, first used in connection with Chicago’s notorious Al Capone, is a label most of us would prefer to avoid. However, when the organization slapping on this damaging label is Planned Parenthood, the label becomes a badge of honor. Such is the case for Judie Brown! According to her son, Hugh Brown of American Life League, in the early 2000s Planned Parenthood published a list of enemies to abortion rights and Mrs. Judie Brown topped the list.
Born in the mid 1940s, Judie has spent a …
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which fabricated the “right to privacy,” making abortion legal throughout the nation.
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, centered around a Mississippi law that banned abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and has now put the battle to save pre-born human lives at the state level. It is no longer a protected “right” at the federal level. The case was decided by a 6 to 3 decision and means that the only abortion clinic in Mississippi will have to …
Posted in Media Watch, Sanctity of Life
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Tagged ABC Nightly News, Casey v. Planned Parenthood, Colleen McNicholas, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Center, Fairview Heights, Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act, J.B. Pritzker, Planned Parenthood, Rachel Scott, Roe v. Wade, Samuel Alito
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As the debate over abortion rages, with the U.S. Supreme Court poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 pro-abortion ruling, I find myself wondering: How can anybody claim that God is in favor of abortion? But some do. Or how can they claim that the issue is important, but not really that important?
Posted in Sanctity of Life
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Tagged Abby Johnson, Abortion, Abraham Lincoln, Black Southern Women’s Collective, Cindy Lambert, Francis X. Rocca, Kendra Cotton, Lila Rose, Live Action, Michael Barber, Nancy Pelosi, Planned Parenthood, Robert McElroy, Roe v. Wade, Salvatore Cordileone, Second Inaugural Address, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Supreme Court
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