Students for Life of America and Students for Live Action call on President Trump to Move Quickly with an Appointment, in light of Justice Ginsburg’s tragic death

SFLA & SFLAction stands ready with Nationwide Network of Millennials to work for the next #Justice4Life

“Justice Ginsburg’s tragic passing makes it clear just how important the U.S. Supreme Court is,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins. “President Trump must move quickly to nominate someone committed to protecting life in law, fulfilling his promise to appoint judges who don’t see the Constitution as a fill-in-the-blank document.”

WASHINGTON D.C. (09-18-2020) – In light of news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  has passed away, Students for Life Action and Student for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins said that the vacancy shows the importance of this pivotal election. “Justice Ginsburg’s tragic passing makes it clear just how important is the U.S. Supreme Court. The pro-life movement has been waiting since 1973 to reverse the callous and intellectually bankrupt decisions found in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Those two infamous cases have made the deaths of more than 60 million baby boys and baby girls possible and allowed a predatory abortion industry to end life through all 9 months of pregnancy.”

Click here to see our Petition to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Urge Him to Act Swiftly to Help President Trump Approve a SCOTUS Justice Who Will Defend Life in Law.

During the last two Supreme Court vacancies, SFLA’s #Justice4Life tours went all across the country, advocating for justice who want to protect life in law. Students for Life of America launched student tours, rallies, and lobby days in key states, asking Senators to support nominees in the tradition of Justice Antonin Scalia.

“Our students will be ready to again tackle the ground game of supporting of a Supreme Court justice who puts the law first,” said SFLA President Kristan Hawkins. “President Trump must move quickly to nominate someone committed to protecting life in law, fulfilling his promise to appoint judges who don’t see the Constitution as a fill-in-the-blank document.”

“Too often, activist judges have taken control away from voters on issues that should be returned to the states where people can have a voice and a vote. And as we illustrated in our poll, 65 percent of Millennials – who make up the nation’s largest voting bloc – want a chance to vote on life-related policy.”

Over the course of the summer before Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed, Students for Life staff and student leaders tirelessly traveled across the country on a #Justice4Life tour, holding more than 50 events in 5 key states, though students engaged in other states as well. SFLA toured with five wrapped vans in West Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, and Alaska where we met with Senate offices in each of these states (and more) to push for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. Since then, SFLA has been on Capitol Hill, and encouraged students from our more than 1,220 groups in all 50 states to make their voices heard in favor of a Supreme Court where life is respected in law. You can see more of the SFLA’s #Justice4Life events here.

Abortion was central to the debate over Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Read Hawkins op-ed at The Hill titled: The chaos in the Kavanaugh nomination illustrates the high stakes of the Supreme Court, to learn more.

For more on the recent poll of Millennials view on Roe v. Wade, Abortion Policy and Planned Parenthood, visit SFLA’s Institute for Pro-Life Advancement.

For interviews, contact Kristi Hamrick a [email protected]

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Students for Life of America (SFLA) is the nation’s largest, pro-life, youth organization. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, SFLA serves more than 1,240 groups on college and university, middle and high school, medical and law school campuses in all 50 states. Student pro-life organizations work to confront policies on their campuses to support pregnant and parenting students, to end Planned Parenthood’s relationships with schools and communities, and to change minds of their peers about abortion. SFLA has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life outreach in the world and mobilizes the Pro-Life Generation to confront abortion at the local, state and national levels daily. Every week, Students for Life entities reach more than 2 million people across social media platforms to have nearly 200,000 digital conversations with the most engaged pro-life online audience in the world.

Students for Life Action (SFLAction) is the 501c4 sister organization of Students for Life of America (SFLA), the nation’s largest, pro-life, student organization with more than 1,240 groups on middle, high school, and university campuses in all 50 states. Students for Life has more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry every day, week, and year than any other pro-life outreach in the world and mobilizes the Pro-Life Generation to confront abortion at the local, state and national levels daily. Every week, Students for Life entities reach more than 2 million people across social media platforms to have nearly 200,000 digital conversations with the most engaged pro-life online audience in the world.