Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
This episode of Spotlight features the legacy of Joe Schiedler, who passed away at the age of 93.
Joe Schiedler leaves a 50 year legacy of peaceful, pro-life activism that took him around the nation and the world. Schiedler and his wife, Anne, co-founded the Chicago based Pro-Life Action League, and he authored Closed: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion and Racketeer for Life.
Back in 2017, IFI hosted a Pro-Life Forum where Joe Schiedler reflected on his work and his calling in the pro-life movement.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, joe schiedler, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, Pro-Life Action League, Roe v. Wade, Spotlight
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture, Political, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg | January 31, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Encouragement from Joe Schiedler
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In Dobbs, the Court overturned its disastrous 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that created an abortion-on-demand regime throughout the United States. Now, the elected branches of government are free to make abortion policy without interference from federal courts.
Following the Court’s decision in Dobbs, legislatures in pro-life states across the nation have taken steps to curtail or dramatically reduce the availability of abortion.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
Most pundits credit the Democrats’ election victories last Tuesday to the nation’s apparently unquenchable lust for abortion.
They have a point.
Democrats kept the focus off potent issues such as crime, raging inflation, millions of illegal immigrants, the war on domestic energy production, and President Biden’s bizarre behavior.
Using abortion like a club, Democrats in Virginia flipped the state House and kept the Senate, albeit by paper-thin majorities. They kept control in Fairfax and Loudoun counties.… Continue Reading
Tags: Andy Beshear, Babylon Bee, Bernie Sanders, Big Brother mandates, Bob Anderson, Border Crisis, Buta Biberaj, Crime, Dan Balz, Donald Trump, Ed Romaine, flash mob shoplifting, George Soros, illegal immigrants, Joe Biden, Monica Hesse, New York Post, raging inflation, Roe, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington Post, Weaponized Government
Illinois Politics, Political | David E. Smith | November 14, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on GOP Must Go On The Offensive and Call Out Democrats’ Extremism to Win 2024 Elections
Written by Chris Iverson
Over the years, former president Donald Trump’s position on abortion has shifted, as this video collage demonstrates. In 1999, Trump said he hated abortion, but that he was also very pro-choice and would not support a ban on partial-birth abortion. In 2015, he said he was pro-life with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. In 2016, he said women who obtain an abortion should be punished, a position on which he quickly backtracked.… Continue Reading
Tags: 15 week ban, abortion, Dobbs v. Jackson, Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, heartbeat law, Joe Biden, Meet the Press, Roe v. Wade, Ron DeSantis, Truth Social
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | October 10, 2023 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Trump Flips Back to Pro-Abortion
Written by Paul Caprio
In his column, Donald Trump Owes Pro-Lifers (September 29), William McGurn has made some important points about the significance of the pro-life movement in electing Donald Trump President in 2016.
First, however, Mr. McGurn mentions Trump’s recent attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing a six-week abortion ban. Trump is calling it a “terrible thing.” The Florida law is called federalism in action, Mr. President.
Mr. McGurn correctly reminds us of the two major events which were crucial in providing overwhelming, and probably decisive, pro-life support for Trump in 2016.… Continue Reading
Tags: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, late-term abortion, parental consent, parental rights, Roe v. Wade, taxpayer funding of abortion, The Hyde Amendment, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Supreme Court, William McGurn
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | September 23, 2023 2:00 PM | Comments Off on Dems Have No Interest In Compromise On Abortion
Written by Robert Knight
Did you know that debating issues in Congress is part of the culture war and is bad for democracy?
That’s what The Washington Post (motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”) implied in its front-page story after the Republican-led House approved the National Defense Authorization Act in a 219-210 party-line vote.
The bill authorizes an $886 billion defense budget and rolls back some of the Democrats’ schemes aimed at turning America into a Marxist version of Sodom and Gomorrah.… Continue Reading
Tags: Angel Studios, Biden Administration, Catherine Rampell, COVID–19, Disney, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Elena Kagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Gerald Groff, Harold Shurtleff, Jim Caviezel, Joe Kennedy, Kevin McCarthy, Lorie Smith, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Mira Sorvino, Obergefell, Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, same-sex marriage, The Washington Post, Tim Ballard, U.S. Postal Service
Marriage, Family & Culture, Political | David E. Smith | July 24, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Yes, The Culture War is Real, And Democrats Started It
Written by Tim Graham
As CNN looks for a new leader, former CNN host Brian Stelter proposed this as the most important question: “What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?”
The public could turn this question around: “What should a politician do when a CNN host says something untrue?” The Stelters of this world cannot imagine anyone at CNN would ever say anything false. They arrogantly presume they always defend the “truth.”… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Biden-Harris Campaign, Brian Stelter, CNN, Dana Bash, EWTN, H.R. 8296, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Owen Jensen, Planned Parenthood, PolitiFact, Roe v. Wade, Women's Health Protection Act
Media Watch | David E. Smith | June 9, 2023 6:00 AM | Comments Off on CNN’s Mostly False Take on Biden’s Stance on Abortion
Written by David Harsanyi
How many voters know that the Democratic Party supports legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy on demand for virtually any reason? How many voters know this position aligns with only six other countries in the world — three of them, not incidentally, being North Korea, Vietnam and China?
How many voters know that Democrats want to pass a federal law banning states from stopping sex-selective abortions or the dismembering of the post-viable unborn or the requirement of parental and guardian notification for minors before getting abortions?… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Brian Kemp, conscience rights, Dan Kelly, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Donald Trump, Glenn Youngkin, human life, Hyde Amendment, J.D. Vance, Janet Protasiewicz, Mike DeWine, Parental notice of abortion, Roe v. Wade, Ron DeSantis, sex-selective abortions, Stacey Abrams, Taxpayer funded abortion, Terry McAuliffe, Tim Ryan, Washington Post, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | April 21, 2023 8:00 AM | Comments Off on Republicans Need To Stop Being Cowards on Abortion
Written by Greg Burt
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has ramped up his efforts to expand and protect the abortion industry and turn California into an “abortion sanctuary.” He launched billboards in several pro-life states encouraging women to come to California to receive abortions. He has signed a dozen radical abortion bills, including a bill to block other states from enforcing pro-life laws. He also launched a website to help women seeking abortions find clinics to do so. … Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
In the space of a week, we saw three children and three adults executed at a Christian school in Nashville, the indictment of former President Donald Trump, and the advent of the national “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
We also saw the current White House occupant awkwardly joking at length about his love of ice cream before addressing the Nashville massacre. The word “inappropriate” is wildly inadequate. Within moments, he segued into a gun control rant.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alejandro Mayorkas, Anthony Fauci, Antifa, Biden administrations, Biden crime family, Black Lives Matter, Border Crisis, border security, Clinton crime family, Department of Justice, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Federal Trade Commission, Homeland Security, Janet Yellen, Joe Biden, Karine Jean-Pierre, Lina Khan, Matt Taibbi, Merrick Garland, Obama Administration, Roe v. Wade, school shooting, Transgender Day of Visibility, Twitter Files
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | April 4, 2023 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Intimidation 101: From Trump to Transgender Mania, Leftists’ War on America is Intensifying