A girl approached our presenter immediately following our talk at a grade school in a classroom full of Illinois’ future leaders. We were presenting on the beauty of life and the extraordinary development of a child in the womb. When the student was called upon, she asked our speaker for some change. I need to call my mother, the girl explained. My parents are divorcing. My mother is crippling under the pressure and she just found out she is pregnant. She’s getting an abortion. I need to call and tell her not to abort my little sibling.
Our positive and loving education outreach touches hearts in Illinois reducing the number of abortions and instilling a spirit of love and admiration for the authentic dignity of the most vulnerable members of our Illinois communities.
When we do not educate, there is pain in our communities.
While we were giving a talk on the work of Illinois Right to Life a hand shot up in the audience. The woman said to us, “Are there really other options than abortion? I mean are there really?” As we began to outline the numerous choices outside of abortion our eyes fell upon a young female colleague in the audience. As we continued speaking, we noticed our colleague would no longer make eye contact with us. She was staring down at the ground. Her body was twisting away from ours. She was trying to hide the pain in her face from us, but she couldn’t. Immediately we knew. It was as if her heart was screaming out to ours “If only I had known! If only someone had taken a moment to educate me.”
Every day, Illinois Right to Life works tirelessly so that no woman and no man ever has to say again if only I had known. And if this week our work saves even just one baby, perhaps that baby will be the one to lead the final battle to end the horrible mistreatment of Illinois’ most innocent and gentlest people.
Here is just a glimpse at our impact so far:
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.
500
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.
1
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.