Students for Life of Action, one of the nation's largest pro-life organizations, this week released its “Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap,” setting out a plan to fight abortion under the new Trump administration.
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, said at a news conference Tuesday that despite abortion ballots passing in seven states, this election presents a strong chance for pro-life advocates to win in the coming years. He said it shows that there is.
“America had the option of choosing the most radical pro-abortion ticket in the history of the world, and we flatly rejected it,” she said. “We've been working on this for months leading up to the election. Now that the election is over and the Republican trifecta has been achieved in Washington, D.C., [and] With Republicans controlling the majority in Congress, it's time to get to work. ”
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Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins (left) and co-host Isabel Brown before their scheduled speech. (Courtesy of Life of America for Students)
Hawkins said the plan also prioritizes strengthening protections for unborn babies in states such as Michigan, Ohio and Arizona, which recently enshrined the right to abortion in their state constitutions.
“And for those who believe states are locked down by voting initiatives, guess again,” she said.
The group works in conjunction with state legislatures and has already approved a series of pro-life bills in 13 different statehouses.
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Mifepristone and misoprostol pills are photographed on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in Skokie, Illinois. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The bill's main focus is on chemical abortions, which currently account for the majority of abortions in the United States. Some of these bills ban or restrict chemical abortion, while others simply aim to reduce or increase awareness of the harmful effects of chemical abortion.
West Virginia Sen. Patricia Rucker told Fox News Digital that she plans to reintroduce the Clean Water for All bill with support from Students for Life. He said he believes the bill would not only reduce the environmental impact abortion pills have on the state's water supply. as well as raise awareness of the dangers of chemical abortion.
“It's completely unknown. When I tell people this, you can see the eyes of most people get really big. They're like, 'I never knew that, I never thought about it. 'It's like,''' she said.
Rucker said he feels optimistic about the bill's future after West Virginia Republicans strengthened their majority in the state Legislature.
Despite recent setbacks under the Biden administration and heavy losses at the state level, Students for Life believes the momentum is about to shift.
A mother holds her newborn baby in her warm chest at the hospital. (St. Petersburg)
“As Mr. Roe's story shows, just because there are legal obstacles doesn't mean we can't do anything,” Kristi Hamrick, vice president of media and policy at Students for Life, told Fox News Digital. he said.
She pointed to the Supreme Court's 2007 Gonzalez v. Carhart case, which set a precedent allowing states to protect fetuses from partial-birth abortions, even though Roe v. Wade was in progress at the time.
She said, “The victory in Carhart lays the legal foundation for how we move forward at the state and federal level.”
In Arizona, voters passed a sweeping abortion amendment on Election Day, and state Rep. Rachel Jones is already working on drafting a bill that she hopes will be repealed.
Women cheer as former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Reading, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP)
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She envisions the bill as a way to ensure women and young girls truly understand the dangers of chemical abortion and are aware of “all the options facing them.”
“A lot of women are making decisions based on fear,” Jones told FOX News Digital. “They are made to believe it is their only option, and some of them end up regretting that decision later on. And it has a huge impact on their mental health. I will give it.”
Jones said some of her Democratic colleagues are open to legislation that would strengthen education about chemical abortion, which makes her optimistic that her bill will receive bipartisan support. He said that he is doing so.
“I think a lot of these women were very misinformed because they weren't really informed of all the facts,” she continued. “We're really protecting women, and I think that's really important right now.”
