Category: college

Wyoming House Passes Legislation Stopping University From Paying For Student Abortions
Brenna Lewis | February 20, 2020
Last night, the Wyoming House passed a budget that included an important new provision; the University of Wyoming will no longer pay for students to have abortions through the university health insurance plan. The language of the amendment states that the University of Wyoming cannot spend any funds to pay for elective abortions for students. Chuck Gray, the sponsor of

Chicago Sun-Times Endorses Pro-Choice Candidate Because ‘There’s More Hispanics In This District’
Brenna Lewis | February 19, 2020
The Chicago Sun-Times, one of the two major newspapers in Chicago, has endorsed Marie Newman, the NARAL-backed primary challenger to pro-life Democratic Representative Dan Lipinski. Newman also ran against Lipinski in 2018. Boom! Chicago Sun-Times endorses @Marie4Congress over anti-choice, pro-Trump Dem incumbent Dan Lipinski! We’re going to do this! #IL03 https://t.co/e2PLsi0xwP — Ilyse is that Spring I hear waking Hogue

A Mind-Changing Dialogue with a National Pro-Life March Protestor
Stephanie Stone | February 18, 2020
I have attended the National Pro-Life March in D.C. since I was 12 years old. However, as a child, and eventually as a student, the passion and courage that swept over me whenever I’d march next to those who felt the same as I did, sometimes would hide itself whenever I was faced with a challenger. I was shy. And who could blame me?

Pro-Life Students Travel To State Capitol To Oppose Assisted Suicide
Brenna Lewis | February 18, 2020
Students for Life Action members from Maryland recently traveled to the state capitol to talk to elected officials about the dangers of assisted suicide. Below is a blog written by Towson Students for Life leader Erica Caporaletti. On February 11th, hundreds of pro-life Marylanders gathered in the halls of the Maryland State Capitol to make a stand for life! Students

One Of The Top Pro-Life Legal Groups Is Offering A Law School Prep Academy
Brenna Lewis | February 18, 2020
Alliance Defending Freedom, one of the top pro-life legal groups in the country, is offering a “Law School Prep Academy” for future law students. Alliance Defending Freedom has long been a partner of Students for Life, often representing Students for Life groups in free-speech disputes with universities, as well as regularly sponsoring Students for Life event. ADF was also a

Is Physician Assisted Suicide a Compassionate Choice?
Mary Briganti | February 17, 2020
When someone hears the word, “pro-life,” abortion is usually the first life issue to come to mind. And while making abortion illegal and unthinkable is a goal of the pro-life movement and the focus of Students for Life of America, there are many life issues that are threatening the lives of vulnerable humans. These issues include embryonic stem cell research, human

Students for Life Launches New “Heart to Heart” Campus Tour!
Brenna Lewis | February 17, 2020
Every semester, Students for Life of America does a campus “tour” display – an interactive, educational banner setup about a specific pro-life topic. This semester, we created a new display – the Heart to Heart Tour. And it launches today (February 17th, 2020) with its first stop at Wichita State University in Kansas. Debate about abortion has dominated recent news

Colorado House Committee Rejects Medical Care For Abortion Survivors
Brenna Lewis | February 17, 2020
A Colorado House committee voted last week against requiring doctors to provide medical care for babies born alive after abortion. It comes at the same time that Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) led a Senate committee hearing on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor’s Protect Act. Fox News reports, “House Bill 1068 threatened $100,000 fines for physicians who fail to ‘exercise the same

Students for Life Launches New “Heart to Heart” Campus Tour TODAY!
Brenna Lewis | February 14, 2020
Every semester, Students for Life of America does a campus “tour” display – an interactive, educational banner setup about a specific pro-life topic. This semester, we created a new display – the Heart to Heart Tour. Debate about abortion has dominated recent news cycles. It’s easy to stand against late-term abortion and even infanticide (unless you’re a Democrat running for

Pro-Life Representatives Criticize The Equal Rights Amendment For Being Pro-Abortion
Brenna Lewis | February 14, 2020
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to try to remove the deadline to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, 38 years after the second deadline had already passed. But, only 5 Republicans voted with Democrats to support removing the deadline. A majority of Republicans voted against extending the deadline, with many giving floor speeches and sending out tweets criticizing the