Category: ProLife Laws

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Taxpayer Funded Abortion
Brenna Lewis | August 5, 2021
The Hyde Amendment is a political “rider” that that is attached to the annual HHS Labor appropriations bill and essentially prevents taxpayer dollars from directly going towards abortion via Medicaid. It was first enacted in September of 1976 (three years after the handing down of Roe v. Wade). Now, for the first time since 1976, it is under attack. This,

If Everyone Knew What Roe v. Wade Actually Does… We Can Reverse It
Kristan Hawkins | August 4, 2021
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court will consider—for the first time since Roe v. Wade—allowing state abortion bans based on gestational limits. As a tragic consequence of Roe, abortion on-demand has come to operate silently in the background of American life, largely accepted as the status quo by the generations born since 1973. Many say

Victory! Almost 600 Pro-Life Laws Have Been Introduced This Year
Brenna Lewis | July 29, 2021
It’s amazing how the exact same news can appear wonderful to one person and devastating to another. This is exemplified perfectly in a recent article by NBC News that outlines, in excellent detail and with beautiful graphics, how record-breaking this year has been for abortion restrictions. NBC, of course, sees this as a bad thing. But for the majority

From Toilet Seats to Congress – One Pro-Life Woman’s Journey
Brenna Lewis | July 29, 2021
One of Students for Life Action (SFLAction, our sister organization)’s new recruits is Brooke Paz, a California native who has been involved with Students for Life since her own school days. This month, Brooke is celebrating SFLAction’s first in-person staff briefing on Capitol Hill since February 2020 (before the coronavirus struck)… and it was a huge success! Brooke

Body Parts of 17-Week Baby Found in Ohio Dumpster
Brenna Lewis | July 9, 2021
Warning: graphic images (and links to graphic images) below. Story Update 9/20/21: Planned Parenthood in Bedford Heights Found Improperly Disposing of Patient Information, Biohazardous Waste. This abortion facility is just north of Northeast Ohio Women’s Center. Between June 7th and June 29th, pro-life activists in northern Ohio discovered the remains of a baby in a dumpster used by The Northeast

Students for Life Applauds Record Number of Abortion Bans: Pro-Lifers Prepare for a World Without RoeÂ
Samantha Kamman | June 30, 2021
According to Governing Magazine, more than a dozen states considered total or partial bans on abortion this year, furthering protections for preborn children. All in all, 2021 saw states enact more than 80 restrictions on abortion, the most in any year since Roe v. Wade forced the country to tolerate abortion on a nationwide scale. With the U.S. Supreme

Mainstream Poll Reveals 80% of Americans Don’t Agree with Roe v. Wade
Brenna Lewis | June 28, 2021
Based on Students for Life’s own polling, we know most Americans like limits on abortion. But in a landmark new poll from the Associated Press, it’s been revealed that Americans’ distaste for later-term abortion is even more prevalent than the public (and pro-abortion lawmakers) seem to think. Newsweek wrote:Â “Third trimester abortions should typically be illegal according to 80

Most People Support a 15-Week Abortion Limit
Brenna Lewis | June 8, 2021
Since the Supreme Court granted review of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limit by adding Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to their docket, the nation is buzzing about abortion limits. Are they good? Are they bad? What does the majority believe? Abortion groups like Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and others post on social as if all Americans believe in limitless abortion.

Sorting Fact from Fiction: An Upcoming Challenge to Roe v. Wade
Brenna Lewis | May 18, 2021
On May 17th, the Supreme Court made the significant decision to pick up the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case out of Mississippi. This case, according to SCOTUS Blog, is “a challenge to the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that (with limited exceptions) bars abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.” Hey hey, ho ho. Roe v. Wade is

Nation’s Highest Health Official Apparently Unaware that Partial-Birth Abortion is Illegal
Brenna Lewis | May 14, 2021
Caution: disturbing descriptions & an abortion illustration exist below. This week, the man President Biden nominated to head the nation’s highest health office displayed either shameful ignorance or deliberate deception regarding abortion law. Xavier Becerra, our new head of Health and Human Services (which oversees the FDA), recently denied the existence of a law banning the partial-birth abortion of