Students for Life of Illinois

Join pro-life students from campuses across the state on October 16th, 2010 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for SFLI’s fourth annual Leadership Summit!
Take advantage of this incredible opportunity to meet other pro-life student leaders! With an emphasis on leadership and education, this event will enhance your skills so that you can [...]

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 [...]

Because of your help, the charges against pro-lifer Joe Holland were dropped last week, but another good pro-lifer has been arrested! We need your help to make sure the charges against David Avignone are also dropped!
Visit ArrestedforPraying.com to learn how you can help David and pass the link along to all of your friends!
NOTE: 312-744-3300 [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois is currently taking a road trip through the state, inviting people to share their reproductive health stories. Last night, the ACLU stopped at the Champaign Public Library to assess the barriers to reproductive health care on campus and within the greater Champaign-Urbana area. A small group of [...]

Check out this great event hosted by the Our Lady of Good Counsel Respect Life Office in Aurora.  This is a great opportunity to hear a pro-life activist share her story!  Click on the image for more information!

[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. [...]

[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 [...]

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 [...]

[Adapted from LifeNews.com]
Contact Your Member of Congress and Urge a NO Vote
1. The first thing every pro-life advocate should do is contact your member of Congress and urge a no vote. Don’t just urge a no vote on the Senate bill (H.R. 3590) but on any companion/reconciliation bill to make changes to it (which will [...]