Jill Stanek

Jill Stanek (born 1956) is an American anti-abortion activist and nurse from Illinois best known for saying "live birth abortions" were being performed at Christ Hospital in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn and the premature infants were being left to die in a utility room.

Career After witnessing a car accident, Stanek studied nursing, These allegations led to a formal investigation by the Illinois Department of Public Health, which stated that the hospital violated no state laws. A Christ Hospital spokesman admitted "that between 10 percent and 20 percent of fetuses with genetic defects that are aborted survive for short periods outside the womb." Shortly thereafter, Advocate Health Care changed its policy on induced labor abortions, barring its use against fetuses with non-lethal developmental issues. Stanek was fired by Christ Hospital in 2001,

Stanek ran for the Republican nomination for the Illinois House of Representatives in 2002, on an anti-abortion platform, but was defeated.

Since 2003, Stanek has been a regular columnist for WorldNetDaily

As of 2017, Stanek was the national campaign chair of the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion organisation.

Criticism of Barack Obama Stanek generated national news during the 2008 Presidential campaign when publicizing Barack Obama's four votes against Illinois' Born Alive Infants Protection Act while state senator, as well as his state senate floor testimony.

Personal life Stanek lives in Mokena, Illinois. She and her husband Richard have three children.