Racketeer for Life https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:14:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Racketeer for Life https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 “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 SPOTLIGHT: Pro-Life Veteran Joe Scheidler and Face the Truth Tours https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/07/spotlight-pro-life-veteran-joe-scheidler-and-face-the-truth-tours/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:39:27 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14765 Written by David E. Smith

Even as front-line medical workers valiantly attempt to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, the lives of thousands of unborn babies are callously and violently ended every day in abortion clinics throughout the United States. Longtime pro-life activist Joseph Scheidler isn’t letting the pandemic stop his mission to save unborn lives! Monte Larrick caught up with him at a recent Face the Truth tour near the Planned Parenthood abortorium in Flossmoor, Illinois.… Continue Reading

]]> 14765 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

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