March 6, 2024
“The voters of North Carolina know that defending preborn life is the human rights issue of our era,” said Chanel Prunier, VP of Political Affairs. “Those who say that running on the defense of preborn life is a losing position were proven wrong yet again tonight, with the election of a number of pro-life champions.”
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RALEIGH, N.C. (03-06-2024) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrates the election of four pro-life leaders in North Carolina, after last night’s State House and Senate primary races.
Students for Life Action had been active in six legislative districts educating voters regarding which candidates returned the Students for Life Action Candidate Survey and which did not.
Numerous successful candidates pledged to vote 100% pro-life, including:
- Ralph Carter, House District 48
- Jonathan Almond, House District 73
- Blair Eddins, House District 94
- Brian Echevarria, House District 82
“We are thrilled to see that when voters are presented information about which candidates will vote pro-life, they choose those individuals who plan to be pro-life leaders in the legislature, rather than those who remain silent,” said Prunier. “Our work to save preborn babies needs fearless pro-life champions in North Carolina to defend life and advance further protections for preborn babies. We stand ready to help the North Carolina legislature advance strong pro-life protections such as the SFLA-inspired HB 533 Human Life Protection Act, that would end the predatory abortion industry in North Carolina.”
SFLAction was on the ground engaging in voter education efforts knocking on doors and distributing materials to educate potential voters.
Leading up to the election, our organization sent 52,554 text messages, made 25,761 phone calls, and knocked 1,052 doors. In Brian Echevarria’s district, the margin of victory was a mere 171 votes out of over 9,000 cast, showing the impact that a strong grassroots campaign in support of pro-life champions can have.
While the state of North Carolina recently enacted protections for preborn babies beginning at 12 weeks over the veto of the state’s governor, Students for Life Action’s legislative priority in the state continues to be passage of HB 533, the Human Life Protection Act, and Tuesday night’s results bring the state closer to passage of legislation to end the violence of abortion in the state.
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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.