January 27, 2026
SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins announced Students for Life Action (SFLAction) will score the return of the “Life at Conception Act” to the U.S. Senate.
The SFLAction-championed bill, introduced by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) last Thursday, would define life as starting at the point of conception, ensuring that preborn babies are protected under the Fourteenth Amendment.
If passed, the bill would enshrine in statute the reality that preborn babies too possess a God-given, constitutionally guaranteed right to life.
“What makes this measure the gold standard for recognizing the value of every life is the acknowledgement that the legal rights of preborn children are rooted in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,” said Hawkins.
“Arbitrarily leaving some human beings outside of the protections of the law is a mistake that this nation does not need to make again,” Hawkins continued.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) all joined Rounds in sponsoring the bill.
At SFLAction, we believe that all humans possess the fundamental right to life, no matter their stage, and we applaud Rounds’ efforts to enshrine that truth into law.
Hawkins said, “SFLAction gives this legislation our strongest endorsement and will score both votes and sponsorships of the bill.”
Learn more about SFLAction’s signature initiatives, including the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act and the Clean Water for All Life Petition.