Category: Free-Speech

Pro-Life Campus Tours to Continue After Tragic Loss of Charlie Kirk, Says Students for Life of America
Kristi Hamrick | September 17, 2025
“We won’t back down,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “When people stop using their free speech rights, perhaps because of fear and intimidation, those rights cease to exist. The Pro-Life Generation will pick up Charlie’s torch and continue his legacy of defending mothers and their children – born and preborn. Look for us on campus.” FOR INTERVIEWS, EMAIL: [email protected] WASHINGTON D.C. (09-17-2025)

SFLA Calls for National “Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day”
Michael Allers | September 17, 2025
“Charlie Kirk dedicated his life to defending free speech and inspiring a generation to speak boldly,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “In his honor, we’re calling on Congress to make October 14th, Charlie’s birthday, a national holiday called Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day. Our highly fractured country needs to remember that peacefully talking with each other represents a foundational

Students for Life Kicks Off New Fall 2025 Tour Themes with Kristan Hawkins & Lydia Taylor Davis, Igniting Campus Conversations Nationwide
Jordan Butler | September 8, 2025
“College students have been swept up by the social justice movement, but who’s speaking up for the preborn?” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “Mynew campus tour will expose abortion’s oppression, while Lydia Taylor Davis is inspiring Gen Z to embrace a pro-life worldview, challenging students to think deeply and empowering the next generation to defend the preborn.” For media inquiries, contact [email protected]. WASHINGTON, D.C.

‘Judicial Insurrection’ Taking Place in America as Activist Federal Judge Pauses Defunding Planned Parenthood
Kristi Hamrick | July 17, 2025
Students for Life Protests ‘Judicial Insurrection’ Taking Place in America as Activist Federal Judge Pauses Defunding Planned Parenthood & All Abortion Vendors The Case TOMORROW in Boston may soon head to the Supreme Court MEDIA ADVISORY: The Pro-Life Generation Will Protest Rogue Judges at the U.S. Supreme Court 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on Friday, July 18th as a

Coming to SCOTUS: Pregnancy Help Center Fights New Jersey Attorney General’s First Amendment Attacks
Jordan Butler | July 8, 2025
While the Trump Administration pardoned 23 peaceful pro-lifers from Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act convictions, that does not mean the fight for free speech is over. Several states, such as New York and California, have tried to criminalize the services of Pregnancy Help Centers (PHCs), and now, it is happening in New Jersey. This fall, the U.S.

Facing Free Speech Challenges, Students for Life of America Expands to Roughly Half of All Private and Public Universities Nationwide During the 2024-2025 School Year
Jordan Butler | June 13, 2025
Many pro-life Americans must fight to protect their free speech rights. Pro-lifers continue to challenge unjust laws, policies, and procedures that infringe upon our Constitutional rights, especially since the former Biden administration’s increased weaponization of the Clinton-era FACE Act. READ: America Must NOT Regress to Prosecuting Pro-Life Thought Crimes: JD Vance Delivers Free Speech Warning in Europe No one knows

My School Shunned Me for Promoting Life: I Did This in Response
Hubert Lykins | May 21, 2025
(Update: Thanks to Hubert Lykins’ persistence and courage, with the help of SFLA’s legal counsel, PA Virtual Charter School honored his free speech rights and granted his SFLA group’s request to become an official school club.) I never thought the school would reject me for promoting life, but, unfortunately, they did. My right to have a school club at PA

Students for Life of America-Sponsored Debate on Abortion Draws Relentless Protestors: Pro-Life Student & Panelist ASSAULTED
Jalen Marrero | May 20, 2025
Written by Jalen X. Marrero and Akari R. Sustache The Students for Life of America group at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR-RP), Río Piedras, held an open event on Wednesday, May 7th, to discuss one of the most important and controversial human rights issues of our time: abortion. This debate event, titled “Abortion has another face, let’s talk,” followed

ROUND TWO: Kristan Hawkins’ Make Abortion Illegal Again Campus Tour Overcoming Obstacles to Change Minds on College Campuses
Jamie Curry | May 8, 2025
If the impact of last semester’s Make Abortion Illegal Again Campus Tour was any indication of how this spring’s tour would fare, we knew we were in for a successful campaign. However, no Kristan Hawkins tour season is complete without its challenges. We faced school approval issues, free speech violations, and, of course, angry students. As a continuation of fall

Free Speech FROZEN at Florida’s Miami-Dade College. Student Speaks Out and Takes Action
William Bejerano | May 2, 2025
As a returning student, I was expecting an academic education, but I wasn’t prepared for a lesson in free speech. Excited to restart my education at Miami-Dade College, I also relished the opportunity to bring new energy to my campus by starting a Students for Life of America (SFLA) Group to inform students about the evils of abortion and how