June 18, 2026
“The Republican Party needs to remember the special relationship between social issue voters and a winning coalition that delivered the U.S. House, Senate, and White House in 2024. We invested in the Trump Administration and want a return on our investment,” said Students for Life Action’s Kristan Hawkins. “Dobbs didn’t turn abortion into only a states’ issue. Abortion is federal because we pay for it, so we will picket at the GOP headquarters, demanding that Planned Parenthood be defunded. We’re asking the GOP to prioritize defending LIFE because we vote Pro-Life first.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: As in a strike line, pro-life voters will picket in front of the RNC headquarters, 310 1st Street SE, beginning at 10 a.m. ET to Noon, Monday, June 22, just two days before the 4th Anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson.
This follows Students for Life’s 4th “National Celebrate Life Day,” to Commemorate the Dobbs Anniversary & the fall of Roe. Details of the Saturday, 7 p.m. ET Prayer Vigil at the U.S. Capitol and cities across America HERE.
WASHINGTON D.C. (06-18-2026) – Following a weekend of state legislator and student leader training, along with a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill as part of “National Celebrate Life Day” events, Students for Life Action’s (SFLAction) top student activists will picket at RNC headquarters, asking the Grand Old Party to stand strong on the LIFE issue and give pro-life voters a reason for their support. SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins noted, “Pro-Life voters want a political home, and the Republicans should want our votes, but lately the kinds of life-saving policies we need are going nowhere.”
She continued: “Step One is defund Planned Parenthood – either by a vote in Congress or administrative debarment. But it’s time to finish what was started a year ago on July 4th when the ‘Big, Beautiful Budget’ was signed by President Trump, cutting healthcare funds from Planned Parenthood & Big Abortion for only one year. The GOP can’t sit back and do nothing as Planned Parenthood is poised to again get access to taxpayer resources on America’s 250th birthday. Step Two, take federal agency action on Chemical Abortion Pills, still distributed in the same, reckless, dangerous ways that the Biden Administration forced into policy … and we don’t need 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to fix that. We only need the GOP to act responsibly to protect preborn babies, their mothers, and even the environment.”
LEARN MORE ABOUT DEBARMENT: More than 50 Pro-Life Leaders & Legislators Call on President Trump to Debar Planned Parenthood & Tell Them “You’re Fired”
Picket signs with messages like: DEFUND Planned Parenthood; Keep the GOP Pro-Life; and No Tax Dollars for Abortion will be on display, along with other messages from the young voters who will be demonstrating.
SFLAction has been calling for continued defunding of Planned Parenthood since the day the bill was signed, almost a year ago.
READ HAWKINS’ RECENT LETTER TO CONGRESS: Students for Life Action Boldly Calls for Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood by July 4 or get an F on the Pro-Life Generation Report Card
For more on the work of SFLAction, CLICK HERE.
To learn more about SFLAction’s legislative agenda, CLICK HERE.
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.
