Doe v. Bolton https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:23:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Doe v. Bolton https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Abortion Is the Issue that Will Not Die https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/01/abortion-is-the-issue-that-will-not-die/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:00:49 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=16729 Written by Jerry Newcombe

Another anniversary of Roe v. Wade has come and gone. And in recent days, the pro-life movement has suffered some serious political setbacks.

Outgoing President Donald Trump was surprisingly pro-life. In contrast, incoming President Joe Biden, although he is a Catholic, has become so pro-abortion that he believes in abortion for any reason up to the very moment of birth—and that you and I should pay for it.

Vice President Kamala Harris is just a heartbeat away from the presidency.… Continue Reading

]]> 16729 SPOTLIGHT: The Victims of “Choice” https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/spotlight-the-victims-of-choice/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:31:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7938 Written by Benjamin Smith

At a recent Face the Truth Tour event, Monte Larrick interviewed Eric Scheidler, the Executive Director of the Pro Life Action League. They discuss why the Pro Life Action League does this tour where pro-baby activists and volunteers converge on a busy intersection displaying signs depicting aborted human beings.

Monte and Eric also discuss pending legislation for taxpayer funded abortion (HB 40) in Illinois, and the possibility of overturning of Roe v.… Continue Reading

]]> 7938 “The Victims of Choice” (Illinois Family Spotlight #052) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-052/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:00:25 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=7934 At a recent event called the Face the Truth Tour, where pro-baby activists and volunteers converge on a busy intersection displaying signs depicting aborted human beings, Monte Larrick interviewed Eric Scheidler, the Executive Director of the Pro Life Action League. They discuss why the Pro Life Action League does this tour, HB 40, and the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade/Doe v. Bolton with an additional pro-life justice on the Supreme Court. While overturning Roe v.… Continue Reading

]]> 7934 An Interview With The Racketeer for Life https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/an-interview-with-the-racketeer-for-life/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7338

Written by Benjamin Smith

On this special edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick is joined by pro-life hero Joseph Scheidler, the founder and national president of the Pro-Life Action League.

Joe has fought for the unborn since the U.S. Supreme Court manufactured privacy and abortion rights with its 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton rulings. He was the target of a lawsuit brought by the National Organization for Women under federal racketeering laws.… Continue Reading

]]> 7338 Roe v. Wade Is A ‘Jealous God’ That Demands Blood And Generates Rage https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/roe-v-wade-is-a-jealous-god-that-demands-blood-and-generates-rage/ Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:00:31 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7127

Written by Tom Neven

Is there a constitutional principle so sacrosanct that it can abide no exceptions? Perhaps the First Amendment? Nope. Courts have placed reasonable restrictions on free speech and the practice of religion. You can’t libel someone, nor can you sacrifice live animals. The Second Amendment? No again, as any number of gun laws attest. One can find reasonable exceptions to just about every constitutional principle.

But 43 years ago, trawling through the penumbra and emanations of the Constitution, Justice Harry Blackmun found an inviolable right that had somehow evaded the Founding Fathers: the right to kill a child in utero—mere inches from being fully born, even—for any reason or no reason.

… Continue Reading ]]> 7127