In the race to replace retiring pro-life IL Congressman Henry Hyde, The Hill reported yesterday that Republican contenders, state Senators Peter Roskam and Carole Pankau, are separated primarily by one issue: Pankau has portrayed herself as a centrist, female alternative to the more conservative Roskam, who once worked for Hyde and considers himself the heir […]

The inference in this comment on Rich Miller’s blog… But now Stanek and her allies have given Madigan a reason to strike back at them. If Speaker Madigan makes life miserable for pro-life forces over the next few years (and I suspect he will) they have no one to blame for Madigan’s opposition to them […]

This will be interesting only to IL pols: IL Speaker of the House Michael Madigan was subpoenaed June 17 to give a deposition on what part he played, if any (ha), to stop the Illinois Choose Life license plate legislation last year. (Side note: Workers at Madigan’s law office told the process server he wasn’t […]

Polskie Radio reports today: 14 giant anti-abortion billboards have been put up in the city centre of Lodz in central Poland. All of them abound in drastic scenes, and they are displayed right next to war images [Rwanda, Yugoslavia]. The organizers think it’s a good way to appeal to people’s conscience. The audio of the […]

In his piece yesterday, “Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (For Something)?”, op ed writer Doug Wrenn called MA governor and potential ’08 presidential candidate Mitt Romney into account for waffling on the pro-life issue. I’m not ready to discard Romney, because he recently took a strong and unpopular stand against embryonic stem […]

Click here to see the full-page ad American Life League took out in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, in conjunction with the first day of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ spring meeting being held in Chicago. The ad drew the ire of liberal Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin who – surprise! – also doesn’t think Durbin […]

Here’s a bite from President Bush’s speech at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast this morning, with Congressmen Nancy Pelosi (pro-abort Democrat), Chris Cannon (pro-life Republican), Hilda Solis (pro-abort Democrat), Rahm Emanuel (pro-abort Democrat), and Luis Fortuno (pro-life Republican) also in attendance: For Hispanic Americans, a love of neighbor is more than a gospel command — […]

Later this evening, pro-abort Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) will offer an amendment to the Science State Justice and Commerce Appropriations bill that would force the U.S. to fund the United Nations Population Fund. Reminder from congressional pro-life caucus: “Last Congress we only had a 219-216 advantage on this issue, so this is one of the […]