Category: free speech

Is the Clock Ticking for Pro-Life TikTokers? Students for Life of America Gets Banned, Then Censored 180 Times in 24 HOURS
Lydia Taylor Davis | September 18, 2024
Students for Life of America (SFLA) counters the mainstream media’s abortion narrative hourly, so it’s not surprising that TikTok finally banned us from their app because we exposed the truth about late-term abortion – with 180 individual censorship instances in 24 hours. You read that right. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: TikTok is well known for being full of left-leaning messaging targeting

After Tik Tok Fought for Free Speech in Court, They BANNED Students for Life of America’s Account for Exposing the Realities of Late-Term Abortion
Jordan Butler | September 18, 2024
STUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA CENSORED 180 TIMES IN 24 HOURS. REQUIRING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF APPEALS “After ABC News moderators hypocritically ‘fact-checked’ former President Donald Trump during the Presidential debate, including the false claim that late-term abortion is nonexistent in America, TikTok has joined in covering it up,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “While they allow

Back to School! Visiting the Most Common Free Speech Violations for Pro-Life Groups on Campuses
Jordan Butler | August 29, 2024
On average, about 5% of Students for Life of America (SFLA) groups nationwide report a free speech violation each year. And this year, we’re gearing up for a great semester for the pro-life movement and some anticipated opposition. With more than 1,500 college and high school groups, SFLA works around the clock to address obstacles to student speech, which commonly

Defending Freedom of Speech: Students for Life of America’s Top 2023-24 Free Speech Cases
Olivia Torralba | July 26, 2024
As Students for Life of America (SFLA) continues to grow and exceed expectations on the national playing field, our students face even more adversity as they fight for their First Amendment rights. The post-Roe 2023-24 school year yielded a historic record of free speech issues, with more than 100 student groups reporting First Amendment violations to SFLA. The 2023-2024 school

Organizations Stand by Students for Life of America in Free Speech Issues in Noblesville School District
Jordan Butler | July 1, 2024
Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) free speech defeat in Noblesville School District prompted organizations to use their free speech to stand by an SFLA school club exercising their freedom to speech to save preborn lives. READ: Students for Life of America (SFLA) calls Judge’s Noblesville School District decision “an Insult to Parents that Weakens First Amendment Protections,” Additional Legal

Students For Life is Focused on Florida — From Speeches to Billboard Trucks to Playing “Where’s Waldo?” With Biden: Here’s What We’ve Been Up To
Jordan Butler | April 25, 2024
With abortion on the ballot in Florida this November, Students for Life of America (SFLA) is laser-focused on informing Floridians, including rallying, mobilizing, door-knocking, tabling, campus conversations, and attending coalition meetings. Kristan Hawkins visited Miami, along with our brand-new billboard truck, and we protested President Joe Biden in Tampa. From now until November, we’re all hands-on deck, ensuring Floridians not

Smashing and Trashing in the Sunshine State: Cemetery of the Innocents Gets Vandalized, But that Won’t Stop the Pro-Life Generation from Reaching the Youth
Jordan Butler | April 16, 2024
When there’s no logic left, some abortion enthusiasts turn to vandalism, which is what happened in the sunshine state of Florida. Vandals trashed a Cemetery of the Innocents set up by Students for Life at the University of Florida. Florida Regional Coordinator Kristen Wayne was on the ground when students stepped on the Cemetery of the Innocents and broke

Pro-Abortion Student Gets Slap on the Wrist for Pregnancy Center Vandalism, Showing Blatant Hypocrisy of the FACE Act
Morgan Reece | April 9, 2024
The sentencing trial of Whitney Durant, who goes by Soren Monroe, took place today, and I’d like to say this is a win for the pro-life movement and scream from the rooftops, “Justice served!” But I can’t. The blatant hypocrisy regarding how the Department of Justice treats pro-life “crimes” and crimes from pro-abortion zealots is an unignorable blot in the

Students for Life of America (SFLA) calls Judge’s Noblesville School District decision “an Insult to Parents that Weakens First Amendment Protections,” Additional Legal Steps Under Consideration
Kristi Hamrick | March 19, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C./NOBLESVILLE, IN (03-19-2024) – In light of Judge Sarah Evans Barker’s rejection of the defense of students’ First Amendment Rights at Noblesville School District, Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins called the decision “an insult to parents that weakens First Amendment protections by insisting that a temporary loss of rights is nothing to worry about.” A lawsuit filed against the school district

Man Convicted of the FACE Act for Sitting in Front of Planned Parenthood Entrance
Jordan Butler | March 15, 2024
South Carolina had its first FACE Act conviction after Steven Lefemine went to court this week. WATCH: The Clinton-era FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) Act vaguely and broadly “prohibits violent, threatening, damaging and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain or provide reproductive health services,” according to the Department of Justice.