Join Diocese of Joliet Bishop Daniel Conlon at Life Advocacy Day in Springfield, April 3 

Urgent action is needed to stop two bills that would make Illinois’s abortion laws the most extreme in the country!

The so-called “Reproductive Health Act” and the “Parental Notice of Abortion Repeal Act” which are currently making their way through the Illinois General Assembly would:

• Expand abortion in Illinois, making Illinois a hub for late-term abortion and underage abortion.
• Leave women victim to substandard, uninspected aborabortion facilities and would allow staff other than doctors to perform abortions.
• Force all insurance plans to provide free abortions, including insurance plans held by religious employers.
• Strip all conscience protections from healthcare workers and remove all public reporting of abortion statistics.

Life Advocacy Day in Springfield, April 3 

Join Bishop Daniel Conlon of the Diocese of Joliet in lobbying our legislators in Springfield on Wednesday, April 3.

You can join the Life Advocacy day on a bus for just $10.

Call your legislators

Make calls to your State Representative and State Senator asking them to vote NO on HB 2495 and HB 2467 for your State Representative, or to vote NO on SB 1947 and SB 1594 for your State Senator. The Capitol switchboard number is (217) 782-2000.

Take ACTION: You can also send them an email!  Click HERE to send a message to your state senator, state representative and to Gov. Pritzker. Ask them to stop targeting innocent pre-born persons and vulnerable women in Illinois. Ask them to vote against abortion expansion in Illinois (HB 2495). Please also ask them to vote against HB 2467, which will gut the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.  (Read more HERE.)
 

Resources 

Use the resources below to print out and give to your legislators or friends and relatives who need information on these pernicious bills:

• Vote NO Handout [PDF]—This simple handout outlines the major problems with the bad Illinois bills. It’s a great handout for your legislators as there’s room at the bottom of the sheet for you to leave a personal message for your Representative or Senator.
• 8 Significant Changes to the Law if These Bills Pass [PDF]—This flyer from the Thomas More Society outlines the major changes that would take place in Illinois law if these bills pass.
• Exhaustive Analysis from Attorney Paul Linton [PDF]—Read attorney Paul Linton’s 13 page in-depth explanation of what the new bills say, and what they could mean for abortion law in the future.