Prolife advocates stood outside the black metal fence of a new abortion clinic in Fairview Heights as its operators, Planned Parenthood, and their supporters cut the ribbon on the new 18,000-square-foot facility Oct. 21. The clinic, built secretly in the Metro East city and revealed only a few weeks ago, could become the largest abortion […]
Abortions likely to increase in Illinois due to new clinic
Fairview Heights | A massive new abortion clinic built in secret in Metro East Illinois is expected to open October 23 and draw more than 11,000 clients annually from a multi-state region. The Fairview Heights clinic is just 13 miles from St. Louis, where officials have threatened to close the last remaining abortion clinic in […]
Clinic helps make Illinois abortion destination
Updated October 9, 2019 With a very large abortion clinic set to open in Metro East, Illinois is becoming a destination for women from neighboring states with stricter abortion laws. The opening, expected in October, is causing controversy in Fairview Heights, where it was built in secret. Fairview Heights Mayor Mark Kupsky told the Belleville […]
IBSA joins two lawsuits
The Illinois Baptist State Association will join two lawsuits involving religious liberty issues for the purpose of protecting Southern Baptist churches in the state. The IBSA Board of Directors voted to participate in the litigation in its fall meeting Sept. 10. One case involves zoning regulations that prohibit churches and church plants from being located […]
In appreciation of Bill Weedman 1937-2019
William “Bill” Weedman is being remembered fondly by Illinois Baptists following his death Thursday, September 12, 2019 at a hospice facility in Springfield, Ill. Weedman, 81, retired as IBSA senior associate executive director in October 2006 after 28 years’ service at IBSA. Prior to his lengthy tenure, he pastored churches in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. […]
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