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22 Jul 2020

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
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22 Jul 2020

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
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13 Jul 2020

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 In fact, they’re sometimes so restrictive that they’re later repealed as unconstitutional limitations on the First Amendment.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
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26 May 2020

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
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14 Apr 2020

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
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09 Apr 2020

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
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02 Apr 2020

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
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27 Mar 2020

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
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17 Mar 2020

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
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04 Mar 2020

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
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