Category: free speech

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

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

