Category: Med & Law
Pro-life Religious Leaders Ask Democratic Party to Rethink Their Platform’s Abortion Stance
Jessica Nardi | August 4, 2020
The Democratic Party platform accepts NO abortion restrictions or protection laws like the Hyde Amendment, but pro-life religious leaders are asking the party to rethink its radical abortion views. A recent press release from Democrats for Life said that 100 religious leaders, clergy, and theologians issued a letter urging the party to “remove extreme abortion policies, which will make
Here’s a List of Ways the Trump Administration Has Protected Preborn Life
Brenna Lewis | August 4, 2020
At Students for Life, we’re single-issue voters and proud of it. Abortion is the greatest human rights injustice of our day and thus, we believe, a worthwhile motivator behind casting a vote. Donald Trump and his administration made some promises to the pro-life movement at the start of his tenure, and our movement wants to help each of them come
The Pro-Life Generation Saved Lives on the Sidewalk on Saturday
Brenna Lewis | August 4, 2020
Saturday was Students for Life of America’s 5th annual National Pro-Life Generation Sidewalk Day. We called the Pro-Life Generation to be on the front lines, reaching out to women and saving lives. And they answered that call. Across the nation, over 100 Students for Life groups were witnesses on the sidewalks in front of abortion facilities, serving as the
FRIENDS FOREVER: PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Brenna Lewis | August 3, 2020
Over the weekend, all available evidence suggests that Washington D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered D.C. police to stop Students for Life from painting a pro-life message on the street outside the D.C. Planned Parenthood. In the midst of the riots and protests, Bowser had opened D.C.’s streets for “free public expression.” When Black Lives Matter took advantage of that and
SFLA Team Members Arrested After Chalking “Black Preborn Lives Matter” Weeks After DC Mayor Opens Streets to Public Expression
Jessica Nardi | August 1, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C. – Students for Life of America has a message for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, after police officers arrested two SFLA team members for chalking outside a D.C. Planned parenthood facility. “We will no longer be silent, we will no longer politely wait for you to acknowledge our rights to free speech and expression. The next place you
BREAKING: “Black Preborn Lives Matter” Street Painting Cancelled as D.C. Police ARREST Pro-Lifers
Kristan Hawkins | August 1, 2020
Just weeks ago D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted the streets of Washington, D.C. with a powerful slogan, “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” and then allowed activists to paint, with permanent paint, additional messages like “Defund the Police.” In doing this, she proclaimed not only what those of us in the pro-life movement genuinely believe and fight for every day in front
BREAKING: “BLACK PREBORN LIVES MATTER” STREET PAINTING CANCELLED AS D.C. POLICE ARREST PRO-LIFERS
Kristan Hawkins | August 1, 2020
Just weeks ago D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted the streets of Washington, D.C. with a powerful slogan, “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” and then allowed activists to paint, with permanent paint, additional messages like “Defund the Police.” In doing this, she proclaimed not only what those of us in the pro-life movement genuinely believe and fight for every day in front of
Attorney Generals from 18 Different States Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban
SFLA Staff | July 31, 2020
Last December, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against a Mississippi law banning abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The federal appeals court sided with a lower judge’s ruling from 2018 that categorized the abortion ban as “unconstitutional.” “In an unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion cases have established (and affirmed, and
Senator Josh Hawley: Supreme Court Nominees Must Acknowledge Roe Is ‘Wrongly Decided’
SFLA Staff | July 29, 2020
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) made it clear that he would not confirm any Supreme Court justice nominee that has not publicly stated that Roe v. Wade was “wrongly decided.” The 1973 Supreme Court ruling continues to be a controversial decision, as the Court’s nationwide legalization of abortion overlooked the science of fetology and relied on several falsehoods regarding the safety
What Do Most Americans Think About Late-Term Abortion Laws?
SFLA Staff | July 28, 2020
In 2019, a woman named Beth Vial shared her story with Teen Vogue about how she traveled to New Mexico to abort her viable pregnancy. Because Vial has Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition that can mask pregnancy symptoms, she did not realize she was pregnant until she was 26-weeks along. Vial sought a late-term abortion not because her life