Life Chat

Alison Centofante worked as Director of Executive Affairs for Live Action for years. Now she has a husband, two beautiful children, and spreads the word to other young women that being a mother is beautiful! What else is Alison doing today? Listen to this episode of Life Chat to find out!

Chris Iverson has dedicated so much of his life to helping turn Chicago pro-life! Listen to his pro-life journey, how he has strategized and come up with new ways to reach the thousands of people in the city, and where he thinks we as Illinoisans should go from here.

Mary Kate Knorr is the founder of Feminae Vero and former executive director of Illinois Right to Life. In this Life Chat episode, she and Amy Gehrke discuss how we can empower young women to stand up for life and not choose abortion as well as why Illinois needs to be more proactive than ever in the fight against abortion.

Listen to this Life Chat episode with Kelly Dore to learn more about how Illinois will be effected once the repeal of Parental Notice goes into effect on June 1st.

In this episode, Dr. Steve Jacobs interviews Monica Snyder, Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life, about the foundations of the Pro-Life Movement: the right to life. They discuss how people of all religions and sects can unite on this foundational principle and fight for protecting life together.

In this episode, our communications assistant Savannah Dudzik interviews Jess Meeth, National Communications Director for Democrats for Life. Jess spent over a year of her life speaking with women in crisis pregnancies and now she is using her experience to tell the world that women do not need abortions. She discusses why it is important to change hearts and minds, but how we really need to change legislation if we are going to protect all humans

Kelly's story is one that covers so many difficult and painful topics in our world today: Child molestation, teen rape, repeat abortions, drugs, eating disorders, homosexuality, and pornography. Despite experiencing the unimaginable in her life, Kelly Lester's strength and the grace of God triumphed. Kelly is a testament to how God can use even the worst trauma to create something beautiful.

Now a wife and mother of six children, Kelly loves to share her story to give hope to the most desperate women and share the truth that God can save anybody. She is currently Director of Outreach for And Then There Were None and Pro-Love Ministries, as well as a board member for Village Ansanm: Living Stones Ministries.

We have a HUGE announcement! Dennis Prager, the founder of PragerU, will be the keynote speaker at our 53rd annual Leaders for Life Banquet on Friday, April 29th. Along with this, we also were able to have him on our Life Chat Podcast to give your a preview of his talk and explain why protecting and defending life is so important to him.

Listen here for an exclusive interview with Dennis Prager!

Abby Johnson is well-known for her conversion from Planned Parenthood manager to fierce Pro-Life advocate, but how did she get there and what has she done since then? Listen to our latest Life Chat episode to find out!

Our executive director Amy Gehrke sat down with Abby Johnson to discuss Johnson's new book, Fierce Mercy, which will be released next month, and how that fierce mercy impacted Abby's life. Listen now to hear this pro-life superstar's opinions!

In this episode, our communications assistant interview Anna Flock. The Illinois Right to Life team met Anna at one of our Ground Zero Tours and we were impressed with her passion for the pro-life movement, her grace in handling single motherhood, and her appreciation of the work the pro-life movement does.

In this episode, she discusses why it is so important to be involved in the pro-life movement and how they have inspired and helped her through her journey.