Laura J. Lederer https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:54:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Laura J. Lederer https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: In Defense of Parental Notice of Abortion https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/spotlight-in-defense-of-parental-notice-of-abortion/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:00:44 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=17106 Written by David E. Smith

Parents for the Protection of Girls – a grassroots movement to uphold and defend parental notice – recently hosted an online news conference in defense of Illinois’s Parental Notice of Abortion Act. This edition of Spotlight provides especially timely information from the event and highlights numerous reasons why the Parental Notice of Abortion Act must be upheld. Following is a list of conference participants:

Mary Hallan FioRito, a fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center and moderator of the forum.… Continue Reading

]]> 17106 Congressional Leaders Demand HHS Investigate Planned Parenthood’s Cover Up of Sex Crimes https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/congressional-leaders-demand-hhs-investigate-planned-parenthoods-cover-up-of-sex-crimes/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:00:46 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=9177 Written by Brandon Showalter

WASHINGTON — Fifty-six members of Congress are urging the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate Planned Parenthood for covering up and not reporting the sexual abuse and trafficking of minors.

Speaking at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, several pro-life activists and members of Congress spoke about a newly released report by Live Action titled, “Aiding Abusers: Planned Parenthood’s Coverup of Child Sexual Abuse,” that they say details Planned Parenthood’s long history of complicity with sexual exploitation.… Continue Reading

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