Victory: Democrats Take Their Sights Off Hyde Amendment (For Now)
Jessica Nardi | July 9, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently announced that the Democratic House has decided not to try to end the Hyde Amendment during the election year. Pelosi has long been pushing to end the Hyde Amendment — a legislation in place since 1976 to protect taxpayers from being forced to fund abortions. While this is good news for the pro-life movement

Pro-Choice Media are Fibbing Big-Time About Supreme Court Birth Control Case
Brenna Lewis | July 9, 2020
There’s a lot of confusion surrounding the Supreme Court’s recent decision not to force businesses to provide contraception for employees (as part of the Affordable Care Act) if it goes against their religious/moral convictions. The case is Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. And most of this confusion has been intentionally fabricated by pro-choice media. In a 7-2
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Improve Foster Care System
SFLA Staff | July 9, 2020
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to strengthen the child welfare system. The order identified several barriers that prevent foster kids from finding a permanent home. By laying out three specific goals, the order provides a clear plan on how this administration intends to aid youth trapped in the system. “Every child deserves a family,” the order

The Outliers of the Pro-Life Movement: Democrats for Life
SFLA Staff | July 8, 2020
Many people believe that only Republicans are pro-life, but our encounter with Democrats for Life proves that this is a myth. Democrats for Life believes in “the legal protection of unborn life and a comprehensive, bipartisan approach to reducing the number of abortions in America and around the world.” Last week, we attended a virtual town hall meeting with pro-life

Supreme Court Affirms Commonsense: Forcing Nuns to Subsidize Birth Control is Bad Policy and Un-American
Kristi Hamrick | July 8, 2020
“Conscience rights of people of faith are affirmed today as the Supreme Court blocks the heavy-handed efforts of the abortion industry to force nuns to pay for birth control,” said Students for Life of America’s Kristan Hawkins. “It’s un-American to violate people’s Constitutional freedoms to satisfy those who want to force everyone to pay for birth control, whether they

As Americans Struggle with Coronavirus, House Democrats Push an “Incompetent” and “Tone Deaf” Plan to Fund Abortions Around the World
Kristi Hamrick | July 7, 2020
“Prioritizing U.S. taxpayer funded abortion for people worldwide as Americans at home are reeling from the fallout of a pandemics is not only inhumane, it’s a tone-deaf response to current events and incompetent abuse of needed resources,” said SFL Action’s Kristan Hawkins. WASHINGTON D.C. (07-07-2020) – As House Democrats propose hundreds of millions in spending related to abortion in a $66 billion

Pro-Choice ‘Watchdog’ Organization Accidentally Promotes Pro-Life Views
Jessica Nardi | July 6, 2020
It’s a glorious day when abortion activists end up doing our job for us. Most of them take for granted the intellectual justifications for the pro-life movement, because, as we know, the most profound pro-choice philosophies come from bumper stickers and pink hats. Such was the case in Media Matters’s latest two pro-abortion pieces–the first criticizing pro-life advocates for

Planned Parenthood Wants to Counter ‘Systemic Racism’ by Giving African-Americans More Birth Control
Jessica Nardi | July 6, 2020
Planned Parenthood announced its new solution for business owners to counter “systemic racism” — free birth control! The Business for Birth Control 2020 campaign was released on June 23, beginning as “a movement of solidarity from 12 national companies affirming their employees’ birth control coverage as an essential part of their health insurance plans…” What does this have to

Poll Claims Gen Z Is Having a Hard Time Registering to Vote. Here’s How
SFLA Staff | July 2, 2020
Generation Z (Zoomers) has generated massive political energy recently by leading nationwide protests. Many are wondering if this civic enthusiasm will lead to a higher voter turnout for young people, and those who have been influenced by their message. With more young Americans becoming eligible to vote, the November presidential election could be impacted. Generation Z is expected to account

T.A.L.K. is a Wrap! And the Winners Are…
Lori Cascio | July 1, 2020
After 334 days of counting pro-life conversations, the T.A.L.K. Challenge and other Students for Life efforts have inspired 25,738 conversations about abortion. This brought our national Students for Life T.A.L.K. efforts to 209,423 conversations! Here’s the breakdown: We had 122,027 conversations through our TALK Digital efforts, targeting pro-choice and inactive pro-lifers mainly on social media with surveys and chats. 26,247 conversations came from our