[Imc-newsroom] Press Release- FEMINIST TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ABORTION

[Lisa Mayumi Clare Mueller]

FEMINIST TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ABORTION

Feminists for Life Vice President to Address the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign on Wednesday, December 4, 2002.


Sally Winn, Vice President of Feminists for Life of America, will present
"Refuse to Choose: Reclaiming Feminism" on Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at
7:00 p.m. in 112 Gregory Hall.  Winn knows the challenges of pregnancy and
parenting in college first hand.  In addition to covering 200 years of
pro-life feminism, Winn's lecture emphasizes solutions for pregnant and
parenting students and staff.

For the past six years, Ms. Winn has been an outspoken advocate for women
and children.  She began by serving on many state and local Right to Life
boards and went on to become the executive director of both Democrats for
Life of America and Women and Children First, the largest provider of
pro-life information on the Internet.  She later chaired the National
Pro-Life Democrats Committee and was a board member of the Feminism and
Nonviolence Studies Association.  Currently Ms. Winn serves on the
advisory board of the Susan B. Anthony List.

Feminists for Life has launched pregnancy resource kits to colleges across
the country and is leading a discussion on developing practical resources
for pregnant women on college campuses.  Planned Parenthood's INsider
newsletter calls the program "the newest and most challenging concept" in
college organizing and predicts that it "could have a profound impact" on
colleges "as well as on Planned Parenthood's education and advocacy
efforts."

The lecture will be held at 112 Gregory Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 4, 2002. The lecture is sponsored by Illini Collegians For Life,
SORF, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Monsignor
Stuart Swetland, and St.  John's Catholic Church.  For more information
contact Lisa Mueller at (217) 255-6441.  To schedule an interview with Ms.
Winn contact FFL at 202-737-3352.  FFL's website is
www.feministsforlife.org.