Category: Free-Speech

Pro-Life Students Harassed on Minnesota Campus During Life Chain Event
Mary Briganti | October 15, 2020
Life Chain Sunday is known for its powerful, prayerful presence by thousands who stand in solidarity across the country to remember the preborn. Although groups are not always met with support, this event is generally a peaceful way to kick off Respect Life Month. Not this year. Winona Students for Life President Jamie Scherdin was interrupted and verbally harassed while making a social media post about the group’s presence at the

This Public College REFUSES to Let a Students for Life Group Start
Brenna Lewis | October 15, 2020
Last week, the NISG (Northern Iowa Student Government) rejected the UNI Students for Life Group’s request for approval. The NISG decided that despite school rules against viewpoint discrimination, they would not allow the group because they disagreed with their pro-life position. The pro-life student leader, Sophia Schuster, fought the NISGs decision by appealing to the school’s Supreme Court.

Pro-Life Chalk Messages Destroyed by University of New Mexico STAFF!
Jessica Nardi | October 15, 2020
SFLA’s sidewalk chalk messaging was destroyed by staff members at the University of New Mexico (UNM) on October 8. A Facebook video shows the staff members pouring buckets of water on the chalk before sweeping it away. https://www.facebook.com/79125112926/videos/783343189119393/ The students chalked life-affirming messages such as “UNM deserves better than Abortion” and “You don’t need Abortion. UNM SFL can Help”

WHAT? Students for Life Group in Iowa Labeled a “Hate Group”
Brenna Lewis | October 9, 2020
In an act of abysmal discrimination, the NISG (Northern Iowa Student Government) decided to deny the creation of a new Students for Life group. Why? A whole host of biased, untrue reasons. In a virtual vote, pro-choice student senators could not get past their own views in favor of abortion, calling the proposal for a pro-life group “hate speech.”

Pro-life Students and Teachers Harassed in Three Separate Events
Jessica Nardi | October 7, 2020
Across the country, pro-life student activists are organizing for Respect Life month, and these shows of peaceful solidarity have been met with intense backlash. In the past week, students were harassed in-person and online to such a degree that US Senator Marco Rubio came to their defense on Twitter. Pro-Abortion Protestors Crash Peaceful Pro-Life Events On October 4,

We Won’t Go Back (To Debilitating Censorship)
Caroline Wharton | September 25, 2020
Conservative censorship has been coming to light with each passing year, and conservatives are fed up with it. On September 17th, Free Speech America (FSA), an organization that will fight national and worldwide censorship, was launched by Media Research Center (MRC). At their launch meeting, they had Brent Bozell, founder and president of MRC, Dr. Robert Epstein, Senator Marsha

Another Day, Another… TWO Pro-Life Chalk Vandalisms
Brenna Lewis | September 17, 2020
Sidewalk chalk is a favorite for pro-abortion vandals to destroy because they don’t actually have to defend themselves or face any sort of accountability. When pro-life students go out and chalk positive, life-affirming messages on campus, all the vandals have to do is wait until nightfall and ambush the artwork with a couple water bottles. Unfortunately, it feels like

City of Baltimore Washes Pro-Life Message Off the Street, Leaves Others
Brenna Lewis | September 8, 2020
On August 5th, Students for Life of American teamed up with the Frederick Douglass Foundation and black pro-life community leaders in Baltimore to paint “Black Preborn Lives Matter” on the street outside the Baltimore Planned Parenthood. But the city of Baltimore’s apparent approval of the event turned out to be a ruse. Overall, the activism event was a success.

SERIOUSLY? Professor Chloe Clark at Iowa State Forbids the Pro-Life Viewpoint in Her Classroom
Sarah Michalak | August 19, 2020
This week, Young Americans for Freedom discovered that Professor Chloe Clark from Iowa State University warned conservative and pro-life students that if they express their opinions in her English Course, they will be dismissed. Her syllabus started with the following warning: “GIANT WARNING: any instances of othering that you participate in intentionally (racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, sorophobia, transphobia, classism,

The Crime of Children’s Sidewalk Chalk (But Only if You’re Pro-Life)
Brenna Lewis | August 7, 2020
On August 1st in Washington D.C., a peaceful demonstration by pro-life students resulted in two Students for Life members being arrested. The crime? Children’s sidewalk chalk. There’s a double standard at play. Three weeks ago, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. organized a group to paint “Black Lives Matter” along the public streets of D.C., paving the way for this