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DEFENDING THE UNBORN
Pro-Lifers protest pending bills Legislation called ‘most extreme’ in U.S.
News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
MARCH 25, 2019 Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Peoria, Illinois Permit No. 325
Vol. 113 No. 05
MISSIONS
Hands-on gospel Demonstrated statewide in children’s outreach P. 11
SBC’S LIFEWAY
All stores closing Publisher to focus on digital delivery P. 5
IBSA
Kicklighter honored Church planting leader departs P. 3
Springfield | An estimated 3,600 pro-life advocates turned out at the State Capitol in Springfield March 20 to rally and lobby legislators against new bills that would expand abortion in Illinois. The rotunda grew so crowded that lines formed outside as Capitol security shut down admission. Those at the rally gathered to speak out specifically against the Reproductive Health Act, which would legalize abortion in Illinois through all nine months of pregnancy. P. 4