taxpayer funding of abortion https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:36:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg taxpayer funding of abortion https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Dems Have No Interest In Compromise On Abortion https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/dems-have-no-interest-in-compromise-on-abortion/ Sat, 23 Sep 2023 19:00:04 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=24601 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

]]> 24601 The Mark of Faith https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/02/the-mark-of-faith/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:00:16 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=16862 Written by State Representative Adam Niemerg

“Any country that accepts abortion,
is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.”
~Mother Teresa 

On Ash Wednesday, it is not unusual to see politicians walking around government buildings with a cross marked on their foreheads from ashes. In fact, as a devout Catholic, President Joe Biden has attend many an Ash Wednesday service and has had the cross marked on his forehead to commemorate the beginning of Lent, which is the journey to the most sacred and Holy Day in the Church calendar – Easter.… Continue Reading

]]> 16862 More Rauner Hypocrisy Revealed https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/more-rauner-hypocrisy-revealed/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:00:46 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10200 Written by David E. Smith

This past weekend, incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner appeared on the Flannery Fired Up political program on Chicago’s local Fox32 station (WFLD). During this thirty-minute weekly program, political reporter Mike Flannery went one-on-one with Rauner, covering a number of state issues.

What caught my attention and got me fired up was their discussion about the structural imbalance of the Illinois state budget. In their exchange, Rauner had the audacity to complain that healthcare costs for state employees are “out of control,” rightly saying that it healthcare is “broken.”… Continue Reading

]]> 10200 SPOTLIGHT: Illinois General Assembly Session Recap https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/illinois-general-assembly-session-recap-2018/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:57:01 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=9196 Written by David E. Smith

In this week’s podcast episode, Illinois Family Institute lobbyist Ralph Rivera and contract lobbyist Mark Johnson join Monte Larrick to discuss some of the action, and inaction, that occurred during the spring Illinois General Assembly session.

Rivera and Johnson weigh in on Illinois’ new budget, the possibility of a tax increase after the November election and the House resolution proposing a progressive income (“fair tax”) plan, as well as the danger of an even greater Illinois Exodus than we’ve experienced to date.… Continue Reading

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