MEDIA ADVISORY: Thursday, March 27

• Lobby Day: Pro-life Organizations will visit Congressional Office, calling for the Defunding of Big Abortion.

• Media Event: Students for Life Action & Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America will host a news conference, featuring members of Congress and leading voices in defense of Preborn Infants & their Mothers, all calling to end governmental funding and support of abortion vendors.

• Photojournalist Options: As the first of many Defunding Planned Parenthood ACROSS America life chains, a Cemetery of the Innocents – a pink cross for every life ended each day in a Planned Parenthood – will be set up at the media event location, where a mobile billboard campaign begins as well.

• Nationwide Activism: Defunding Planned Parenthood ACROSS America life chain will take place in many states at Planned Parenthood locations, college & university campuses, and at GOP state offices. Visit here to learn more.

WASHINGTON D.C. (03-27-2025) — Students for Life Action (SFLAction) and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA Pro-Life America) will be hosting a media event focused on support for defunding Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. The event is timed to coincide with a lobby day, curated to communicate to members of Congress the united call of the Pro-Life movement to end taxpayer support for abortion vendors through the legislative and executive tools now available.

EVENT: On Thursday, March 27, at noon, in front of the Capitol (Area 15 on the map attached). Map here for location on the grounds.

TO WATCH THE EVENT LIVESTREAM, click on SFLAction’s Facebook Livestream 

SFLAction Executive Vice President Tina Whittington will emcee the news event. Confirmed speakers include:  

• Rep. Chris Smith (R- NJ)     
• Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL)
• Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
• Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)            
• Kristan Hawkins, President of SFLA & SFLAction 
• Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
• Mayra Rodriguez, Former Planned Parenthood worker & Whistleblower           
• Janae Strake, Vice President of Outreach and Advocacy, Heritage Action For America    
• Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
• Jennie Bradley Lichter, President, March for Life
• Ralph Reed, Founder & Chairman, Faith & Freedom Coalition
• Toni McFadden, Pro-Life Activist        
• Kimberly Bird, Vice President of External Relations, Live Action 
• Tom McClusky, Director of Government Affairs, CatholicVote
• Melissa Ohden, Founder, Abortion Survivors Network
• Penny Nance, CEO & President, Concerned Women for America
• Jonathan Alexandre, Senior Counsel, Liberty Counsel  
• Michele Venditto, Director, Campaign for Abortion Free Cities       
• Bishop Abel Palomo, National Association of Hispanic Pastors      

Prioritizing the end of federal support for abortion represents a long-term goal of SFLAction.

Read more here, in a recent opinion piece from Hawkins in the Washington Times: Mr. President, stop funding your political enemies It’s time to put Planned Parenthood out of business

And here: Students for Life of America Makes BOLD Statement to Defund Planned Parenthood with Life Chain Events in OVER 100 Cities across 33 States & Washington D.C.

For interviews, contact  [email protected]  

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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 Advancement. Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.