Author: unitedfamilies

Becket filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to stop Illinois from forcing pro-life healthcare professionals to promote and make referrals for abortion. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Treto, a group of pro-life pregnancy centers and doctors is challenging an Illinois law that requires any healthcare professional who declines to perform abortions for reasons of conscience to tell women about the “benefits” of abortion and refer women to abortion providers.

Illinois Governor Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker signed a bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide into law on Friday. The decision makes the Land of Lincoln the 12th state to legalize euthanasia.

Women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) are being deprived of a medication that has the potential to save lives along with offering relief — yet is nearly impossible to obtain in Wales, leading some women to undergo abortions out of desperation.