Category: Blog

Young Mom Chooses Life After Getting Support from Students for Life Team Member
Brenna Lewis | July 17, 2020
In an effort to make sure that all women needing support are getting the help they need, Student for Life’s Regional Coordinators have gotten creative and are responding to women seeking help in online platforms. John Jourdan, our Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator, was reading through a forum and saw a post that struck him. A woman who was on birth control had

This State Just Saw a Spike in Abortions
Brenna Lewis | July 17, 2020
Multiple articles have revealed the state of Iowa has seen roughly a 25% spike in abortion. Many are blaming the state’s decision to withdraw from the federally funded family planning program. In this article by Jackie Pascale, it is further explained: “The program was replaced with a state-run version, which barred Planned Parenthood’s participation.” This withdrawal occurred in 2017.

Developmental Psychologist: The Turnaway Study Does Not Accurately Represent Women’s Abortion Experiences
SFLA Staff | July 17, 2020
Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a professor of human development and family studies at Bowling Green State University, has spoken out against the deeply flawed Turnaway Study now that the findings have been published in a book. Initially released by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a pro-choice research group, the Turnaway Study was hailed as a “groundbreaking” analysis of post-abortive women. According

SHOCKING: Planned Parenthood Admits ‘Financial Incentives’ for Baby Body Parts Trafficking
Jessica Nardi | July 16, 2020
The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a new video highlighting Planned Parenthood’s horrifying practice not only of trafficking aborted baby body parts but being driven by the financial incentives behind it. The video highlights Planned Parenthood’s illegal attempts to sell and profit off aborted babies. David Daleiden of CMP said, “Planned Parenthood lied to the public and to

Thousands of Pro-Choicers Attack Students for Life on TikTok
SFLA Staff | July 16, 2020
Since last November, Students for Life has used the popular social media platform, TikTok, to spread the pro-life message to a younger audience. However, in recent weeks, the account has been under attack by pro-abortion users for affirming pro-life values. In May, SFLA posted a video with an original sound with a “put-a-finger-down if” style video where the user puts

Get Ready for Season 2 of the “Explicitly Pro-Life” Podcast
Jessica Nardi | July 15, 2020
Students for Life of America’s president Kristan Hawkins is back with Season 2 of the Explicitly Pro-Life podcast, featuring more intriguing topics and prominent voices in the pro-life movement! Subscribe now! This season is focused on the theme “Pro-Life 101” and is as Kristan calls it “a free training course for activists in the pro-life movement.” Each weekly episode

Planned Parenthood Launches Five-Figure Digital Ad Campaign for Joe Biden
Jessica Nardi | July 15, 2020
Planned Parenthood is throwing in everything they can to get an abortion supporter in the White House this election year. They recently launched a digital ad campaign for presidential candidate Joe Biden, reported by AXIOS as their biggest election effort yet and part of a $45 million investment before the election. In 2016, Hillary Clinton got a mere $30

“Black Preborn Lives Matter” Message Vandalized in Front of New York Planned Parenthood
Brenna Lewis | July 15, 2020
In the early morning hours of Independence Day, a group of students assembled in downtown Rochester, New York to state a simple truth outside the headquarters of Planned Parenthood for Upstate and Western New York. The students from the Rochester area Students for Life groups joined with the Fredrick Douglass Foundation of New York and Feminists Choosing Life of

Federal Judges Can’t Acknowledge That Heartbeats Indicate Life
Brenna Lewis | July 14, 2020
The state of Georgia garnered national attention in 2019 with their attempt to pass a “heartbeat bill,” legislation that would prohibit abortion when baby’s heartbeat can be detected. A parallel situation just occurred in Tennessee when the court immediately blocked their heartbeat bill minutes after its signing by the governor. The ACLU (supposedly the ‘American Civil Liberties Union’) can chalk up
5 Pro-Life Quotes From Kanye West on Abortion
SFLA Staff | July 14, 2020
Rapper Kanye West’s announcement that he intends to run for president in this upcoming election cycle is not the only statement that has launched him into the public eye again. Since his recent conversion to Christianity, West has spoken out against abortion in several interviews. While it remains to be seen if this change in attitude is permanent, West’s newfound