Students for Life of America


Students for Life of America, also known as simply Students for Life, is a 501 non-profit anti-abortion organization that focuses on college students and campuses.
SFLA spokesperson Kristi Hamrick is cited as opposing prosecution of women who self-abort, but president Kristan Hawkins is on record as opposing exceptions for rape and incest when criminalizing abortion.

History

SFLA was founded in 1988 as American Collegians for Life by students at Georgetown University. They run an event called "sockit2PP", targeting Planned Parenthood.
In the Fall Semester of 1976, prior to the inception of Students for Life, 77 California State University, Sacramento anti-abortion students formed United Students for Life. The faculty sponsor of the group was a Catholic Priest who was also a Criminal Justice Professor at that University, Father Edward MacKinnon. The group was about 50% Mormon with the remaining members of the group Catholics, Protestants and one self-described atheist. Existing from 1976 until 1980, they held numerous rallies, instigated a statewide initiative campaign, helped form other anti-abortion student groups, worked on the Morton Downey, Jr. Presidential Campaign, and hosted the January 22, 1980 California State Rally for Life at the California State Capital.
In 2015, Boise State University paid SFLA $200,000 to settle a freedom of speech lawsuit.