MISSOULA, MT (09-10-26) – Following reports that Conservative Leader Charlie Kirk had been shot while speaking at Utah Valley University, Students for Life of America (SFLA) Kristan Hawkins paused her campus tour at the University of Montana to pray and noted the horrifying callous response of some of the students with her.

Hawkins said: “As I also stood on a college campus, I was horrified to learn that my friend Charlie Kirk had been shot. Our nation is in crisis when speaking up for preborn children and for love of country leads to violence, and that’s clearly on the rise.

“But when I learned about this evil act while having conversations with students in Missoula at the University of Montana and told them what had happened, the 150+ students who had gathered to debate me laughed. My heart is breaking for my friend but also for my country, where common decency has been sacrificed and to many lives thrown away. More than 150 students were laughing and saying the shooting was justified. One shouted, ‘This is war. This is war.’ Their laughter just added to my tears.” 

Ironically, this horrifying reaction comes on the same day that a new report says support by college students for violence on college and university campuses is on the rise. 

CLICK HERE to watch Kristan’s live react to the events.

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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,500 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life.