Over 10,000 lives saved, and we’re just getting started.
Turning Illinois pro-life, one heart at a time.
What We DoWe take a 4 step approach to turning Illinois pro-life.
94%
Of students said they felt more pro-life after watching our Heart2Heart Educational Program speakers – and that includes pro-choice students.
3,500
Young adults we’ve spoken to in live presentations and discussions about abortion and other life issues impacting their generation – over the past two years alone.
600,000+
People have been reached by Illinois Right to Life through our online outreach and media appearances including Television interviews and publications in the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, the Washington Times, and more.
$.5 Million
In financial assistance was given to help mothers in crisis situations through Project Love, our grant program that has been around for 21 years.
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Requests for information are made to our office from pregnancy help centers, students, legislators, other political leaders, national pro-life organizations, and more – every year.
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We are a 1 stop shop for everything you need. We provide fact-based education and credible pro-life information for our legislators, teachers, pastors, and community leaders.
Illinois Right to Life is a non-profit organization that educates on the beauty and value of all human life regardless of a person’s size, gender, race, age, or disability. We use a grassroots approach to build a culture of life in Illinois that welcomes and loves all human life from conception through natural death.
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Tom BrejchaPresident & Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Society, Chicago, IL.,

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Our Groundbreaking, New Heart2Heart Educational Program
The Heart2Heart Program is a free online library of professionally filmed videos that serve to teach students pro-life values on various pro-life issues. Each video will be accompanied by a leader guide/lesson helper in order to arm teachers with the resources to teach pro-life values in their classrooms. -
Project Love
Project Love is a grant program of Illinois Right to Life that supports women in unplanned or crisis pregnancy situations. Project Love was founded in 1996 by the late Mary Bliss out of her love and concern for pregnant women in difficult situations.
Our Blog
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RELEASE: Illinois Right to Life Responds to FDA Chemical Abortion Rule Change
January 4, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information: Mary Kate Zander Executive Director Illinois Right to Life P: 312-422-9300 E: [email protected] RELEASE DATE: January 4, 2023 ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONDS TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION RULE CHANGE (CHICAGO, IL) – – On January … Continue reading
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Youth Leading the Pro-Life Movement
October 5, 2022
This past Saturday, Illinois Right to Life sponsored the Simply Pro-life Teen event in Barrington, IL. I had the opportunity to speak at the event, to share the mission of our organization, and interact with many young people, some of … Continue reading
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ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD MOBILE ABORTION CLINIC
October 4, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Gehrke, Executive Director 312-422-9300 OR 414-248-0522 ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD MOBILE ABORTION CLINIC Oct 4, 2022 – Chicago The following statement may be attributed to … Continue reading
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ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRAVEL FOR ABORTION
August 8, 2022
ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRAVEL FOR ABORTION The following statement may be attributed to Amy Gehrke, Executive Director of Illinois Right to Life: Today’s Executive Order on abortion signed by … Continue reading