Category: Florida

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Mia Akins Makes a Huge Impact at Florida International University
Caroline Wharton | October 16, 2023
GUEST POST: Students for Life of America (SFLA) is proud to accept amazing students like Mia Akins, a sophomore at Florida International University, into our leadership programs through the National Leaders Collective. For the 2023-2024 school year, Akins will be a part of the Standing With You Fellowship program, learning how to become an expert on changing campus policies to

A “Free Speech Zone” Couldn’t Stop Us from Changing Minds at Kamala Harris’ Speaking Tour Stop in Florida
Caroline Wharton | October 2, 2023
GUEST POST: When Vice President Kamala Harris geared up for her third “Fight for Our Freedoms” tour stop at Florida International University, Students for Life of America (SFLA) rallied to peacefully protest her abortion extremism outside the event. We gathered with signs that read “Fight for Our Freedom” that had an image of a preborn baby, reminding on-lookers that babies

SFLAction Calls on Former President Donald Trump to Clarify his Disappointing Remarks on Heartbeat Laws; Complete Candidate Survey to Understand his Pro-Life Vision
Kristi Hamrick | September 18, 2023
Reporting on news from our sister organization Students for Life Action: “Heartbeat Laws are far from terrible. They should be an absolute minimum for any Republican candidate committed to protecting many from death by direct abortion,” said Students for Life Action’s Kristan Hawkins in her letter. WASHINGTON D.C. (09-18-2023) – Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins sent a letter Monday to former

Florida “Book Ban” Hoax Shows Porn in Schools & Abortion Industry’s Marketing Plan to Create Future Customers
Caroline Wharton | March 14, 2023
WARNING: Explicit content below. Planned Parenthood’s business model is built around unexpected pregnancies that arise in difficult circumstances, and the abortion giant’s financial interests have culminated in a sinister plan to create future customers. Unbeknownst to many parents, the abortion industry is grooming children to become promiscuous through bad advice, and it’s happening in their child’s classrooms and school libraries,

Vice President Mike Pence Addresses SFLA: “America Has Been Given the New Beginning for the Right to Life”
Caroline Wharton | March 6, 2023
“I didn’t know if I’d live to see the day that Roe was thrown into the ash heap of history,” Vice President Mike Pence told Students for Life of America (SFLA) supporters and team members in Naples, Florida on Saturday evening. The Vice President, a champion for the preborn while holding public office, addressed the first National Post-Roe Gala, firing

Kristan Hawkins & Ron DeSantis Agree That We Need to Stand Up to Agenda-Pushing Companies
Caroline Wharton | March 3, 2023
After making a big move by signing into law the bill which ended Disney’s self-governing status in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis recently published an op-ed at the Wall Street Journal explaining his reasoning. The article, entitled “Why I Stood Up to Disney,” echoes the same concerns that Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins put out almost a

MEDIA ADVISORY: Students for Life of America Announces Special Event Featuring Vice President Mike Pence, Kristan Hawkins, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, & Pro-Life Leaders in Florida
Caroline Wharton | February 8, 2023
“This evening will be a powerful gathering of pro-life leaders who refuse to be stopped as we protect women and the preborn from the predatory abortion industry. We’re grateful to continue our essential work alongside dedicated leaders because now, more than ever, we need to combat the deadly agenda of the abortion industry and their powerful friends in the Biden Administration,”

Abortion Supporters Equate SFLA President to “A Cockroach” & Obnoxiously Play Instruments to Drown Out Pro-Life Truth
Caroline Wharton | February 7, 2023
GUEST POST: Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins recently visited the University of South Florida for a tabling event, and to say the pro-abortion opposition was wild would be mild. It seemed that both the university administration and abortion-supporting students on campus were determined to complicate Hawkins’ visit and make it almost impossible to have simple conversations

This is How the Pro-Life Movement Saves Babies: Truth, Love, & Support
Caroline Wharton | October 26, 2022
GUEST POST: I recently had the opportunity to present a pro-life training to a church youth group, and I will never forget what happened afterwards. This story represents exactly why we in the pro-life movement do what we do — here’s what happened: In the midst of building the coalition for the Naples Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, I

Pro-Lifers Speak Out as University of Florida Puts Plan B in Vending Machines
Caroline Wharton | July 27, 2022
As more higher education institutions continue to bow to the abortion lobby and offer emergency “contraception” like candy, the University of Florida (UF) appears similarly poised to endanger their students according to a resolution by the UF Student Senate. This detrimental idea has been in the works for a couple years, and it appears that the reversal of Roe v.