July 1, 2024
“The pro-life movement has always owned its goal of abolishing abortion in our lifetime,” said Students for Life Action & 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. That is exactly what the Life Act does.”
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WASHINGTON D.C. (07-01-2024) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins applauded the efforts of U.S. Rep. Bob Good who last week introduced the Life Act in the U.S., which protects human beings from day one. “When human life begins, so should our legal rights,” Hawkins said. “We should not need to hit a certain milestone before our existence is acknowledged and our life protected. This bill will end the prejudice of ignoring people’s humanity until they are too old to be of interest to Planned Parenthood, and it serves as a safeguard for the preborn to ensure they receive equal rights under the law. It takes grittiness, boldness, and a passion for the preborn to oppose the abortion lobby and stand for life – we are grateful that Rep. Bob Good is leading the charge. And we are looking to President Trump and his team to join us in calling for respect for all life, in and out of the womb.”
The Life Act will make it a federal crime for a licensed medical professional who participates in interstate commerce or accepts federal funds to commit or prescribe an abortion at any point after fertilization. As a condition of accepting dollars for administering federally regulated health care programs, a program cannot use any funds to pay for an abortion. This applies to Medicaid, CHIP, Indian Health Service, Veterans Health Administration, TRICARE, and Title X. This bill also prohibits federally regulated health plans from covering abortions. This applies to employer-sponsored plans, the Affordable Care Act, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Join SFLAction and the pro-life community nationwide by taking action to support and work toward protecting every child and mother from the injustice of abortion from the moment of conception.
To urge your Congress member to cosponsor this bill, visit HERE.
For more on SFLAction’s track record in defending life in law, read: Students for Life Action Releases Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 Legislative Sessions Report, Determines Life is Winning & Better Protected in a Post-Roe America
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.