Know Your Ballot: Candidates Backed by Anti-Family Groups

Written by Kathy Valente

Although information about candidates in county races is limited, the candidates listed in the linked resources below have been endorsed by anti-family organizations. Please use discretion when completing your ballot. Illinois Family Action has NOT endorsed these candidates.

Personal PAC, Girl, I Guess, and the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago have listed their endorsed candidates.

“For more than 35 years, Personal PAC has fought to protect reproductive rights in Illinois and has helped to elect more than 1,000 candidates across the state, from school board to governor.”… Continue Reading

Crossed Fingers: We All Got in By Lying

Written by Pastor Calvin Lindstrom

Over a hundred years ago, a newly ordained Presbyterian minister was asked by a classmate how he could tell his examining committee that he believed the Westminster Confession of Faith when he clearly did not. He answered:

“I kept my fingers crossed.”

This incident was the reason why Gary North entitled his massive history of the takeover of the Presbyterian denomination, Crossed Fingers.

Also, about 100 years ago, Princeton professor J.… Continue Reading

A “Declaration for Life” Introduced in the U.S. Senate

Written by David E. Smith

Earlier this week, on September 16, 2026, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) unveiled the “Declaration for Life,” calling on lawmakers and candidates to support legislation restricting abortion, specifically a federal ban on the drug mifepristone.

The four-page document, drafted by over 30 pastors and signed by more than 100 Missouri pastors and 50,000 citizens, argues that state-level restrictions are insufficient because abortion pills can be mailed across state lines, effectively turning “every mailbox in America into an abortion clinic.”… Continue Reading

The Lindsay Clancy Case, Toxic Empathy, and A Christian Worldview

Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

What is going on with American women? This week’s episode addresses this very question. In the midst of the Lindsay Clancy trial proceedings, social media has a revealed a darkness that is alive and well in our culture.

In this episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, hosts Jenna Smith and Alyssa Sonnenburg are joined by guest Stephanie Stapert to examine the viral Lindsay Clancy case from a firm, biblical perspective. With so many women across the country seeking solidarity with Lindsay Clancy, this conversation addresses the damaging effects of toxic empathy—the dangerous tendency of modern women to align themselves with objectively evil acts under the guise of mental health advocacy.… Continue Reading

Pritzker Doubles Down on Abortion and Transgender Secrecy

Written by Kathy Valente

On the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 5295 into law, also known as the Reproductive Health Privacy Act.

At a press conference extolling the new law, Pritzker stood alongside the bill’s sponsors, State Representative Mary Beth Canty (D-Arlington Heights) and State Senator Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago), as well as abortion cheerleaders who praised Illinois’ continued expansion of abortion access.… Continue Reading

Red Flags in Springfield: Bills That Should Alarm Parents

Written by David E. Smith

Rather than strengthening families and reinforcing accountability, these proposals continue to sideline parents and replace parental authority with government control.… Continue Reading

Empowering Women: The Mission of Pregnancy Centers

Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s David Smith, Jenna Smith, and Alyssa Sonnenburg sit down with two special guests– both of whom are executive directors of pregnancy resource centers in Illinois.

In the first half, you will hear from Elmie Patton. She is the Executive Director of First Step Women’s Center located in Springfield, Illinois.

She will discuss the vital role that ultrasounds have in the pro-life world– specifically when it comes to helping women choose life for their babies.… Continue Reading

Abortion Coercion: When the “Choice” Is Taken Away

Written by Paul Stark, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life

The rallying cry of the pro-abortion movement has always been “My Body, My Choice.” Abortion has always been sold as empowering for women, allowing them to exercise control over what happens to their own bodies. A typical response to any pro-life argument is, “If you don’t like abortion, don’t get one.”

However, this line of argumentation ignores the heartbreaking, and all too common, cases in which the abortion is unwanted by the mother.… Continue Reading

How Alliance Family Services Saves Lives

Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this week’s episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s Dave Smith sits down with Elaine Demoulos and Angela from Alliance Family Services.

Serving the large area of Elgin and Schaumburg, Alliance Family Services is dedicated to protecting the preborn and proclaiming the Gospel to every woman that walks through their door.

“The majority of our clients have never heard the true Gospel. Alliance Women’s Clinics are front-line mission fields, partnering with the local church to reach women vulnerable to abortion with truth, compassion, and hope.

Without the Right to Life, No Other Rights Matter

Written by David E. Smith

The Declaration of Independence emphatically affirms that all human beings are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, the first of which is the right to life.

The Bill of Rights reinforces this principle. The Fifth Amendment states that no person shall “be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law” — explicitly protecting the right to life within the legal framework of the United States.

The Fourteenth Amendment extends this protection further, declaring that no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”… Continue Reading