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SFLA Announces National Day of Protest at Local Pharmacies to “Cancel Abortion Cartels”

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Caroline Wharton - 01 Mar 2023

“Students for Life of America is sending a message, loud and clear, to Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid on their decision to dispense Chemical Abortion Pills: Neighborhood drug stores should provide life-saving care, not deadly drugs that deliberately kill. In an effort to reach company leadership, we’re taking this to the local level,” said Students for Life of America’s Kristan Hawkins. “If they won’t listen to us, maybe they’ll listen to their own store managers who will be calling to them to say that the Pro-Life Generation is at the door and angry with their decision to peddle pills which can kill a mother and her child. These abortion pills threaten our communities so the pro-life community is rising up across the country to put a stop to it.” 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (02-29-2023) – Students for Life of America (SFLA) is hosting a National Day of Protest to Cancel Abortion Cartels on Saturday, March 4, 2023 to demand that local Walgreens, CVS, and Rite-Aid pharmacies ‘opt out’ of selling dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills in 44+ different protests nationwide. SFLA demonstrators will be holding signs that read “Cancel Abortion Cartels” and “Chemical Abortion Pills can Kill a Mother & Her Child.” 

MEDIA ADVISORY: For interview and B-roll opportunities, SFLA team members will be leading the following protests along with the Pro-Life Generation:

Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 900 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, MA 02215 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA New England Regional Coordinator Stephanie Luiz.

Bowling Green, Kentucky: The Bowling Green protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 2385 Nashville Road in Bowling Green, KY 42101 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Appalachian Regional Coordinator Marina Mason. 

Fairview Heights, Illinois: The Fairview Heights protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 6505 N Illinois Street in Fairview Heights, IL 62208 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Missouri & Arkansas Regional Coordinator Nicole Hollman. 

Flagstaff, Arizona: The Flagstaff protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 1025 South Milton Road in Flagstaff, AR 86001 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Pacific Southwest Regional Coordinator Jordan Brittain. 

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 7235 W 10th Street in Indianapolis, IN 46214 at 3 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Indiana Community Organizer Benjamin Ice. 

Montclair, New Jersey: The Montclair protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 265 Prospect Avenue in Montclair, NJ 07052 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Northeast Regional Coordinator Taylor McGee. 

Naples, Florida: The Naples protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 2375 Vanderbilt Beach Road in Naples, FL 34109 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Florida Regional Coordinator Andy Secola. 

Richmond, Virginia: The Richmond protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 5001 W Broad Street in Richmond, VA 23230 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Virginia Regional Coordinator Gavin Oxley. 

Rockville, Maryland: The Rockville protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 11416 Rockville Pike Suite D in North Bethesda, MD 20852 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Capitol Area Intern Claire Anderson.

Roseville, California: The Roseville protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 1492 Blue Oaks Boulevard in Roseville, CA  95747 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA California Field Operations Coordinator Juan Hernandez.  

St. Paul, Minnesota: The St. Paul protest will take place at the CVS pharmacy at 1040 Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN 55105 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Northern Regional Coordinator Matt Murphy. 

Westminster, Colorado: The Westminster protest will take place at the Walgreens pharmacy at 14451 Orchard Parkway in Westminster, CO 80023 at 12 p.m. local time and will be coordinated by SFLA Western Field Operations Coordinator Paulo Castellon.

INTERESTED IN OTHER PROTESTS? Email [email protected] to see if the 32 student-led protests are closer to you. 

To read about the kick-off Cancel Abortion Cartels protest which took place on February 14, 2023 at the Walgreens Headquarters in Illinois, click HERE

SFLA has led the pro-life movement in fighting against Chemical Abortion Pills and their adverse effects on women and the preborn. Read SFLA President Kristan Hawkins’ op-ed at The Federalist entitled “How The FDA’s Abortion Pill Mill Enables Domestic Abusers” and SFLA Chief Media and Policy Strategist Kristi Hamrick’s entitled “Injury, Infertility, And Death From Chemical Abortions Are A-OK With The FDA.” 

SFLA has also enacted a unique tactic to cracking down on Chemical Abortion through environmental concerns with a new ‘What’s In the Water’ project which has been noted for its novel approach by PoliticoUSA TodayWashington Post, and other media outlets. 

A new YouGov-Vinea poll was also recently released by SFLA’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement which featured Millennial and Gen Z voters’ nuanced views on abortion policy. 7 in 10 of these youth voters report wanting limits on abortion, but by margins of more than 9 in 10, Gen Z & Gen Y reject the No Test, Online Distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills as pushed by the Biden Administration which exposes them to injury, infertility, death, and abusers. 

For an overview of where Students for Life Action worked to pass Chemical Abortion pill legislation in the last two state legislative sessions, click here.

To learn more about Chemical Abortion and watch our Docu-Series, go to This Is Chemical Abortion. 

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Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), make up the nation’s largest pro-life youth organization and a political and policy operation engaging people of all ages. Together they work to end abortion — the human rights issue of our day — and provide political, legal, and community support for women and their children, born and preborn. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, SFLA has more than 1,300 groups on middle, high school, college, university, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. SFLA creates strategy, policy, and programming to connect those most targeted for abortion with people ready to help and builds a framework for political engagement on their behalf. SFLA and SFLAction have more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry than any other pro-life outreach in the world, reaching more than 2 million people across social media platforms each week and engaging in approximately 100,000 digital conversations per month. Over more than 16 years, President Kristan Hawkins has grown SFLAction/SFLA into an $18 million organization preparing for a Post-Roe America.

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