August 20, 2024
“If the pro-abortion side wins the ballot initiative vote this November, all the progress made in Florida to protect preborn lives could be undone,” said SFLAction Vice President of Political Affairs Chanel Jacobs from Florida. “That’s why having pro-life champions elected to office, like the two who won their primary races tonight, are so critical. It gives us a fighting chance to continue to pass pro-life laws and protections for mothers and preborn children in Florida.”
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TALLAHASSEE (08-20-2024) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) celebrates the election of two pro-life candidates and incumbents in the Florida senate and house primary races. Florida resident, SFLAction Vice President of Political Affairs Chanel Jacobs, said, “Florida faces one of the most important – and winnable – abortion ballot fights this November. Pro-life champion Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that protects preborn life when the universal sign of life — a heartbeat – is confirmed. That humane law comes to an end if the radical abortion ballot measure succeeds in November. Tonight’s two primary winners will join those working to protect life in law and in service, standing up for mothers and preborn children in this election and in office.”
In this cycle, SFLAction sent 62,612 texts, made 54,964 calls, sent 16,252 pieces of mail, and knocked on 2,482 doors across six targeted districts to educate voters about the records of candidates.
Wins in targeted districts include:
- House District 18: Kim Kendall
- House District 20: Judson Sapp
Florida has been a hotspot for SFLAction lobbying, education, and advocacy activities for many years now. In 2024, this included:
- Raising awareness and pushing for the passage of House Bill 1519, which would allow Florida women who illegally obtain pills out-of-state and then regret their abortions – which studies show are significant percentages of post-abortive women – to sue their abortionists.
READ: A New Bill Could Prevent Chemical Abortion Pill Sales in Florida
LEARN MORE ABOUT ABORTION REGRET HERE.
- Hosting a Lobby Day in Tallahassee in February, where students and staff engaged with lawmakers and their staff on HB1519, Life at Conception Act,which if signed into law would protect preborn life from the moment of conception.
- Visiting Florida with a new VIDEO BILLBOARD TRUCK and hitting multiple cities and university campuses in Florida where SFLA President Kristan Hawkins and staff spoke with voters and recruited and trained young people.
- Protesting Biden’s in Tampa in April, raising awareness around the Biden Administration’s abortion extremism and reckless regard of women’s safety through their No Test, Online Distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills. We also raised awareness on the Biden Administration’s environmental hypocrisy, as they champion government-sponsored, corporate dumping of the pathological medical waste of abortion into America’s water.
- SFLAction volunteers and staff knocking on over 1,600 doors in Naples, Florida, from June 1-2. We raised awareness around the impact of the limitless abortion ballot initiative that voters could be facing in November, part of a larger nationwide “Decline to Sign” and “Just Vote No”
READ: Students for Life Action Grassroots Recap: Florida, Iowa, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Virginia
SFLAction recently kicked off its abortion ballot initiative campaign with a revamped website featuring additional state specific information, resources, and messaging kits for the “Vote No” campaign. For grassroots supporters and activists who want to get involved.
TO LEARN MORE, READ: Students for Life Action Launches Ballot Initiative Website Ahead of November Elections, With Abortion on the Ballot in States Across the Country
TO SEE WHERE ELSE ABORTION IS ON THE BALLOT IN 2024, CLICK HERE.
TO SEE HOW FLORIDA’S FEDERAL DELEGATION SCORED ON THE PRO-LIFE GENERATION REPORT CARD, 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.
