Merrick Whitson, our 2026 National Leaders Collective’s leader of the month for September, is a Students for Life of America Christian Leadership Fellow attending college in Seattle, Washington. Learn more about Whitson’s leadership and activism below. Driven by Faith and Community My primary reason for getting involved in the pro-life movement is my Christian faith and a desire to live

For nearly two years, Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) have pursued one overriding federal objective: ending taxpayer support for Planned Parenthood. Now, our argument to the Trump Administration is that much of the groundwork for a federal debarment review has already been done.  SFLAction was calling for Planned Parenthood to be both defunded

My name is Jesse Castrinos, and I graduated from Patrick Henry College with a B.A. in American Politics and Policy in May 2026. My Students for Life journey began in the summer of 2023 when I attended the Celebrate Life Rally in Washington, D.C. Seeing so many people united in defense of preborn children inspired me to become more involved.

On some campuses, it doesn’t take long for a conversation to be destroyed by mob rule. And it can take a lot of courage to say that babies are people too.  A recent visit by Students for Life of America (SFLA) staff to Denver, Colorado, with a student group from the University of Colorado Denver proved this point.  SFLA field team

Each year, Students for Life’s National Leaders Collective (NLC) accepts a limited number of students for one of eight Students for Life of America (SFLA) or Students for Life Action (SFLAction) fellowships. These fellowships equip students to make the greatest possible impact on their campuses and provide yearlong support, networking opportunities, and training to strengthen students’ leadership skills. Time and

Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins, her four children, and a group of pro-life advocates were kicked out of an Idaho cafe because of their pro-life views. Hawkins and a group of local residents from Teton Valley, Idaho met at Wydaho Roasters, a coffee shop in Driggs, Idaho, to launch a chapter of Students for Life’s Campaign for Abortion Free Cities and

Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) groundbreaking peer-reviewed study proved that the chemical abortion pill mifepristone is in our drinking water. Now, it’s time for the government to get it out. Every 5 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes a Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), which identifies water contaminants that should be tracked and regulated by the government in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The EPA is in the process of making a new list. Their current draft does not include mifepristone. I recently testified

When they show you who they are, believe them.  The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has been forced to investigate more Leftist gender madness after reports alleged Minnesota Schools will start using “transgender dolls” to indoctrinate kids as young as four.   The dolls, “MyGender Dolls,” have “removable, interchangeable internal and external genitalia” and will be used to brainwash kids into believing they can become a different sex or that it’s not big deal to remove

Olivia Rodrigo just can’t stop pushing women to end the lives of their preborn children. Not long after announcing her new abortion-funding music festival, Daisy Chain Fields, the pop singer met with one of her festival’s beneficiaries, the Center for Reproductive Rights, to trash pro-life politicians and advocates. In a series of Instagram posts, Rodrigo and Hillary Schneller, Senior Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, accuse pro-life laws

Like many students who join the Pro-Life Generation, I arrived at Northern Arizona University with conviction, passion, and a desire to make a difference. I knew I wanted to be part of the pro-life movement. What I did not know yet was where my gifts fit into the mission. Through Students for Life, I began showing up tabling events on