While Students for Life of America doesn’t typically use our blog as a forum for poetry or songs, we could not resist sharing a sweet poem about adoption written by one of our amazing students, Camden Hardesty. Camden is a member and treasurer of the Sycamores for Life at Indiana State University, and he goes above and beyond in

  The Dobbs v. Jackson oral arguments at the Supreme Court drew attention to the subject of Safe Haven Laws. Simply put, Safe Haven Laws (also called “Baby Moses” laws or “Safe Surrender” laws enable parents of infants to surrender their children at designated, safe locations within a certain timeframe after the child’s birth (this varies by state). Parents who avail themselves of

  My name is Ayden Lincoln, and this is my story. I was born on October 28, 2002, in China, and immediately abandoned. However, the next day I was found in a shoebox at a train station. At the time, I weighed a mere three pounds and had my umbilical cord still attached. Upon being found, I was taken to an

  Guest Post by Freeman Marshall, SFLA Student Leader Most people are familiar with Simone Biles, the girl considered by many to be the best US gymnast of all time. The 4’8 athlete was born in Columbus, Ohio alongside her three siblings, Adria, Tevin, and Ashley. At the time of Simone’s birth, both her parents struggled with alcohol and drug

  On October 30th, President Trump made a formal proclamation that November 2020 was to be National Adoption Month. It was already celebrated as such by our movement, but the President’s acknowledgement and formal recognition of this was yet another sign of his pro-life commitment. If you’re a pro-life student, you may have already been planning some pro-adoption events or

As a former foster youth and current foster mom, people ask me questions about foster care often. During National Foster Care Awareness Month, one of the important questions I want to answer is, “How do I help foster youth when I’m not ready to be a foster parent?” First off, I want to address “ready” & say that God does

At Students for Life, we hear it all and we’ve seen it all. People have hit us with jump ropes and thrown human excrement at us in front of government buildings, college students dress up as vaginas and protest our displays, students approach us on campus and argue the morality of euthanizing children up through toddlerhood… You name it, we’ve

Virginia recently flipped to a slim majority of pro-choice, Democrats. Democrats control both the House of Delegates, the Senate, and the executive branch, including the Governor’s office. But last week, something amazing happened–the Virginia Senate passed, 40-0, legislation to speed up the foster care program. S.B. 501, which was written with the help of Students for Life Action and introduced

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