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

Abortion-related ballot measures are set to appear before voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia this November. Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) have identified all four states as part of Students for Life’s 2026 “Abortion on the Ballot” campaign, opposing measures in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia while supporting Missouri’s Amendment 3. Here is

“The abortion industry has spent years distorting life itself into a debate about female empowerment,” said Students for Life’s Lydia Taylor Davis. “It’s never been empowering for women to end the lives of their preborn children, half of which are girls themselves.”  Fall campus tour visits eight universities from Tennessee to California, arguing the “abortion equals empowerment” narrative is a

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

The sterilization and mutilation of children is not solely a choice presented in the media; it is an ideology pushed on children in classrooms and enforced by the government.  A Catholic family is facing an authoritarian nightmare in Massachusetts, where their daughter has been taken from them by the State so the State can force experimental treatments and surgeries on her, according to a

“Attacks against children — preborn and born — take place in our schools and universities more than anywhere else, which is why Students for Life begins our activism and training with the generation targeted to remain childless,” said Students for Life’s Reagan Barklage. “For the second year, Students for Life distributed shirts to students across the country, declaring ‘LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION’ and ‘SEX

Just before the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, polling from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) showed that college students were more hesitant to engage in controversial speech on campus.   Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins is telling them not to let fear stop them.  In an op-ed in National Review, Hawkins details the importance of preserving free speech, how Charlie set an example, and how his death makes the mission of

When Charlie Kirk, co-founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was shot and killed on the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU), the nation went into shock and mourning.  This included Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins, who was a friend of Charlie Kirk and TPUSA. In fact, Hawkins was on a college campus doing the same direct-to-student tabling Charlie

“So many people are harmed by abortion, most notably preborn children,” said Students for Life of America (SFLA) Vice President of Field Programs Reagan Barklage. “Millions of children lose their lives every year at the hands of physicians betraying their oath to uphold life, and so many others experience forced abortions in trafficking and abuse. This tour tells their stories

Planned Parenthood, Other Pro-Abortion Groups Get Paid with the Proceeds “Olivia Rodrigo’s music festival is designed to fund the deaths of the pop star’s future fanbase,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “If Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival was really pro-woman like it claims, it would offer support and resources to preborn girls and their mothers, not fund the industry that routinely costs both their lives.” MEDIA ADVISORY: