February 27, 2025
“West Virginia leadership must protect vulnerable preborn babies, and young women from injury, infertility, and death, as well as from out of state Chemical Abortion Pill traffickers,” said Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins. “Every day the West Virginia GOP leadership fails to act, more preborn children are targeted by deadly Chemical Abortion Pill traffickers. Students for Life Action supports the brave leadership of both Delegate Chris Anders & Senator Patricia Rucker and demands that West Virginia leadership grant hearings to HB 2461 and SB 85.”
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CHARLESTON, W.V. (02.27.25)- Students for Life Action (SFLAction) urges West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw and House Health & Human Resources Chair, Delegate Evan Worrell to schedule a hearing and a vote on HB 2461. State House Leadership continues to stall, failing so far to give HB 2461 a hearing. Pro-life Delegate Chris Anders has been on the front lines, spearheading the Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Prevention Act in the House Health & Human Resources Committee. SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins noted that sources in the state capitol say the Republican establishment is refusing to move forward any pro-life bills in 2025, something the Pro-Life Generation won’t accept.
Hawkins said: “Keeping Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking out of West Virginia will protect the health and safety of West Virginian mothers, children, and their families. SFLAction plans to door-knock in House Speaker Hanshaw’s district on Wednesday, March 5 to let his constituents know about the refusal to move forward with legislation to protect babies from abortion. We urge Speaker Hanshaw and the House Health & Human Resources Chair, Delegate Evan Worrell, to immediately schedule a hearing and vote on HB 2461.”
Fighting Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking is also a fight in the West Virginia State Senate. Pro-Life Champion Senator Patricia Rucker, has introduced a companion bill, SB 85, that also needs a hearing.
Protecting West Virginia citizens from Chemical Abortion Pill-trafficking and the deadly effects of chemical abortion will save lives. Exposing environmental concerns resulting from Chemical Abortion Pills represents a long-term commitment of SFLAction and our sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA).
- SFLAction submitted a letter to Congress, alongside forty other pro-life leaders, to demand the EPA conduct regular and comprehensive environmental testing of PFAs just like any other “forever chemical.”
- SFLAction submitted a legal analysis to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with detailed reasons to track Chemical Abortion Pills.
- SFLAction filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.
- In multiple states, SFLAction has lobbied to introduce and ensure passage of laws that would protect the environment from pollutants in Chemical Abortion Pills.
- Additionally, we submitted four petitions to the FDA demanding they:
- Add Red Bag Medical Waste requirements to reduce Chemical Abortion Pill pollution.
- Restore high health and safety standards (known as REMS– Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) to protect women’s lives.
- Comply with the Clean Water Act by requiring protection for water, especially recreational water.
- And now, halt the relabeling of Chemical Abortion Pills.
Gen Z and Gen Y registered voters strongly support this type of legislation, as reported in Students for Life’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement YouGov/Survey USA poll released in January.
As noted in the poll’s executive summary: Chemical Abortion Pill protection efforts to protect lives, fertility, and the environment are wildly popular with younger voters, with more than nine in 10 embracing protections.
- Ultrasound screening to save lives from ectopic pregnancy: 92% feel it’s important to have screenings before distributing the deadly pills, with 41% saying its extremely important
- Blood testing to protect fertility: 92% support this protection with 39% saying it’s extremely important
- Studies on the potential environmental impact of waste and drugs related to abortion: 90% support conducting such testing, with 32% saying it’s extremely important
- Red Bag Medical Waste disposal to protect the environment: 90% support this addition to the health and safety standards, with 33% saying it’s extremely important
- In-person care/screening to protect from abusers getting the pills without women’s knowledge or consent: 66% support this common-sense protection
For a long time, SFLAction has been actively involved with boots on the ground in the Mountaineer State advocating for pro-life legislation as well as educating voters. We will not stop until every preborn child is protected from the violence of abortion.
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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 more than $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.