Category: free speech

Spokane Is Having Trouble Enforcing Law That Seeks To Silence Pro-Lifers Protesting Planned Parenthood
Brenna Lewis | May 26, 2020
Boo-hoo. The city of Spokane is having trouble enforcing an unconstitutional law that seeks to silence people protesting outside of “health care facilities”(which clearly targets pro-lifers protesting outside of abortion facilities), due to the coronavirus. If you don’t remember, back in March, a radically pro-abortion city councilwoman pushed through a city ordinance that targets a group of Christian pro-lifers that

TikTok Censors Students For Life, Then Reinstates Video Without Explanation
Brenna Lewis | April 14, 2020
Video-sharing website TikTok removed a Students for Life TikTok video on Monday, April 6th, the same day it was posted. Without further explanation, the company wrote on the post that it violated “certain terms” and “community guidelines.” Students for Life reached out for correction and explanation but did not receive one. On Wednesday night, April 9th, the video was restored without explanation. Kristan

Police Go After Law-Abiding Pro-Lifers, Not Law-Breaking Abortion Escorts
Brenna Lewis | April 9, 2020
John Mark Porter is a Senior at the University of South Carolina and former president of that University’s Pro-Life student organization, Advocates for Life. Many of the students from that organization serve as volunteer counselors and intern at the local sidewalk counseling ministry. On Tuesday morning in Columbia, South Carolina, I and four other sidewalk counselors were forced to leave

Georgia Tech Student Government Says Alveda King Is ‘Too Religious’ For Their Campus
Brenna Lewis | April 2, 2020
“Viewpoint discrimination against those who are pro-life or pro-faith cannot be tolerated,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “The Constitution is clear that public universities can’t engage in the type of discrimination that has taken place at Georgia Tech.” WASHINGTON D.C./ATLANTA, GA (04-01-2020) – Students for Life of America’s Georgia Tech group will be represented by Alliance Defending Freedom in a lawsuit filed this week because student fees were recently denied to

Before Coronavirus, Campuses Were Plagued With Series Of Vandalisms
Brenna Lewis | March 27, 2020
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, including the shut down of hundreds of schools across the campus, one story may have been lost; the vandalism and violence against pro-life groups on high school and college campuses across the country. Colorado State University-Fort Collins The students were hosting the “Heart to Heart” Spring 2020 campus tour display which seeks to educate

Pro-Life Student Leader Blasts City For Violating First Amendment Rights
Hayley Tschetter | March 17, 2020
The following is a blog written by Hayley Tschetter, a Students for Life student spokesperson and a leader at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul in Students for Life. Not only did the St. Paul City Council just vote to approve “Abortion Providers Appreciation Day,” but Minnesota is also making so-called progressive strides towards passing laws that would cause sidewalk counseling

Spokane City Council Passes Ordinance To Silence Pro-Life Christians
Brenna Lewis | March 4, 2020
Spokane City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear got her wish: the city will now be empowered to use police officers to shut up the hundreds of pro-life Christians who regularly pray outside a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Recently, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance allowing the police to cite the pro-lifers for ‘noise’ complaints. Kinnear previously had asked the police

California Students Pack Room To Hear Speech On Making Abortion Illegal Again
Brenna Lewis | March 2, 2020
Students at California-Polytechnic State University filled a room to capacity, nearly 150 people, to hear Kristan Hawkins speak last Thursday as part of her Spring speaking tour. The topic of her speech, which she started delivering last Fall, is “Make Abortion Illegal Again: Helping Women and Families After Roe.” The room was not only packed to capacity, but students were still

Western Washington University Vandals Destroy Pro-Life Chalkings
Brenna Lewis | March 2, 2020
Western Washington University is investigating vandalism after vandals destroyed chalkings by the conservative Young Americans for Freedom group on campus. The group had chalked numerous messages on campus, including pro-life messages such as, “Abortion is not healthcare.” YAF’s website reports, “Conservative activists in the Western Washington Young Americans for Freedom chapter stayed up all night monitoring their chalking display until

Students for Life Condemns Vandalism at Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo Ahead of Speaking Tour Stop
Brenna Lewis | February 27, 2020
“Colleges should be places open to learning and dialogue. We strongly condemn all vandalism against pro-life views,” said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America. San Luis Obispo, CA (2-27-2020)–Reacting to the news that hundreds of fliers advertising her speech were torn down ahead of a speaking tour stop at Cal Poly, Kristan Hawkins stated, “Vandalism is a