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Students for Life Action Calls on Texas Senators to Pass Numerous Pro-Life Bills

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Kristi Hamrick - 15 Mar 2021

Reporting on Behalf of Students for Life Action

“I’m here because it’s time we stop pushing for abortion and push for solutions to the human rights and women’s rights issues of our day.” said SFLAction’s Sarah Zarr. “What if we lead with solutions? This is what the Pro-Life Generation WANTS.” 

 

AUSTIN, TX & WASHINGTON, DC (03-15-2021)– Students for Life Action/Students for Life of America leaders will testify in support of numerous pro-life bills coming before the Senate Committee on State Affairs today. SFLA leaders and students will deliver testimony on: SB 1647, The Texas Abolition Strategy; SB 9, The Human Life Protection Act; SB 394, Chemical Abortion Regulation; SB 650, to stop funding of abortion services; and SB 802, the Every Mother Matters Act.

“I am often told that because Texas is pro-life, my job must be easier here,” said Sarah Zarr, Texas and Southern Regional Manager for Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. “But there’s much more to be done to protect human lives in our state — and the large number of pro-life bills being considered in Texas this legislative session is a reason for optimism.”

Polling of registered Millennial and Gen Z voters commissioned by Students for Life and published by our Institute for Pro-Life Advancement found nuanced views toward abortion and broad support for pro-life measures. Almost 7 in 10 Millennials and Gen Z want to vote on abortion-related policy. Less than 2 in 10 want unlimited abortion through all 9 months, for any reason at all and sometimes with taxpayer funding, which Roe allows. More than 7 out of 10 support limits on abortion. Polling also found young voters antagonistic toward taxpayer funding of abortion, with 48% opposed, compared to only 36% in support. Almost HALF supported banning abortion after a heartbeat detected, compared to only 38% opposed, and, by a margin of 55% to 25%, Millennials and Gen Z supported requiring in-person purchase of deadly Chemical Abortion Pills to prevent abusers from anonymously buying them online to slip to women without their consent.

“Clearly, the Future Is Anti-Abortion — and Texas is heeding the call.” Zarr stated.

Learn more about our ongoing efforts at Students for Life Action. 

For interviews, contact Kristi Hamrick at [email protected]. 

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Students for Life Action(SFLAction) is the 501c4 sister organization of Students for Life of America (SFLA), the nation’s largest, pro-life, student organization with more than 1,240 groups on middle, high school, and university campuses in all 50 states. Students for Life has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life outreach in the world and mobilizes the Pro-Life Generation to confront abortion at the local, state and national levels daily. Every week, Students for Life entities reach more than 2 million people across social media platforms to have nearly 200,000 digital conversations with the most engaged pro-life online audience in the world. 

Students for Life of America (SFLA) is the nation’s largest, pro-life, youth organization. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, SFLA serves more than 1,240 groups on college and university, middle and high school, medical and law school campuses in all 50 states. Student pro-life organizations work to confront policies on their campuses to support pregnant and parenting students, to end Planned Parenthood’s relationships with schools and communities, and to change minds of their peers about abortion. SFLA has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life organization.

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