Category: free speech

The Video Tik Tok Doesn’t Want You to See: VCU Violence Repeatedly Censored
Caroline Wharton | April 5, 2023
When free speech is infringed upon, that’s a problem. When free speech reporting such infringements is also violated, that’s an even bigger problem — and unfortunately, it’s one that Students for Life of America (SFLA) is currently facing. Don’t let the irony of this situation escape you; we are being censored for discussing censorship. Here’s what’s happened: After a night

Notre Dame’s Pro-Life Students Have Been Busy Helping Women and Protecting the Preborn
Caroline Wharton | January 11, 2023
GUEST POST: In a Post-Roe America, Notre Dame’s Right to Life group that’s supported by Students for Life of America (SFLA) has been hard at work fighting for the sanctity and dignity of all human life on our campus. As the semester comes to an end, we wish to share the educational, service, and prayer initiatives that we held on

Being a Pro-Life Activist is a Challenge But That’s Not a Reason to Give Up
Caroline Wharton | January 9, 2023
GUEST POST: Being outspoken at a widely pro-abortion school like the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is one of the most challenging choices you can make as a pro-life student. My Students for Life of America (SFLA) group, Students for Life at UTSA, learned that this is a real undertaking as it requires a lot of determination and

Top 10 Free Speech Violations from Fall 2022
Caroline Wharton | January 2, 2023
With a New Year here, we’re holding 2022 under a microscope, including the state of pro-life free speech last year. To say it bluntly, it wasn’t great for our student groups’ freedom of speech, but we’re proud of how many issues our Students for Life of America (SFLA) legal team resolved in order to protect pro-life speech. In fall 2022,

Free Speech Is Under Fire on College Campuses
Caroline Wharton | December 23, 2022
Conversation leads to common ground; curbed speech leads to confusion and upheaval — and American universities are a case study in this as many college students refuse to engage others with opposing beliefs, choosing hostility or violence instead. While the freedom of speech is a right under the First Amendment, it is also a benefit to society as dialogue helps draw us together;

Of All Places, Catholic Universities Should Protect Pro-Lifers, Not Punish Them
Caroline Wharton | December 20, 2022
GUEST POST: Last year, my Students for Life of America group at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota called “Culture for Life” prepared an event to put up 2,800 flags to represent the number of abortions performed every day. We put the flags up late in the afternoon, but we were required to take them down by the administration that evening

Is It Problematic to Be Pro-Life in Public? This Restaurant Says So
Caroline Wharton | December 14, 2022
If you have a business but refuse to accommodate customers based upon their personal views and beliefs, you probably shouldn’t run a business. While we have seen cases decided in favor of individuals who have moral conflicts with messages that customers want them to deliver, it is a different matter altogether when a business declines a service that they already

Free Speech Violations for Pro-Lifers Even Happen in the Workplace
Caroline Wharton | December 8, 2022
If you’re reading this article, you’re probably no stranger to Students for Life Action (SFLAction) and Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) blogs where we often share the stories of free speech violations faced by our activists on high school and college campuses – it’s been a reoccurring theme this year. However, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal recently

Texas is Abortion-Free but Their Public Schools Are Still Censoring Pro-Life Students
Caroline Wharton | December 5, 2022
It’s a hard-won victory that Texas has abolished abortion through all nine months, but the Pro-Life Generation has found that even the state’s pro-life stance hasn’t stopped Texan public schools from censoring their pro-life opinions. Students for Life of America (SFLA) is currently engaged in legal aid to assist the student group from Pioneer Technical Arts Academy (PTAA) in Greenville,

This Is How Free Speech is Violated Through Financial Foul Play
Caroline Wharton | November 30, 2022
When you think about the scope of your First Amendment rights, you may not realize that financial measures can infringe upon your free speech — but what if it cost you to give your own opinion? Unfortunately, this is exactly the constitutional violation that the Students for Life of America (SFLA) group at the University of Cincinnati (called the UC