Category: free speech

Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement Releases A+ Ratings for Christian Schools Upholding Pro-Life Values
Jordan Butler | February 23, 2024
The Pro-Life Generation’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement (IPA) released their latest installment of the Christian Schools project last December. This research initiative focused on highlighting the relationship a Christian college or university may have with Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. 767 Christian institutions were thoroughly researched for this project, and upon completion were given letter grades from A+ to

BREAKING NEWS: TWO Videos Illustrate the Assault on Pro-Life Free Speech
Kristi Hamrick | February 22, 2024
Students for Life of America Students Harassed by Florida Professor and Assaulted by Trans Pro-Abortion Activist in Virginia “Once again, we have proof that the Pro-Life Generation takes risks every day to speak up for the preborn, who deserve a chance to be heard,” said Students for Life of America’s Kristan Hawkins. “The events experienced by Students for Life of America

Victory! Students for Life of America Group Settles Lawsuit Over Free Speech Censorship
Olivia Torralba | February 22, 2024
Students for Life of America successfully settled a free-speech lawsuit against East Career Technical Academy (ECTA) and the Clark County School District (CCSD) with the help of Thomas More Society and the O’Mara Law Firm. What You Need to Know About the Lawsuit The lawsuit was filed in September 2022 against ECTA and CCSD with student plaintiffs from ECTA Students for

Smug Professor Harasses SFLA College Students at Florida International University
Jordan Butler | February 21, 2024
“She can kill it.” While Students for Life of America at Florida International University (FIU) peacefully engaged in pro-life advocacy efforts, a pro-abortion professor had something different in mind. Instead of behaving like an adult, he decided to harass and insult SFLA students. The SFLA FIU chapter tabled like they do every week in the student center. They encourage open conversations

Pro-Life Violations Extend Beyond American College Campuses: UK Preacher Convicted for Displaying Bible Verse Sign Outside Abortion Facility
Jordan Butler | February 5, 2024
Free speech violations on college campuses continue to make the news, and for good reason. Students for Life of America’s (SLFA) findings last year pointed towards the second most significant issue among pro-lifers on campus: speech censorship by school administrations. This issue isn’t isolated to school campuses in the United States. Recently, UK Christian preacher Stephen Green was prosecuted

Student Perspective: An Abortion Doula Lectured to My Class
Jordan Butler | February 1, 2024
GUEST POST: Last week, something happened that I never could have imagined in my wildest dreams: an abortion doula actually came to lecture in my class. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, I had the unpleasant experience of listening to Rachel Carbonneau, a self-described “abortion doula,” share her experience counseling abortion and transgender patients. In high school, I was severely bullied for

VICTORY: UNC-Chapel Hill Backs Down on Discriminatory Fees Placed on SFLA President Kristan Hawkins Campus Event
Caroline Wharton | January 24, 2024
Free speech has tasted victory once again with help from Students for Life of America (SFLA) legal counsel. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has agreed to back down after surprising the campus SFLA group — called the “Carolina Students for Life” — with seemingly discriminatory fees following a SFLA President Kristan Hawkins speaking tour stop at the school last fall. Here’s what happened: As SFLA reported

Despite Pro-Abortion Buffer Laws, Survey Shows Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Want Sidewalk Counseling Protected
Caroline Wharton | January 18, 2024
A new poll is showing that the majority of Americans want free speech to be fashionable again, especially when it comes to the life issue. In an age where pro-life activists are continually discriminated against, particularly in their sidewalk counseling advocacy as First Amendment rights are not equally respected, such data is especially interesting. Here’s what you need to know

Students for Life of America’s Top 10 Worst Free Speech Violations in 2023
Caroline Wharton | December 21, 2023
As most schools wrap up the fall semester and 2023 comes to an end, ‘tis the season for looking back — and as we do so, we remember all the free speech trials the Pro-Life Generation had to bravely face when exercising their First Amendment rights. From the very beginning of the year to even just recently, Students for Life

UNC-Chapel Hill Appears to Choke Pro-Life Free Speech with Excessive, Discriminatory Fees After Kristan Hawkins’ Tour Stop
Caroline Wharton | December 7, 2023
GUEST POST: In mid-October this semester, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Students for Life of America (SFLA) group — called the “Carolina Students for Life” — hosted SFLA President Kristan Hawkins on campus for her fall speaking tour entitled “I’m Coming for Your Abortion Access.” The Carolina Students for Life worked hard to organize the event over