Pro-Life Generation & Students for Life of America Addresses the Misogynist Advertising & Messaging Generated by the Biden-Harris Administration & Well-Funded Abortion Lobby 

Targeted Campaign Begins First in States with Ballot Initiatives 

“Pro-Life Generation is going on the offense in this election cycle with the ALMOST ABORTED National Campaign launching in Times Square, sharing the stories of those who value life and who rejected the hopelessness of the Biden-Harris late-term abortion agenda,” said Students for Life of America’s Kristan Hawkins. “In Ohio, Kansas, and Kentucky, millions were spent to scare and discourage women, and, in this election cycle, hundreds of millions in ad buys will push misogynistic stories telling women they are not strong enough for life’s challenges. In ALMOST ABORTED, we will illustrate the stories of those willing to take a chance on themselves and their children.” 

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WASHINGTON D.C. & NEW YORK CITY (05-31-2024) – Pro-Life Generation (PLG) CEO and Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins will anchor a media event in New York City’s Times Square Friday, June 7, at 1 p.m. ET that includes some of those featured in an innovative national messaging campaign — ALMOST ABORTED. The purpose of the multi-state effort is to confront the sales pitch of numerous state ballot initiatives telling women that they are not enough and must vote for late-term abortion – we see their misogyny, and we raise them with hope and a future. The campaign will share a number of stories from those who took a chance on life, even if that meant only welcoming their child for a short time. Also participating at the event will be Tommy Kearns, who, in a viral video conversation with Hawkins, told the story of his adored and aborted daughter, Clementine, and the grief he carries for having no voice as a father to save her life.  

“For men who want a voice in the life and death decisions of abortion, voting pro-life first in 2024 is the only option,” said Hawkins.  

The PLG & SFLA ALMOST ABORTED Campaign begins with a six-figure buy to be featured in Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, and Arizona, as well as the digital billboard in New York’s Times Square. It also includes digital outreach and will be available for sponsorship in other states throughout the campaign cycle.  

NEWS EVENT DETAILS: 

LOCATION: West 43rd, between 7th & Broadway 

NYC TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD LOCATION: 1500 Broadway Spectacular 

TIME: 1 p.m. ET 

SPEAKERS AT THE ALMOST ABORTED NEWS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY EVENT WILL INCLUDE: 

• PLG & SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins, whose three of four children have genetic conditions.  
• Mia & Cara Armstrong, who represent the Down Syndrome community.  
• Rebecca Kiessling, who was conceived in rape.  
• Tina Whittington, who was urged to abort after receiving a fetal diagnosis that later proved false. 
• Melissa Ohden, who survived a botched abortion.  
• Tommy Kearns, who fought to prevent the late-term abortion of his daughter Clementine, was made famous in a viral video from an SFLA event.  

Learn more about Clementine and Stand with Fathers Hurt by Abortion here. 

“We are coming out on the offense against the Kate Cox strategy, sharing stories that confront the bullying campaigns of the abortion lobby and the Biden-Harris Campaign that continuously pushes abortion as the only option,” said Hawkins.  

MEDIA NOTE: When President Biden pushed Cox’s story at the State of the Union, SFLAction encouraged members of Congress to invite pro-life guests (and some did) and featured an event telling numerous stories from those whose children shared the same condition as Cox’s aborted child, including an appearance from Sen. Rick Santorum. 

WATCH HERE: We Chose Life Webcast: Countering the Pro-Abortion, Kate Cox Narrative  

The ALMOST ABORTED national campaign currently features 14 stories that share how mothers confronted adverse fetal diagnosis, a Down Syndrome and Trisomy 18 diagnosis, unexpected pregnancy, and survivor’s guilt from one who discovered that a missing arm came from an attempted abortion. On the issue of rape, one woman shares the story of being conceived in rape, put up for adoption, and later meeting her birth mother, while another mother talks about how she came to keep her precious child after being raped. The campaign includes stories of those who were pressured to abort and grieving abortion, directly addressing ways to confront what can be painful events.  

In New York City, the digital billboard will feature rotating storylines, including:  

• I was Raped & Pressured to Abort my Child. Hear My Story at AlmostAborted.Life/Angela. 
• I have a Deformed Left Arm because an Abortionist Attempted to Abort Me. Hear My Story at AlmostAborted.Life/Josiah. 
• We were Pressured to Abort our daughter, Faith, because of her abnormality. Hear My Story at AlmostAborted.Life/Faith. 
• I am the ‘Product of Rape,’ but my life matters. Hear My Story at AlmostAborted.Life/Rebecca 
• My daughter, Clementine, was aborted despite my pleas. Hear My Story at AlmostAborted.Life/Clementine  

All the content will be available online after the project launch.  

“The Democratic Party and the abortion industry have been propping up the Biden-Harris ticket as well as stumping for extreme late-term abortion ballot initiatives. To try and pull away voters, abortion extremists have invested in the theme that women can’t ‘make it’ without abortion. They sell women short and then sell them an abortion. We want women, girls, and families to know that they are not alone, that they are strong, and that life is worth it,” said Hawkins.  

Learn about the realities of late-term abortion from Ohden here. 

For those needing help or information on resources for those pregnant and parenting, visit: STANDING WITH YOU. 

For interviews, email [email protected].   

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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.