Merrick Whitson, our 2026 National Leaders Collective’s leader of the month for September, is a Students for Life of America Christian Leadership Fellow attending college in Seattle, Washington. Learn more about Whitson’s leadership and activism below. Driven by Faith and Community My primary reason for getting involved in the pro-life movement is my Christian faith and a desire to live

The FDA’s willingness to see Human Beings Die — Preborn Babies & their Mothers — Seems Extended to Protected Endangered Species “The FDA has ignored environmental law, failing to do the water testing needed to show that dumping tons of mifepristone-poisoned waste into our water isn’t risking the lives and fertility of endangered species, and there are more than 1,500

Abortion-related ballot measures are set to appear before voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia this November. Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) have identified all four states as part of Students for Life’s 2026 “Abortion on the Ballot” campaign, opposing measures in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia while supporting Missouri’s Amendment 3. Here is

Leading up to the general election this fall, Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) are launching the “Get Out the Pro-Life Vote Billboard Truck Tour,” which will travel to pro-life activism and political events nationwide. From SFLA’s “Abortion Victims: Every Abortion Has a Human Cost” tour and Unplanned screenings to SFLAction’s “Abortion on the Ballot”

For nearly two years, Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) have pursued one overriding federal objective: ending taxpayer support for Planned Parenthood. Now, our argument to the Trump Administration is that much of the groundwork for a federal debarment review has already been done.  SFLAction was calling for Planned Parenthood to be both defunded

A student at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) assaulted a Students for Life of America (SFLA) team member during an activism event at the institution as part of SFLA’s “Abortion Victims: Every Abortion Has a Human Cost” campus tour.  SFLA Appalachian Regional Coordinator Rebekah Keith was speaking to students at MTSU when an angry student threw a cup at Keith.

My name is Jesse Castrinos, and I graduated from Patrick Henry College with a B.A. in American Politics and Policy in May 2026. My Students for Life journey began in the summer of 2023 when I attended the Celebrate Life Rally in Washington, D.C. Seeing so many people united in defense of preborn children inspired me to become more involved.

“The abortion industry has spent years distorting life itself into a debate about female empowerment,” said Students for Life’s Lydia Taylor Davis. “It’s never been empowering for women to end the lives of their preborn children, half of which are girls themselves.”  Fall campus tour visits eight universities from Tennessee to California, arguing the “abortion equals empowerment” narrative is a

On some campuses, it doesn’t take long for a conversation to be destroyed by mob rule. And it can take a lot of courage to say that babies are people too.  A recent visit by Students for Life of America (SFLA) staff to Denver, Colorado, with a student group from the University of Colorado Denver proved this point.  SFLA field team

The sterilization and mutilation of children is not solely a choice presented in the media; it is an ideology pushed on children in classrooms and enforced by the government.  A Catholic family is facing an authoritarian nightmare in Massachusetts, where their daughter has been taken from them by the State so the State can force experimental treatments and surgeries on her, according to a