January 13, 2025
“Those committed to protecting innocent Life in the womb will have new allies and new possibilities in the South Carolina legislature that no longer includes the so-called ‘Sister Senators,’” said Students for Life Actions’ Kristan Hawkins. “We look forward to supporting the work that Rep. John McCravy and the Family Caucus will be doing in this new session.
Since the fall of Roe, the human rights issue of the day – abortion – is a federal AND state issue. Now, South Carolina has the opportunity to save lives too.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: South Carolina’s Family Caucus to hold News Conference on their Legislative Agenda
Where: South Carolina State Capital, Second Floor Lobby
When: Tuesday, January 14 at 11:30 a.m.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (01-13-25) –Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins said the Pro-Life Generation looks forward to working with South Carolina’s Family Caucus as they begin a vibrant agenda that includes the Human Life Protection Act among the pro-life legislation to be considered. SFLAction will have pro-life students and staff present at state Rep. John McCravy’s Pro-Life Caucus news conference to address the agenda expected.
“South Carolina is poised to finally enact the Human Life Protection Act. The last election many pro-abortion Democrats and their allies were replaced. As a result of efforts lead by Students for Life Action, the makeup of the State Senate has radically changed, and the South Carolina Family Caucus will use this opportunity to protect Life in law,” said Rep. John McCravy, Chairman of the South Carolina Family Caucus.
As noted in the Wall Street Journal, SFLAction played a prominent role in supporting the primaries that resulted in replacing the three Sister Senators, GOP legislators who received SFLAction’s Spine Awards after blocking 2023 Life at Conception legislation, with the message to get a backbone and vote for protections for the preborn.
Writing in Townhall before the general election, in an opinion piece titled Getting Rid of Foxes in the Pro-Life Henhouse, Hawkins noted:
“While abortion is always federal as national regulations, mandates, and taxpayer dollars support it, the states are clearly also at play. What’s new now in this Post-Roe era is a necessary fight at the state level to address foxes in the pro-life henhouse: weak-on-life Republicans who gleefully campaigned and fundraised off a perceived commitment to defending life but who refused to act when the time came … Case in point: the effort in South Carolina to hold accountable those who undercut the Human Life Protection Act, which would have protected life when biology teaches us it begins, at conception.
The historic legislation was filibustered and blocked by a handful of Republicans – dubbed the Sister Senators by an exuberant New York Times – who sided with the pro-abortion Democrats.
So, SFLAction got to work and did something about it.
In the June 2024 South Carolina Republican Primary Election, SFLAction deployed staff, students, and resources to the state, resulting in over 37,000 pieces of mail, almost 130,000 personal text messages, more than 51,000 phone calls, and thousands of doors knocked. SFLAction. Was the only pro-life organization to engage in the fight.
And just like that, the ranks of the Sister Senators were decimated – State Sens. Katrina Shealy, Penry Gustafson, and Sandy Senn were all defeated by SFLAction-supported pro-life candidates. Needless to say, they weren’t happy; even more so when our staff showed up to their offices to drop off moving boxes.”
To learn more about SFLAction’s work in South Carolina, click here.
To learn more on the federal slate of South Carolina as reported in SFLAction’s 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 1,500 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.