Category: free speech

We Won’t Go Back (To Debilitating Censorship)
Caroline Wharton | September 25, 2020
Conservative censorship has been coming to light with each passing year, and conservatives are fed up with it. On September 17th, Free Speech America (FSA), an organization that will fight national and worldwide censorship, was launched by Media Research Center (MRC). At their launch meeting, they had Brent Bozell, founder and president of MRC, Dr. Robert Epstein, Senator Marsha

Students for Life of America Says New Trump Administration Rules Protecting Student Free Speech Should Remind Schools that Taxpayers Won’t Pay for Unconstitutional Policies and Practices
Kristi Hamrick | September 10, 2020
Policy announced as SFLA’s Georgia Tech group wins lawsuit after their invitation to Dr. Alveda King blocked for being too “religious” “Cutting taxpayer funds to schools that refuse to respect students’ Constitutional rights is probably the only way to get the attention of academics who seem to appreciate only those students who agree with them or are too afraid

VICTORY: Students for Life’s Georgia Tech Group Wins Lawsuit after Student Government found Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Niece Too “Religious”
Kristi Hamrick | September 10, 2020
“Viewpoint discrimination cannot be tolerated by pro-life Americans who are willing to fight to protect our right to speak up for the preborn,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. ATLANTA, GA (09-10-2020) – Georgia Tech has agreed to change the unconstitutional policies that allowed its student government to deny funding for a speaking event sponsored by a Students for Life group featuring Alveda King, the

City of Baltimore Washes Pro-Life Message Off the Street, Leaves Others
Brenna Lewis | September 8, 2020
On August 5th, Students for Life of American teamed up with the Frederick Douglass Foundation and black pro-life community leaders in Baltimore to paint “Black Preborn Lives Matter” on the street outside the Baltimore Planned Parenthood. But the city of Baltimore’s apparent approval of the event turned out to be a ruse. Overall, the activism event was a success.

5 Ways You Can Spread the Pro-Life Message On Your College Campus
SFLA Staff | August 20, 2020
College is the perfect time for you to engage in pro-life outreach and practice your ability to argue persuasively against abortion. While it can be tempting to keep your head and focus on obtaining a degree, choosing to remain silent on the issue can deprive you of the opportunity to change someone’s mind on abortion. Conversations about abortion can become

SERIOUSLY? Professor Chloe Clark at Iowa State Forbids the Pro-Life Viewpoint in Her Classroom
Sarah Michalak | August 19, 2020
This week, Young Americans for Freedom discovered that Professor Chloe Clark from Iowa State University warned conservative and pro-life students that if they express their opinions in her English Course, they will be dismissed. Her syllabus started with the following warning: “GIANT WARNING: any instances of othering that you participate in intentionally (racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, sorophobia, transphobia, classism,

The Crime of Children’s Sidewalk Chalk (But Only if You’re Pro-Life)
Brenna Lewis | August 7, 2020
On August 1st in Washington D.C., a peaceful demonstration by pro-life students resulted in two Students for Life members being arrested. The crime? Children’s sidewalk chalk. There’s a double standard at play. Three weeks ago, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. organized a group to paint “Black Lives Matter” along the public streets of D.C., paving the way for this

Texas Pro-Lifers Fight Back Against Lawsuit Restricting Their Free Speech
SFLA Staff | July 22, 2020
Several lawsuits were filed by pro-lifers in the state of Texas to combat unfair litigation threatening their free speech. Weeks after various parts of the Lone Star State declared themselves Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn, multiple abortions groups dropped a suit in retaliation. The Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity, the Texas Equal Access Fund, and the Afiya Center alleged defamation after pro-life pastor Mark Dickson and

Students for Life Asks D.C. & NYC Mayors to Paint Pro-Life Message on Their Streets
Brenna Lewis | July 22, 2020
The mayors of New York City and Washington, D.C. have opened the streets of their cities for “public expression.” Consequently, Students for Life of America is now requesting the opportunity to add our voices to those concerned about how people of color are treated in America. Black Lives do matter, born and preborn, as too many people are lost in

The Supreme Court Ignores Two Abortion Facility “Buffer Zone” Cases
Jessica Nardi | July 13, 2020
Seasoned pro-life advocates who volunteer for sidewalk counseling outside abortion facilities know there are some very strict laws about where you can stand and how you engage women coming for an abortion. In fact, they’re sometimes so restrictive that they’re later repealed as unconstitutional limitations on the First Amendment. This past week, however, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) passed up