Category: Blog
Indiana Students Mobilize To Support Pro-Family Policies
Brenna Lewis | March 3, 2020
Students for Life in Indiana recently joined with other pro-life groups, including Right To Life of Indianapolis and Susan B. Anthony List, for training and advocacy at the state capitol in Indianapolis. The students received public policy training and spoke to legislators about the importance of policies supporting paid family leave for women coping with a miscarriage. They also spoke
West Virginia Students Help Support Ban On Infanticide
Brenna Lewis | March 3, 2020
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice recently signed legislation to end infanticide in the state. Students for Life Action members have spoken out in favor of the legislation, sending in statements of support and making phone calls to state legislators urging them to support the legislation. The students also participating in a lobby day with West Virginians For Life. LifeSiteNews.com wrote
Students for Life of America to Stand with Women who Deserve Protection from Unsafe Abortion Vendors
Kristi Hamrick | March 2, 2020
At the Supreme Court, SFLA students and staff to Rally and Educate on the need for Health and Safety Standards under fire in June Medical Services v. Russo (Formerly June Medical Services v. Gee) MEDIA ADVISORY: SFLA to hold all-night Prayer Vigil TUESDAY before the WEDNESDAY arguments. WASHINGTON D.C. (03-02-2020) – This week, Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins and SFLA team members
California Students Pack Room To Hear Speech On Making Abortion Illegal Again
Brenna Lewis | March 2, 2020
Students at California-Polytechnic State University filled a room to capacity, nearly 150 people, to hear Kristan Hawkins speak last Thursday as part of her Spring speaking tour. The topic of her speech, which she started delivering last Fall, is “Make Abortion Illegal Again: Helping Women and Families After Roe.” The room was not only packed to capacity, but students were still
Western Washington University Vandals Destroy Pro-Life Chalkings
Brenna Lewis | March 2, 2020
Western Washington University is investigating vandalism after vandals destroyed chalkings by the conservative Young Americans for Freedom group on campus. The group had chalked numerous messages on campus, including pro-life messages such as, “Abortion is not healthcare.” YAF’s website reports, “Conservative activists in the Western Washington Young Americans for Freedom chapter stayed up all night monitoring their chalking display until
SFLA’s “Heart to Heart” Tour Makes Its Way Across the Midwest
Brenna Lewis | February 28, 2020
This semester’s campus tour display, Heart to Heart, will visit dozens of campuses before its conclusion in April 2020. Last week, it made stops across the Midwest, in Kansas & Nebraska. SFLA Regional Coordinator for the Midwest, Connor McCarty, shared some stories from his time on campuses with the tour so far. Wichita State Monday, February 17 Leading up to this stop,
Students for Life Condemns Vandalism at Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo Ahead of Speaking Tour Stop
Brenna Lewis | February 27, 2020
“Colleges should be places open to learning and dialogue. We strongly condemn all vandalism against pro-life views,” said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America. San Luis Obispo, CA (2-27-2020)–Reacting to the news that hundreds of fliers advertising her speech were torn down ahead of a speaking tour stop at Cal Poly, Kristan Hawkins stated, “Vandalism is a
CNN Blasted For Saying A Baby Is A ‘Fetus That Was Born’, Edits Article
Brenna Lewis | February 27, 2020
Ahead of a vote on the Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that would ensure babies that survive abortions are provided proper medical care, CNN revealed their true colors on how they view human life. Writing for CNN, Caroline Kelly wrote that the legislation would protect a, “fetus that was born.” The article has since been amended but the disclaimer does
Pro-Life Leader Lays Out The Post-Roe Plan For The Pro-Life Movement
Brenna Lewis | February 27, 2020
Roe v. Wade is soon to fall, either directly if the Supreme Court reverses it, or indirectly, as President Trump’s pro-life federal judicial appointments continue to rule to allow states to pass pro-life laws, creating a de facto overturning of Roe. Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, recently had an op-ed published in the Washington Examiner that lays out a
No, Pro-Lifers Don’t Have to Adopt to be Pro-Life
Brenna Lewis | February 26, 2020
At Students for Life, we hear it all and we’ve seen it all. People have hit us with jump ropes and thrown human excrement at us in front of government buildings, college students dress up as vaginas and protest our displays, students approach us on campus and argue the morality of euthanizing children up through toddlerhood… You name it, we’ve