After my wild experience traveling around the country during the 2024 election season for my Students for Life of America (SFLA) “Abortion is Violence” tour, I decided that the clear, simple, and bold message needed a second iteration. So, this spring, I once again trekked from campus to campus, bearing the message that abortion is, indeed, violence. 

And on campuses across the country, I confronted not just opposition, but raw hostility. I was screamed at, insulted, and threatened. I even had materials stolen. Yet, amid the chaos, minds were changed, hearts were opened, and the truth about abortion pierced through the noise.  

Florida State University  

At Florida State University (FSU), I encountered a man who believed even newborns don’t deserve the right to life. It was one of the most chilling things I’d ever heard. But in just five minutes, I walked him through the dangerous implications of denying human rights to specific groups of people. He listened and thought about it—and by the end of our conversation, he told me he was now pro-life. Even the most extreme abortion supporters can change their minds when confronted with the truth.  

Sacramento State University   

At Sacramento State University (SSU), the backlash to my message was loud and immediate. During the Q&A of my speech, a pro-abortion student shouted, “It’s just a fetus” over and over. But when I explained that fetus, embryo, newborn, and toddler are simply terms for humans at different stages of development—she froze. “You got me there,” she admitted before walking away. Her entire argument unraveled with one basic scientific truth.  

At that same speech, another student stole our materials from our table at the event. SFLA’s California and Nevada Regional Coordinator Gabriel Penner chased him down, and, eventually, he returned them and even apologized. It was a small but powerful moment: even those trying to silence the truth sometimes realize they’ve gone too far.  

University of North Carolina at Asheville   

The University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC-Asheville) was one of the most hostile stops on the tour. Pro-abortion students vandalized our materials, told me to “kill myself,” and even threatened our table. Flyers were torn down, soaked in water, turned into “soup,” and remade into recycled paper with abortion slogans scribbled across them. After the event, they made origami from some of our other flyers and hung them back up like trophies.  

Yet, despite their efforts to silence me, the room at my speech was full of people willing to hear the pro-life message. Students even came up afterward, saying my speech had helped change their perspective. I enjoyed debating a student dressed in a giant eagle costume—and I pointed out the absurdity that in America, eagle eggs have more legal protection than preborn babies. He then argued that there’s no constitutional right to life, which I quickly debunked by reading him the 14th Amendment.   

University of West Georgia  

At the University of West Georgia (UWG), over 120 students attended my speech—though many were protestors. One man came shirtless, covered in painted pro-abortion slogans. Students screamed over me mid-speech, and the Q&A went on for hours. Yet, in that storm of noise, truth cut through. Students engaged and listened one by one, and some walked away better equipped to defend Life. Even some who came to protest admitted they had never heard the facts presented as I had presented them.  

University of Southern California  

At the University of Southern California (USC), a peaceful morning tabling session turned hostile when two pro-abortion men approached me aggressively. “Babies are trauma,” one of them declared. They called me a “disappointment to women” and repeatedly tried to talk over me. But I stayed firm and debunked their emotional, baseless claims. Their behavior didn’t just reflect their arguments—it exposed them. Pro-abortion men aren’t fighting for women. They’re fighting to avoid responsibility for the children they help create.  

What I’ve learned on this tour is this: the pro-abortion movement is loud, proud, and often aggressive—but beneath their shouting is a hollow foundation. When challenged with science, logic, and compassion, their arguments fall apart. They can tear up flyers, shout me down, or spread lies in eagle costumes, but they can’t erase the truth: abortion is violence.  

And no matter the backlash, I will not be silent. Because if even one heart is changed (and this tour changed many more than that!), it’s worth it.