Students for Life of Illinois

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On July 17th, nearly twenty student leaders gave up their Saturday in order to come to a pro-life summer retreat.
SFLI hosted this retreat in order to give pro-life leaders the opportunity to jump-start their pro-life work on their respective campuses in the fall. Retreat participants got specific insights on how to greatly expand the pro-life [...]

[UPDATE] Following public criticisms of new federally-funded health insurance plans that would have covered elective abortions in Pennsylvania and New Mexico, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement that the agency will act to exclude abortion from this program. This shows the need for a clear mandate from congress excluding explicit taxpayer [...]

When pro-life students get together, amazing things can happen. While brainstorming about different ways to activate all the dormant pro-life energy in Chicago area youth, Northern Illinois student Peter Aiura and Willows Academy student Grace Deardurff came up with LIFEapalooza!
With ‘beach volleyball, water mayhem, bags tournaments, and ludicrous amounts of pro-life fun!’ it definitely [...]

This weekend, everyone will light sparklers, grill hamburgers, eat watermelon, and fly their red, white, and blue flags in celebration of an event that took place two-hundred thirty-four years ago. On July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved. The thirteen colonies became the thirteen United States of America.
The Declaration [...]

Every other time I have taken the bus home from Champaign, I have looked at the houses and picked which one I wanted. I have considered them, critiqued them, and compared them, looking for the one that I would most like to own one day, to raise a family in.
But today, something strange and scary [...]

Yesterday on Yahoo News, underneath articles about red carpet disasters and avoiding weight gain, an article called “Rare Photo of Slave Children” caught my eye. I opened the link and saw a photo, dated back to about 1860, of two slave boys. The boys, both probably less than ten years old, are wearing tattered clothing [...]

We’re making a Recommended Pro-Life Speakers list for college students who are trying to find good speakers for their campus.
Have you ever spoken about this issue? Do you think you’d be interested in inspiring some highly energetic college students? If your answer is yes, we would appreciate if you’d be able to fill out [...]