Posts tagged: physician assisted suicide

SPOTLIGHT: Assisted Death Coming to Illinois?

Written by Jenna Smith

Nancy Valko is a registered nurse, legal consultant and a spokesperson for the National Association of Pro-Life Nurses. Monte Larrick had the opportunity to speak with her at a Lake County Right To Life forum, where she keynoted and spoke on the dangers of saying nothing when it comes to medically assisted suicide.

“The problem is, if doctors themselves don’t take a position on the most important issue they have–the most important covenant they have with their patients, which is they will not kill them–what else is open?”

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“Expanding Illinois Abortion Access” (Illinois Family Spotlight #130)

This week’s episode spotlights Mary Kate Knorr, the executive director of Illinois Right to Life.

Mary Knorr joins Monte Larrick to take a hard look at the planned attack of Illinois’ parental notification of abortion law, how to stem the overwhelming assault on this critical law, what Illinois could look like if parental notification of abortion is repealed, and holding anti-life lawmakers accountable.

They also take an over-arching view of what Planned Parenthood and anti-life activists are attempting to accomplish in Illinois, why cultivating strong relationships with your children (grandchildren), especially daughters, is so vital to slow the consistent emergence of crisis pregnancies, and finally a proposal in Springfield to legalize physician assisted suicide.… Continue Reading