Face the Truth Tour https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:22:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Face the Truth Tour https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: Rejecting Abortion Means Knowing What it Looks Like https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/spotlight-supporting-police-as-the-body-of-christ-2/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:20:05 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=29905 Written by Jenna Smith

“If Americans are going to reject abortion, they need to know what happens in an abortion. Who are the victims of abortion? What impact does it have on those mothers and fathers who choose abortion and on society as a whole.” – Anne Scheidler

Standing on the side of a busy highway, Monte Larrick talks with Anne Scheidler, vice president of the pro-life action league during the organization’s Face the Truth tour.… Continue Reading

]]> 29905 “Pray and Work: A Tribute to A Christian Warrior” (Illinois Family Spotlight #234) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-234/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:15:52 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=16689 A hero on the front lines of the abortion war has passed on. Joseph Scheidler, the founder and national director of the Pro-Life Action League, has died at the age of 93. Mr. Scheidler’s impact on the battle for the life of unborn generations is incalculable. Besides his personal influence on pastors and other leaders, Mr. Scheidler was a street warrior, a relentlessly active presence at hundreds of protests and demonstrations at Chicago area abortion mills.… Continue Reading

]]> 16689 “If Democrats Get In, Say Goodbye to America the Beautiful and Hello to America the Ugly” (Illinois Family Spotlight #208) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-208/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:15:32 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=14759 The continued lockdowns–allegedly due to COVID-19–are not inhibiting pro-life activists like Joseph Scheidler from taking to the streets. The Face the Truth Tour consists of pro-lifers demonstrating in front of abortion clinics with graphic abortion photos to demonstrate the reality of abortion. Mr. Scheidler and Monte talked about how this tour got started, and why it is so effective and convicting. They also discussed the pro-life situation in Illinois and America, the hypocritical nature of the BLM activists, and election 2020.… Continue Reading

]]> 14759 SPOTLIGHT: Rehumanizing the Baby in the Womb https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/spotlight-rehumanizing-the-baby-in-the-womb/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:59:46 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=12058 Written by Benjamin Smith

The intersection of Vollmer Rd. and Governors Hwy. in Flossmoor, Illinois was a stop on the 2019 “Face the Truth” Tour, and also the setting for this week’s Spotlight conversation between Monte Larrick and Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League and leader of the FTT Tour.

Scheidler explains the psychology behind the new focus of the “Face the Truth” Tour and speaks to the challenges pro-life proponents face in engaging with the radically pro-abortion, fetus-hating culture that has taken hold in Illinois and our nation.… Continue Reading

]]> 12058 “Rehumanizing the Baby in the Womb” (Illinois Family Spotlight #157) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/rehumanizing-the-baby-in-the-womb-illinois-family-spotlight-157/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:00:38 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=12049 Monte Larrick caught up with the executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, Eric Scheidler, at the 2019 Face the Truth Tour.

They discuss the psychology of the Face the Truth Tour, the danger and general unpopularity of repealing parental notice of a minor’s abortion, why now is the best time to meet face-to-face with your lawmakers, and new legislation that would repeal Illinois’ newest abortion law in addition to making Illinois a heartbeat state.

They also talk about relatively recent critiques of how Republican party leadership handled the fight against the RHA, and the easiest way by far to get started in the pro-life movement: 40 Days for Life.… Continue Reading

]]> 12049 “HB 40 is Having a Deadly Impact on Illinois” (Illinois Family Spotlight #105) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-105/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:00:07 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=9578 On a busy intersection on a bright summer day, Monte Larrick spoke with Eric Schiedler, the President of the Pro-Life Action League at the 19th annual Face the Truth Tour.

This edition of Spotlight features their conversation which touches on President Trump‘s SCOTUS nominee; how graphic images displayed at the Truth Tour debunk popular liberal talking points on abortion; possible Supreme Court debates on the Illinois’ “bubble zone” law; troubling news about the effects of the implementation of HB 40 (taxpayer funding of abortion); and how HB 40 will affect Illinois abortion law if SCOTUS overturns Roe v.… Continue Reading

]]> 9578 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

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