It's not the state's job to parent your child - it's yours.

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Why Your Role Matters:

  • Amplify Voices: By collecting signatures, you amplify the voices of parents who believe in the importance of preserving their rights.

  • Community Strength: Your efforts build a stronger community that values and safeguards the rights of parents to make decisions for their families.

  • Impact Legislation: The signatures you gather propel our petitions onto the ballot, influencing legislation that directly protects and empowers parents.

How You Make a Difference:

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About

The Parents Matter Coalition (PMC) was started by a group of Illinois parents concerned with
protecting their minor children. As the state of Illinois continues to encroach upon parents’ right
to be involved in their children’s lives – particularly within the context of major life-altering
decisions such as abortion or gender modifying therapies and treatments – PMC came together
to push back against the government’s interference in parent-child relationships.

The mission of the Parents Matter Coalition is to help parents and the community reclaim and
restore the rights for parents and guardians to parent their minor children, free from government
overreach.

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How do I sign?

Unfortunately, all petitions must be signed in person. You can contribute your signature to the effort in one of two ways:

1) by signing your own sheet (and collecting the signatures of your family and friends), then having it notarized and mailing it to P.O. Box 1503 Wheaton, IL 60187. To download instructions and a petition, click here

2) by attending an event where signatures are being collected. To find an event in your area click here.

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News

PARENTS MATTER COALITION RESPONDS TO BEING BLOCKED FROM 2024 ELECTION DAY BALLOT BY DEMOCRATIC SUPERMAJORITY’S ELEVENTH HOUR ACTION

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PARENTS MATTER COALITION RESPONDS TO BEING BLOCKED FROM...

Feb

22

2024

Group fights for parental consent for abortion, gender modification in Illinois

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If you are under 18 and pregnant in Illinois, you have three options:

Continue the pregnancy...

Feb

22

2024

Illinois bill proposes charging parents denying children abortion or gender-affirming care with child abuse

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill currently under consideration in the Illinois legislature could allow parents who deny...

Feb

21

2024

Dr. Phil Blasts Medical Associations for Endorsing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children

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Dr. Phil McGraw, host of the long-running daytime talk show “Dr. Phil,” criticized medical associations that promote the use...

Feb

20

2024

Parents Matter Coalition wants parental rights question on Illinois' November ballot

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Parents and advocates with the Parents Matter Coalition gathered inside the State Capitol on...

Referendum would require parental consent for kids' gender-modification procedures

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February 19, 2024

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Some Illinois parents and activists are pushing for an addition to the...