Alison Girone
CV NEWS FEED // In the wake of the 2024 election, the president of Students for Life of America is calling on pro-life advocates to remain engaged, emphasizing that despite recent victories, the movement still faces significant challenges ahead.
In a November 6 letter, Kristan Hawkins celebrated one of the biggest wins for the pro-life movement, which came from Florida. The state’s extreme abortion amendment was defeated, an outcome anticipated to save tens of thousands of lives this year. This victory was hard-won, Hawkins reported, with support from Gov. Ron DeSantis and key contributions from pro-life groups.
Other pro-life measures succeeded too, including the defeat of late-term abortion ballot initiatives in South Dakota and Nebraska and pro-life candidates winning critical U.S. Senate seats and state races.
Despite these successes, Hawkins warned, challenges lie ahead.
“Abortion extremism lost but, in many places, abortion moderatism won,” she said.
Students for Life is setting its sights on states like Arizona and Missouri, where pro-abortion constitutional amendments passed amid “lies and fear-mongering” by the abortion lobby.
“GOP leadership in those states MUST step up,” Hawkins said, “and we’ve got to get to work changing culture.”
“And don’t worry,” she added, “I have some creative solutions for how we can massively limit the evil of abortion in those states … stay tuned.”
Hawkins also said, “We need to be ready to fight an (onslaught) of attacks against the pro-life movement until Inauguration Day.”
She warned that President Joe Biden and the Food and Drug Administration are trying to expand the use of chemical abortion pills “in ways you wouldn’t believe.”
Students for Life is also urging President-elect Donald Trump to reinforce his pro-life commitments, which they believe are essential for the movement’s momentum.
The pro-life organization is specifically calling on Trump to release pro-life advocates imprisoned for praying outside abortion facilities, appoint pro-life leaders to federal positions, and “truly end federal involvement with abortion (since that’s his view) and tell Planned Parenthood to go fund themselves.” SFLA also requested that he address the environmental impact of chemical abortion pills to protect public health and lives.
“So, we have work to do, Pro-Life Generation,” Hawkins concluded. “But we are ready. We were born for this.”
