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In light of the recent changes to the 2024 Republican national platform, The Stream’s John Zmirak interviewed the leader of America’s most dogged grassroots pro-life movement: Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America.
The Stream, July, 2024Norman Rockwell would roll over in his grave if he learned what passes for freedom in the Democratic Party, seen in the Presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Daily Wire, August, 2024As many of you know, I’m a student of history and, since there is no playbook for how to end abortion in our nation, I believe history gives us our best guide for how our movement must proceed in the coming years and decades of this long battle.
Townhall, September, 2024A recent Wall Street Journal feature spotlighted Kristan Hawkins, president of Student for Life Action (SFLAction), and what an average and gritty day of advocating for the preborn on the national stage looks like.
Students for Life Action, November, 2024“The insinuation of a lot of coverage of such data points is that it’s a bad thing for there to be more children welcomed in states with better laws than in states that fast-track abortion,” Hawkins told the Times following the report. “It’s a triumph that pro-life policies result in lives saved.”
National Review, November, 2023Students For Life America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins shared her experience of announcing the fall of Roe v. Wade, as well as her thoughts on how the pro-life movement can win over Generation Z.
Catholic Vote, September, 2023Since the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, 16 states have enacted stringent bans on nearly all abortions. But that is not enough for a new generation of organised and passionate activists intent on pushing even stricter laws across the country. Carter Sherman spends time with students and organisers at the annual March for Life in Washington DC and meets the influential woman spearheading the national movement
The Guardian, February 2024Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, shares inspiring stories about the pro-life movement and will help you to speak up for the preborn and vulnerable women. She talks about what motivated her as a teenager to get involved in the pro-life movement, her work with Students for Life of America, and how to graciously deal with criticism, attacks, and misinformation from abortion advocates
Focus on the Family, February 19, 2024Pro-abortion language and ideas—often laden with insults, distortions, and barely concealed prejudices—aim to intimidate pro-life champions into abandoning the courage of their convictions just as opportunities for significant pro-life protections have become possible for the first time in more than 50 years.
Newsweek, June, 2023Is a national ban on abortion possible? Disjointed messaging among anti-abortion leaders has led to patchwork of approaches across the states. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Kristen Welker interviews Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins, National Right to Life President Carol Tobias and Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Founder Mark Dickson.
NBC News, June, 2023We were leading prayers and chants and songs. When the blog came — we just all kept refreshing SCOTUSBlog — my vice president, Tina, is standing next to Rev. Mahoney [director of the anti-abortion group the Christian Defense Coalition], and Tina hands me her phone and says, “read it.” It was a pretty awesome moment.
The 19th, May, 2023Attacking his once most loyal of friendly allies, former President Donald Trump added pro-life Americans to those whom he blames for tripping him on his newly engaged run for the White House. In an open-mouth-insert-foot kind of tweet, he passed the buck for the recent GOP election failures of his chosen candidates to those who believe that America should extend legal protection to human beings no matter their age or stage of development and who reject prejudice against the innocent for things out of their control.
Fox News, January, 2023