Category: Free-Speech

Standing Up with Conviction: Puerto Rican Students for Life Group Fights Bullying & Discrimination
Marcos Melendez | October 16, 2025
I never imagined that trying to start a student club would lead to intimidation and even threats to my fundamental American rights. My name is Marcos Meléndez Carrasquillo, and I’m a senior at University Gardens High School. I set out to create a space where students who value the dignity of every human Life could gather and exchange ideas: a Students for Life group. Instead, I encountered serious concerns about how

Silenced but Unshaken: A Pro-Life Student’s Stand Against Campus Hostility
Caroline Cannon | October 15, 2025
I launched a new Students for Life of America (SFLA) group at my school, Joliet Junior College, in the leafed Chicago suburbs with excitement. It is important to speak up for the preborn as a member of my generation—a generation flooded with propaganda by the abortion lobby and social media. I was excited to gather and organize with emerging young voices in the Life movement. But problems surfaced before we even

On Charlie’s Birthday, We Call for Today to Become a National Holiday
Michael Allers | October 14, 2025
Students for Life Once Again Calls for Charlie Kirk’s Birthday to Become a National Holiday, Saluting & Celebrating Free Speech “Charlie Kirk dedicated his life to defending free speech and inspiring a generation to speak boldly,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “We, the Pro-Life Generation, call on Congress to make today, October 14th, Charlie’s birthday, a National Holiday. This is

Students for Life & SCOTUS: The 2025 Amicus Briefs That Could Reshape Parental Rights and Pro-Life Law
Jordan Butler | October 8, 2025
As the U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its October term, Students for Life of America (SFLA) is actively engaged in shaping the legal landscape when it comes to protecting children inside and outside of the womb. In 2025, SFLA signed onto several amicus briefs in pending cases that reflect our mission to protect Life from abortion or transgender mutilation, defend parental rights, shield children

Facts Make Harvard Flip Out: Abortion Supporter Overturns SFLA Table at Ivy League
Caroline Wharton | September 30, 2025
Facts don’t care about your feelings, and many abortion supporters, unfortunately, don’t care about facts — or being respectful of others. In an increasing number of cases, the facts actually make the abortion lobby flip out and act aggressively. That’s what we saw at Harvard University when an abortion supporter actually chose flipping our table over to finding common ground in discussion. READ: Students for Life’s “All Human Life is Valuable” Tour Meets HOSTILITY at Harvard As part of Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) Fall 2025 All

Students for Life’s “All Human Life is Valuable” Tour Meets HOSTILITY at Harvard
Jordan Butler | September 29, 2025
“The Left keeps reaching into the same bag of tricks,” said Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of America. “When they can’t win the argument, they resort to intimidation and violence. But the Pro-Life Generation won’t back down. We will continue to stand boldly for truth, engage in respectful dialogue, and change hearts and minds, not just in solidarity with our friend Charlie Kirk,

Walmart Showdown During “Stop Pharmacy Abortions” Event: Peaceful Pro-Life Students vs. One Very Angry Shopper
Jordan Butler | September 25, 2025
You know what they say: if something wild is going to happen, it’ll probably happen at Walmart. Add a few passionate pro-lifers to the mix, and you’ve got the recipe for a mostly peaceful showdown (peaceful on our end, of course). This week, Students for Life of America (SFLA) turned up the volume with our nationwide “Stop Pharmacy Abortions” protests—an urgent response to the deregulations of the abortion marketplace by the former Biden

Thousands Gather to Mourn Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium Memorial
Michael Allers | September 22, 2025
In a remarkable display of public mourning, approximately 95,000 people, including Students for Life’s own Kristan Hawkins, converged at the State Farm Stadium and its overflow arena outside Phoenix, Arizona, on September 21st, 2025, to honor the life of Charlie Kirk. The conservative activist, millennial leader, and evangelist—whose tragic assassination shook the nation earlier this month—was remembered at a memorial

BREAKING: Congress Honors Charlie Kirk; Students for Life Applauds, But Urges Free Speech Day
Michael Allers | September 19, 2025
Students for Life Praises Congressional Tribute to Charlie Kirk’sBirthday as ‘Unifying & Quintessentially American’; But more needed Kristan Hawkins Calls for a Federal Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day “We applaud Congress for this bipartisan display of unity to honor our friend, Charlie Kirk,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “Charlie stood for universal truths that make this country great—the freedom to debate,

Pro-Life Campus Tours to Continue After Tragic Loss of Charlie Kirk, Says Students for Life of America
Kristi Hamrick | September 17, 2025
“We won’t back down,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “When people stop using their free speech rights, perhaps because of fear and intimidation, those rights cease to exist. The Pro-Life Generation will pick up Charlie’s torch and continue his legacy of defending mothers and their children – born and preborn. Look for us on campus.” FOR INTERVIEWS, EMAIL: [email protected] WASHINGTON D.C. (09-17-2025)