Category: pro-life

(VIDEO) Catholic Priest Explains Why We Must Vote Pro-Life First
Brenna Lewis | March 25, 2020
On a recent episode of Kristan Hawkins’ Explicitly Pro-Life, Fr. Frank Pavone, the National Director of Priests for Life, explained why we must vote pro-life first. WATCH: Fr. Frank and Kristan Hawkins talked about how we must change hearts and minds, but how that should translate into changed laws and changed votes. It can be tempting, Fr. Frank noted, to try

Pro-Life Student Leader Blasts City For Violating First Amendment Rights
Hayley Tschetter | March 17, 2020
The following is a blog written by Hayley Tschetter, a Students for Life student spokesperson and a leader at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul in Students for Life. Not only did the St. Paul City Council just vote to approve “Abortion Providers Appreciation Day,” but Minnesota is also making so-called progressive strides towards passing laws that would cause sidewalk counseling

Maryland Pro-Choicers Withdraw Radical Legislation After Pressure From Pro-Lifers
Michele Hendrickson | March 12, 2020
For months, pro-lifers in Maryland have been anticipating a long-threatened “Abortion Amendment” that would enshrine abortion in the constitution. The bill was filed last year under the title “Bodily Autonomy”, then quickly withdrawn and sent back to the drawing board. Early in the 2019-2020 legislative session, Maryland House Speaker Adriene Jones announced, “It is going to go forward this upcoming session. We’re going to be talking with

Spokane City Council Passes Ordinance To Silence Pro-Life Christians
Brenna Lewis | March 4, 2020
Spokane City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear got her wish: the city will now be empowered to use police officers to shut up the hundreds of pro-life Christians who regularly pray outside a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Recently, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance allowing the police to cite the pro-lifers for ‘noise’ complaints. Kinnear previously had asked the police

Pro-Life Students Convince Democratic Voter To Vote Pro-Life First In Special Election
Brenna Lewis | January 29, 2020
Yesterday, around 10 pro-life students in Texas passed out hundreds of fliers that simply explained where the candidates stood on abortion in a special state house race in Texas’ 28th district. Thanks partially to their efforts, voters elected pro-life Gary Gates over NARAL-endorsed Eliz Markowitz. Ana Garza, a Students for Life leader at Houston Baptist University said, “I was never

Students for Life Action Supports Foster Care and Adoption Reform Legislation In Virginia
Brenna Lewis | January 16, 2020
Students for Life Action has helped introduce legislation in Virginia to improve the home study process, the background checks required to be a foster or adoptive parents, with state senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania). The legislation is Senate Bill 501. It amends Virginia state code to provide more flexibility in approving foster care parents and adoptive parents. Kristan Hawkins, president of

Medical Researchers Carry Out Unethical Research On Young, Mexican Women
Brenna Lewis | January 16, 2020
Recently, NPR publicized the results of a highly-unethical study conducted by researchers seeking to test the safety of IVF. NPR notes, “Researchers have conducted a controversial study that involved paying dozens of young women at a hospital near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to get artificially inseminated so their embryos could be flushed out of their bodies and analyzed for research purposes.”