Category: Supreme Court

We Crashed an “Abortion Teach-In” on the Steps of the Supreme Court
Brenna Lewis | September 10, 2021
The evening of September 9th, a pro-abortion group called Reproaction organized a “Self-Managed Abortion Teach-In” on the steps of the Supreme Court. With everything that’s going on right now… Students for Life and a few local allies knew we had to show up and and share the message that chemical abortion hurts women. When we arrived, the abortion group was

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

Students for Life Applauds Record Number of Abortion Bans: Pro-Lifers Prepare for a World Without Roe
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

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

Pro-Abortion “Feminists” Canceled Me — So I Started a Newspaper
Brenna Lewis | May 3, 2021
Guest Post by Chloe Folmar President of William and Mary’s Tribe for Life In October, I was part of Students for Life’s SCOTUS Squad, living in Washington, D.C. and advocating for the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. One of the highlights during our time there was the Women’s March. As it approached the Supreme Court, other representatives for

THIS is the Case that Could Reverse Roe v. Wade
Brenna Lewis | March 23, 2021
Right now, the Supreme Court of the United States is deliberating picking up the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an abortion case out of Mississippi. The Justices have been stalling big time. And that’s because this case is a really big deal. According to SCOTUS Blog, this is Dobbs v. Jackson in a nutshell: Issues: (1) Whether all

Did We Just Agree with an Abortion Activist?
Brenna Lewis | March 12, 2021
Mary Ziegler is a law professor at Florida State University College of Law and serves as the “intellectual thought leader” on abortion law and policy (on the pro-abortion side). In light of Arkansas’s recent near-total abortion ban, Ziegler penned an op ed that ran on CNN this week and contains many themes that will likely be echoed by other abortion

Abortion Cases on the List for the Supreme Court this Year
Jessica Nardi | February 2, 2021
There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the U.S Supreme Court right now. Yes, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a champion for pro-life women, was confirmed but the continued swirls of whether President Biden will “pack” the court with abortion supporting justices is another question. Meanwhile, there’s a series of abortion-related cases that may be heard by SCOTUS this year. CBSNEWS