Category: free speech
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
The Pro-Life Generation Stands with Mark Dickson
Caroline Wharton | February 23, 2022
GUEST POST: Cut out a man’s tongue and you don’t prove him a liar, only that you’re afraid of what he has to say. – George R.R. Martin Students for Life of America, in conjunction with Texas Right to Life and other pro-life organizations, has signed an amicus brief to defend the free speech of pro-life activists in the Texas Supreme
Students for Life of America and the Frederick Douglass Foundation again Take the District of Columbia to Court in Appeal of Free Speech Case.
Kristi Hamrick | February 18, 2022
“Pro-abortion leaders in the nation’s capital must not be allowed to violate the U.S. Constitution by criminalizing pro-life speech they don’t like,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “Blocking pro-life students from peacefully chalking Black Preborn Lives Matter is viewpoint discrimination. It’s striking that one of the few ways for protestors to get the attention of D.C. officials is not by violence
SFLA Freshman Student Leader Files Suit against Noblesville High School, District and School Leadership Alleging Violations of Free Speech Rights & Intimidation
Kristi Hamrick | December 22, 2021
“Free speech rights that can’t be used don’t exist,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “Once again, the Pro-Life Generation will have to take our case to court as another school abuses their authority by trying to slow walk a pro-life club to the exit.” NOBLESVILLE & INDIANAPOLIS, IN (12-22-2021) – Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins announced that
Appeal Filed against the District of Columbia Addresses Violations of the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Life Students
Kristi Hamrick | October 1, 2021
“The abuse of power by D.C. officials against students holding nothing but chalk should offend and concern everyone,” said Student for Life of America’s Kristan Hawkins. “Pro-life Americans should be applauded for peacefully protesting the violence of abortion, not penalized.” WASHINGTON D.C. (10-01-2021) – This week, Students for Life of America (SFLA) and The Frederick Douglass Foundation (FDF) through their attorneys
Students for Life Leader Sues College over Vaccine Mandate
Brenna Lewis | September 13, 2021
Students at Creighton University, a Jesuit Catholic school in Omaha, Nebraska, have taken legal action against the school over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. According to local coverage: The Creighton student named as a plaintiff in the suit is president of Creighton’s pro-life group, Students for Life, Lauren Ramaekers said she is opposed to taking the vaccine because of the
LAWSUIT FILED! Pro-Life Medical Student EXPELLED from Infamously Pro-Abortion Medical School Seeks Help
Kristi Hamrick | August 5, 2021
Austin Clark was a fourth-year medical student at the University of Louisville who was set to graduate in May 2021. Austin was preparing to begin his career as a doctor to help his family and future patients. But the medical school cut those dreams short by formally dismissing him on July 15th, 2020, according to a lawsuit recently filed and amended this month. The
One Year Later, Pro-life Students Still Wait for Justice, Students for Life Still in Court Fighting for the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Life Americans in Washington D.C.
Kristi Hamrick | August 2, 2021
Since two students were arrested for trying to chalk BLACK PREBORN LIVES MATTER, an amicus brief has been filed, Billboards erected, the honors to the infamous Margaret Sanger targeted for removal, and the nation moves closer to a world without Roe. “Our efforts to make a statement about the value of preborn life in the minority community have