Students for Life of Illinois

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We have a huge opportunity to advance Parental Notice in Illinois. This law was passed in 1995 but contrary to the overwhelming public support, it never went into effect.
Now, the Thomas More Society has made a motion to move this case forward! SFLI has teamed up with them to [...]

Birthright in Champaign is doing a fundraiser at Bob Evans today and tomorrow.  You can support Birthright by eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner at the Bob Evans in Champaign.  Just present the attached flier, and Bob Evans will donate 15% of your ticket to Birthright. (Please note: The flier cannot be used [...]

I’m happy to say that yesterday the charges against Joe Holland of disorderly conduct under the Chicago Bubble Zone law were dropped!  Thank you for everyone who called the Mayor and prayed for Joe! Click here to read the TMS press release.

[Update: Charges were dropped against Joe, thanks to your support! See the TMS release here. ]As many of you know, Northwestern University Graduate Student Joe Holland was arrested for praying outside of a Planned Parenthood in Chicago.  He was arrested under the Chicago ‘Bubble Zone’ ordinance.
SFLI has teamed up with Students for Life of America [...]

Where did the summer go? It’s almost time to head back to school! That means that it is definitely time to plan for your fall outreach! We have resources to help you prepare for a fall full of saving lives!
Pro-Life Speakers
John-Paul Deddens
John-Paul is the Executive Director of Students for Life of Illinois. He will come [...]

[From the Thomas More Society]
This morning, Thomas More Society attorney Peter Breen entered a “not guilty” plea to the charge of disorderly conduct on behalf of Joseph Holland, the first person arrested under the new Chicago “Bubble Zone” ordinance, which prevents certain types of picketing activity outside local abortion clinics. [...]

The Students for Life of Illinois 2010 Summit is approaching this Fall on October 16th. Our 2010 theme is: Bring Your Campus to Life!
It’s our 4th annual Summit and we are looking forward to coming together with pro-life students from campuses around the Midwest to learn about pro-life issues and find out how to take [...]

With the busy-ness of summer, planning events, working with interns and getting ready for a great 2010-2011 academic year full of spreading the pro-life message, I haven’t had the opportunity to introduce you to the 2010 SFLI Summer Interns.  You may have seen a few new posts under the mysterious pen name ‘Interns’ well…
Here they [...]

Check out this great event for high school students hosted by the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago.  I will be one of the speakers and the SFLI interns will be helping out as well. If you’re in high school and want to learn more about saving lives from abortion, this event is [...]

Biking for Babies, a project of Students for Life of Illinois, officially ended for 2010 this summer with a total donation of $14.953.73 to the two charities, the Pregnancy Resource Center and Students for Life of Illinois. This is always a fun project because we get to bike across the state, make cool videos and [...]