Category: free speech
The Bill for Free Speech? $25,000…And Counting
Caroline Wharton | August 17, 2022
GUEST POST: Do free speech and conscience rights apply to everyone? Pharmacists and healthcare workers might wonder about the answer to that question. A recent court case in Minnesota highlights the worsening crisis of conscience protections for pro-life healthcare professionals. On August 5, an Aitkin, Minnesota, jury ruled that a pharmacist did not discriminate against a woman when he refused
SFLA Joins Amicus Brief in Defense of Pro-Life Americans’ Free Speech Rights
Kristi Hamrick | May 25, 2022
The brief holds that the abortion industry “will haul private citizens and private organizations into expensive lawsuits simply for voicing their support of pro-life policies or their belief that killing another human being is murder.” “The Pro-Life Generation is committed to protecting life in service and in law, and we demand the right to say so,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “Viewpoint discrimination
Title IX Rights Are Once Again Misunderstood As Kiel Middle School Charges Boys for ‘Misgendering’
Caroline Wharton | May 19, 2022
The lines have once again been blurred and crossed with Title IX rights as a new, chilling case emerges in Wisconsin in which three middle school boys have been charged with sexual harassment complaints over not using a classmate’s preferred pronouns. The boys are currently working with free speech legal advocates to make the case that this was not a
Pro-Lifers Met with Screaming, Blockades, & Attempts to Destroy Property During Abortion Counter Protests
Caroline Wharton | May 16, 2022
The Pro-Life Generation mobilized in more than eleven cities to counter protest the ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rallies on Saturday, May 14, to support the preborn and protest the radical abortion industry. Their message to protect the preborn in law and help moms was met with visceral reactions from abortion activists who were taking orders from their movement leaders. Women’s
This DHS Board Just Became the Biggest Threat to our Freedom of Speech
Caroline Wharton | May 4, 2022
The pro-life movement is consistently fighting free speech battles on every front and winning many of them— but our First Amendment rights have taken yet another hit with the introduction of a government oversight board that sounds like it could be straight out of a dystopian novel. Here’s what you need to know about the board that may be the
WEDNESDAY: Kristan Hawkins’ ‘The Future is Anti-Abortion’ Speaking Tour Stops at University of Virginia Where Vandalism Won’t Stop Pro-Life Free Speech
Kristi Hamrick | April 26, 2022
“The nation is ready for a Post-Roe America,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “As the Supreme Court prepares to hand down the most important abortion ruling since Roe v. Wade, the Pro-Life Generation is all grown up and has been working in legislatures, in courts, in communities, online, and on the ground to ensure that no
What Does it Mean to Get Doxed as a Member of the Pro-Life Movement?
Caroline Wharton | March 28, 2022
Political threats and harassment come in all different forms, and one particular avenue of harassment that may be trending upwards for the pro-life movement is doxing. Doxing, “an anti-democratic tactic for punishing and silencing people using their freedom of speech,” is when an individual’s private information (such as their home address) is released to the public—or more importantly, to the
WARNING: Free Speech Shouldn’t Need a Caution Sign
Caroline Wharton | March 25, 2022
GUEST POST: If you’ve ever wondered what American colleges and universities are doing wrong, the answer is simple: these institutions have absolutely lost their backbone, and perhaps no one can speak to that fact better than the students of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). On Thursday, March 24th, pro-life college students at IUPUI hosted Students for Life of America’s
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Needs to Retake Constitution 101
Caroline Wharton | March 21, 2022
Did you know that justices for the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) are supposed to follow the United States Constitution? While that might not surprise you, someone should remind the Biden Administration. The SCOTUS nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson looks like President Joe Biden preferred “someone who leaned toward creative writing rather than Constitutional loyalty” (and maybe that is
Free Speech Advocates Say “NO” to Teachers Censoring Pro-Life Movement
Caroline Wharton | March 14, 2022
In the abortion lobby’s war against the pro-life movement, the First Amendment is often conveniently forgotten and thrown out the window as they consistently try to curb pro-life speech. The abortion lobby makes the excuse that pro-life speech is “defamation” or “misinformation” and therefore should be suppressed—but Students for Life of America (SFLA) does not tolerate such unconstitutional suppression. That’s