Category: mississippi

STIFF RESISTANCE: Lawmakers Turned Off by Mississippi Democrat’s “Conception at Erection” Bill
Jordan Butler | February 14, 2025
In what some might call a “premature” and “boneheaded” law, Mississippi Democrat State Sen. Bradford Blackmon faced stiff resistance to his Contraception Begins at Erection Act, failing to even finish through the committee phase. According to The New Zealand Herald, “Anyone caught making an illegal emission faced a fine of US$1000 ($1775) for a first offence, US$5000 ($8875) for a second

TIME Magazine Picked The Wrong People for Their Women of the Year List
Caroline Wharton | March 14, 2023
GUEST POST: Each year, TIME Magazine writes their Women of the Year article based on who they deem to be “leaders who are using their voices to fight for a more equal world”. It was ironic, however, that two women were included due to their views and supportive actions of abortion this year. Not only did Mexican abortion supporter Verónica

On the Road to Reversing Roe, Missouri Defends Children by Defunding Planned Parenthood
Caroline Wharton | March 15, 2022
WARNING: If you think killing kids in the womb is not healthcare, you have a good chance of being taken to court by Planned Parenthood. That’s exactly what’s happening in Missouri right now: two Planned Parenthood affiliates are suing the state and, in a strange turn of events, the abortion giant is also chewing out the Biden Administration over it.

Kristan Hawkins Highlights Resources to Prevent Violence Against Pregnant Moms at Mississippi State University
Caroline Wharton | March 7, 2022
GUEST POST: This week, Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins is speaking at Mississippi State University as part of the “No Woman Stands Alone” speaking tour. In her talk, Hawkins will address what pro-life states are doing to support and empower women. The complete title of her talk, No Woman Stands Alone In a Post-Roe America: We don’t Need

SFLAction Urges Mississippi Advance the Life At Conception Bill Before This Tuesday’s Deadline
Kristi Hamrick | January 31, 2022
“The pro-life movement has always owned its goal of abolishing abortion in our lifetime,” said Students for Life Action and Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “And by that we don’t just mean stopping late-term abortions, abortions after viability, or the infanticide of children who survive abortion attempts; we mean protecting ALL children from the moment of conception. And

On the Road to Reversing Roe, National Public Radio Profiles Students for Life’s Abortion-Free Cities
Caroline Wharton | November 23, 2021
With the most monumental abortion case to be seen in almost 50 years on the docket for December 1st, both pro-life and pro-abortion supporters are fired up. This week, Students for Life of America was featured in a National Public Radio hit in regard to the Dobbs v. Jackson case. Our Midwest Regional Manager, Sarah Zarr, and her pro-life students were highlighted in the NPR hit as

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch Joins SFLA President Kristan Hawkins on ‘Explicitly Pro-Life’ Podcast
Kristi Hamrick | November 16, 2021
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch Joins SFLA President Kristan Hawkins on Explicitly Pro-Life Podcast “Our generation believes in what we’re doing. We’re pro-life,” said AG Fitch. “It’s such an exciting time. This is definitely the biggest case… probably of my lifetime, and certainly the biggest pro-life case that we’ve had in 50 years.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-16-2021) – On December 1, Mississippi

SFLA Launches History Making Bus Tour on the Road to a Roe-Free America
Kristi Hamrick | November 1, 2021
Students for Life of America to Launch History Making Bus Tour On the Road to a Roe-Free America The “See Me Now Live Ultrasound Tour” will roll through 12 Cities & Multiple Stops Ending at the Supreme Court before the historic Dobbs v. Jackson hearing. Link to News release. “Mainstream media and popular culture have often

Pro-Life Door Knockers in Mississippi Confronted with Heartbreaking Story
Brenna Lewis | October 11, 2021
Students for Life of America has launched our most innovative campaign to date: The Campaign for Abortion Free Cities! This is a national grassroots effort that is currently active in 20 cities across the United States. The sole mission is to completely rid these cities of abortion. One of our strategies to help keep our communities protected from

If Everyone Knew What Roe v. Wade Actually Does… We Can Reverse It
Kristan Hawkins | August 4, 2021
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court will consider—for the first time since Roe v. Wade—allowing state abortion bans based on gestational limits. As a tragic consequence of Roe, abortion on-demand has come to operate silently in the background of American life, largely accepted as the status quo by the generations born since 1973. Many say