December 15, 2025
“This is not how representative government is supposed to work,” said Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins. “Bills that pass both chambers deserve a fair, public resolution. Voters deserve real votes, not procedural games.”
RALEIGH, NC (12-15-2025) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) will be active in North Carolina, calling State Senate offices and urging State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger to advance SB 378, “Align Medical Eligibility with Federal Law,” a critical measure that would defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion vendors from receiving Medicaid contracts in North Carolina. SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins noted, “North Carolina voters want lawmakers to stop the music and end the musical chairs of moving bills around to finally finish what they started. Wasting scarce healthcare resources on abortion vendors makes no sense. Full-service options for care that will cherish both mother and preborn child are available throughout the Tarheel State and provide one-stop shopping for life-saving treatment.”
MEDIA ADVISORY: SFLAction students will be calling for a vote through planned outreach campaigns. SFLAction is part of the Pro-Life Generation, America’s largest pro-life youth organization, with more than 1,600 groups on campuses nationwide, including in North Carolina. Through grassroots advocacy and legislative engagement, SFLAction fights to protect life and hold lawmakers accountable.
SFLAction will track SB 378 sponsorship and votes when educating voters in the next election.
ON THE BACKSTORY:
Earlier this year, the North Carolina Senate passed SB 378, a bill designed to prevent taxpayer dollars from flowing to abortion vendors. The House later approved the measure. Normally, the next step would be straightforward: the bill returns to the Senate for a vote to accept or reject House changes before heading to the governor’s desk.
Instead, the bill was blocked by an obscure procedural maneuver — Resolution 2025-11 — which restricts what legislation can be considered during the limited monthly sessions before the start of the next session. When the House returned the bill, the Senate refused to receive it, marking it: “Ineligible to be received pursuant to Resolution 2025-11.”
In plain English: Legislative leaders used a technical rule to stop SB 378 from moving forward, without calling a final vote and without providing accountability to their constituents who are calling on their legislature to protect the preborn.
Despite this setback, lawmakers still have time to act. The legislature will be meeting once a month for budgeting and administrative purposes before the next session officially reconvenes in April.
The path forward is clear: Senate Leader Phil Berger has the authority to override this rule and vote on his own bill. SB 378 represents a commonsense step to ensure taxpayer dollars do not subsidize abortion providers. Advocates say it is time lawmakers move past procedural delays and take transparent action to save lives.
Why SB 378 Matters:
- It will reshape how state healthcare dollars are allocated in North Carolina by ending Medicaid contracts with abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood.
- It will align state law with federal standards, ensuring taxpayer dollars support healthcare, not abortion.
- It will protect life and promote legislative accountability through transparent action.
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LEARN MORE about the work of SFLAction here.
IN OTHER NEWS, LEARN MORE about Students for Life of America’s push for crystal clear drinking water, protecting all life from abortion water pollution, here, as a comment period to the EPA about the “Safe Drinking Water Act” gets underway.
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The Pro-Life Generation is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action, a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America. Together, these organizations make up America’s largest pro-life youth organization. The PLG manages 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 1,600 groups on middle school, 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, we reach more than 10 million accounts across social media platforms and average 6 million video views. The organization’s CEO, Kristan Hawkins, hosts a bi-weekly, informative podcast, The Kristan Hawkins Show. 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.
