By Dave Andrusko Video screenshot When Planned Parenthood skulks about, using shell companies to hide that it is building a new mega-abortion facility, for example, it can count on the likes of CBS News to keep a lid on the construction of an 18,000-square-foot...
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Illinois Democrat pushes bill discouraging state travel to pro-life states
By Calvin Freiburger SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, October 1, 2019 – A Democrat state lawmaker in Illinois is pushing legislation to bar reimbursement for state employees who travel to states with pro-life laws, claiming he wants to “protect” employees from governments that...
Illinois Passes Abortion Law More Radical Than New York’s, Networks Refuse to Report
By Geoffrey Dickens On Wednesday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a new abortion bill that is being called more radical than New York’s law that was passed in January. So far none of the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) have reported on the Illinois...
Illinois’ Grotesque “Reproductive Health Act” Nothing to do with Health
By John Stonestreet with Roberto Rivera I’ve mentioned a few times that the possibility that Roe v. Wade might be in play (overturned or at least rolled back), has prompted a significant uptick in state action on abortion. Some states are moving to limit abortion,...
URGENT ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT: SB 25 PASSED THE HOUSE, 64-50
Senate Bill 25 has been amended by the House to contain the pro-abortion language of the Reproductive Health Act, including the repeal of Parental Notification. It passed out of committee late on May 26th with a vote of 12-7 and passed the House on May 28th with the...
URGENT ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT – Possible Vote Very Soon on Pro-Abortion Bills in Illinois
Time is ticking for the pro-abortion legislators to pass their bills attacking life in Illinois. The House and Senate sessions will adjourn for the summer on May 31st. This only gives them a week and they may be getting desperate. To do this they may be attaching...
URGENT ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT–Possible Vote Very Soon on Pro-Abortion Bills in Illinois
Time is ticking for the pro-abortion legislators to pass their bills attacking life in Illinois. The House and Senate sessions will adjourn for the summer on May 31st. This only gives them about a week and a half and they may be getting desperate. To do this they may...
Illinois Bishops rally the flock against radical pro-abortion bills
By Dave Andrusko Cardinal Blase Cupich The leadership of the Catholic Church in Illinois held a press conference Thursday at the state Capitol in Springfield to blast a bundle of abortion-related bills in the General Assembly as “dangerous” and “mounting...
Illinois Democrats propose New York-style abortion-till-birth legislation
Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from an analysis distributed Friday by Thomas More Society. Pro-abortion Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Photo: Chi Hack Night The Thomas More Society has released a startling analysis of the Democrat-sponsored House Bill 2495 and...
Challenge to state law funding elective abortions now moves to Illinois Supreme Court
By Dave Andrusko Back in November, we reported on a taxpayer lawsuit brought against State of Illinois officials challenging House Bill 40, which requires public funding of elective abortions. It was brought by the Thomas More Society which said that “under HB 40,...