April 20, 2023
“Actively undermining the law to benefit criminals and abortionists makes no sense. Proposition A empowers lawlessness as those attacking houses of worship and pregnancy care centers are allowed to continue acts of domestic terrorism. Rolling back commonsense regulations that protect the preborn and women from abortion in Texas does nothing to address the real issues experienced by unplanned pregnancy,” said Faith Elwonger, SFLA Texas Regional Coordinator. “This confusing ballot measure allows the violence of abortion to become violence on our communities.”
SAN ANTONIO, TX (04-19-2023) – In response to the May 6, 2023, vote on Proposition A on the San Antonio ballot, Students for Life of America (SFLA) is joining Texas Right to Life, Texas Alliance for Life, and San Antonio Coalition for Life at City Hall on Thursday, April 20, to speak against the passage of the proposed measure.
Beginning at 10:00 AM local time, SFLA and pro-life activists will bring awareness to the dangers that would come if voters approve Proposition A. “This measure undermines Texas state laws prohibiting elective abortion and its confusing rhetoric will draw uncertainty at the polls,” added Elwonger.
The proposition in question covers various issues including:
- Banning arrests for illegal abortions up to birth.
- Preventing arrests for theft and vandalism at churches, businesses, and healthcare facilities.
- Stopping San Antonio police from upholding their oath to enforce Texas laws.
SFLA noted that throwing abortion in this ballot provides a lack of clarity, but is educating their base on the bottom line: Proposition A would decriminalize abortion in the city of San Antonio, meaning that arrests for illegal abortions performed from conception all the way to birth will be prohibited.
Not only does Proposition A prevent San Antonio police from effectively doing their job, it leaves the door open on a variety of issues perpetrated by abortion. “Abusers could use the fact that abortions won’t be reported to continue their abuse. This would be a destructive step back for San Antonio women and Texas women as a whole,” Elwonger noted.
After their remarks at City Hall, SFLA plans to canvass the community and educate voters on the dangerous realities of Proposition A. Click HERE to read a Newsweek op-ed entitled the “13th Amendment Was Meant to Protect Black People, Not the Abortion Lobby” by SFLA Regional Coordinator Faith Elwonger.
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Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), make up the nation’s largest pro-life youth organization and a political and policy operation engaging people of all ages. Together they work to end abortion — the human rights issue of our day — and provide political, legal, and community support for women and their children, born and preborn. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, SFLA has more than 1,300 groups on middle, high school, college, university, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. SFLA creates strategy, policy, and programming to connect those most targeted for abortion with people ready to help and builds a framework for political engagement on their behalf. SFLA and SFLAction have more conversations with those most targeted by the abortion industry than any other pro-life outreach in the world, reaching more than 2 million people across social media platforms each week and engaging in approximately 100,000 digital conversations per month. Over more than 16 years, President Kristan Hawkins has grown SFLAction/SFLA into an $18 million organization preparing for a Post-Roe America.