Category: Olympics
Valuing Abortion Over Athletes? Questions for USA Gymnastics
Caroline Wharton | August 22, 2022
Sports and abortion don’t typically make the same headlines, but the recent news of USA Gymnastics choosing competition venues based on a state’s abortion laws has left the pro-life movement with many questions. USA Gymnastics President Li Li Leung told reporters that Roe’s reversal, “took away from the organization’s value system” but what values is she talking about exactly? Students
Sad Examples of How a Pro-Abortion Mindset Poisons Workplaces
Brenna Lewis | October 20, 2021
In every case, abortion pits a mother against her child, with abortion proponents insinuating that the child is an obstacle to some other goal. This falsehood is one of the primary ways in which abortion betrays women… by telling them that they can’t accomplish their goals without abortion. An abortion mindset poisons the workplace. Just this week, we saw
Paralympic Swimmer Who Survived an Abortion is Going for Gold
Brenna Lewis | August 26, 2021
Just like the Olympics, the Paralympics are currently underway in Tokyo as athletes with a different set of physical abilities compete for gold. Among those athletes is a swimmer named Ernie Gawilan from the Philippines. Not only is he making waves as an excellent swimmer, but also as an example of triumph over abortion violence. Ernie survived an attempt
Students for Life Statement on Abortion Pressure in Sports
Kristi Hamrick | July 22, 2021
STUDENTS FOR LIFE STATEMENT ON ABORTION PRESSURE IN SPORTS: ATHLETES ARE STRONGER THAN ABORTION AND DESERVE TO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS “Women and girls have found empowerment and opportunity in the unprecedented opportunities they now have to compete in athletics at all stages of life,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. “But
‘I’ll Never Recover From This Heartbreak’ Says Post-Abortive Olympic Athlete
Samantha Kamman | July 14, 2021
Both the entertainment and athletic industry heavily promote the false idea that women must choose between having a baby and pursuing vocational desires – a mindset that pits the rights of women against the rights of their children. In addition to bringing about the death of the woman’s child, the hollow remedy of abortion offered by these industries forces women
Simone Biles: Adopted and Loved
Brenna Lewis | July 1, 2021
Guest Post by Freeman Marshall, SFLA Student Leader Most people are familiar with Simone Biles, the girl considered by many to be the best US gymnast of all time. The 4’8 athlete was born in Columbus, Ohio alongside her three siblings, Adria, Tevin, and Ashley. At the time of Simone’s birth, both her parents struggled with alcohol and drug