June 15, 2026
Students for Life Action’s primary strategy is getting attention — and for good reason.
Last week, ProPublica, not known for being a conservative outlet, wrote: “At least four Republican state lawmakers who challenged severe abortion restrictions lost support from anti-abortion groups and key party allies and went on to lose primary elections.”
“Anti-abortion organizations campaigned against the incumbents, party endorsements shifted to their opponents and activists worked to turn out voters in low-participation primary elections,” the article continued.
In one specific case, ProPublica noted, featuring three “sister senators” who pushed for the expansion of abortion access:
All lost their county GOP’s endorsement… But the bigger repercussions came from anti-abortion groups that mobilized a multifront grassroots campaign against them. Students for Life Action announced that it generated ‘37,000 pieces of mail, almost 130,000 personal text messages, more than 51,000 phone calls and thousands of doors knocked’ to unseat the trio.
That’s an incredible testament to our work from one of the most unlikely sources. ProPublica is one of the most pro-abortion outlets in existence, known for twisting tragic stories of failed care into sensationalist tales of women dying from abortion restrictions. Yet even they can’t deny the truth: voters want pro-life action from their politicians.
As Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins wrote on X last week: “When you stand for babies…, you get elected…. As ProPublica just wrote, @sflaction has a winning strategy that holds leaders accountable to fighting to abolish abortion.”
Last week, a full six SFLAction candidates prevailed in their primaries in South Carolina and Nevada, moving them forward to their states’ general election. Meanwhile, SFLAction-opposed Nancy Mace — a candidate SFLAction labeled one of former President Biden’s “favorite Republicans” — finished last in her bid for South Carolina’s governorship.
READ MORE: Six SFLAction Pro-Life Champions Advance to the General Election in South Carolina & Nevada
Those victories are just the cherry on top of a primary season filled with wins for SFLAction. In May, SFLAction saw victories in a full 23 West Virginia primary races out of 33 total involvements — a nearly 70% win rate in the state.
These victories aren’t just meaningless moves to elect candidates who hold the same soft stances on abortion.
As ProPublica wrote in its article, “In some of the races ProPublica examined, lawmakers who replaced abortion-ban reformers went on to support even stricter abortion legislation.”
That’s an understatement. Our election efforts directly result in legislative change. Just look at Oklahoma. Last month, Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law Students for Life Action’s model “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,” making his state the first in the country to impose criminal penalties for abortion vendors that illegally prescribe and ship deadly pills.
That law was only possible because of SFLAction’s work in the state, where we paved the way for the legislation’s success by helping elect six different senators and primarying out 11 legislators.
READ MORE: Inside Oklahoma’s ‘Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act’
Students for Life Action’s success should serve as a warning to legislators: Pro-life voters mean what they say — and if you don’t follow through on your promises, you’re out.