August 15, 2024
With fewer than three months to go until election day, Students for Life Action (SFLAction) is excited to announce the launch of our ballot initiative campaign and website, shaping it into a hub that will provide curated tools, resources, and materials for pro-life activists and voters. This one-stop shop will give pro-life voters and activists everything they need to reach fellow voters, educate their neighbors, and fight back against pro-abortion multi-media campaigns across the country, as well as show volunteers and students where they can get involved next.
SEE OUR BALLOT INITIATIVES CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, HERE
SFLAction, and our sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), have stayed busy in 2024, with events and programming including:
- 87 Campaign for Abortion Free Cities and Ballot Response Kits mailed out.
- 11 events door knocking deployments in 11 states.
- An eight-week billboard campaign titled “Almost Aborted”.
Over the coming months heading into November, SFLA and SFLAction will also engage in more events in states facing ballot initiatives, including 60 campus tour stops in seven states, with tabling, campus outreach and speaking engagements by SFLA President Kristan Hawkins. Four billboard truck tour stops are also planned for Florida, Missouri, Arizona, and Nebraska.
The full state-by-state breakdown of events, as well as other future events for the remainder of the year, are below:
ARIZONA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 34
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 13
- # of Doors Knocked: 2,485
- Lobby Days in 2024: 4
What We’ve Done
SFLAction staff and student volunteers from nearby schools were door-knocking after the March for Life Arizona; in one instance, a Politico reporter tagged along to cover our activism work.
During a February 2024 event in Arizona, pro-abortion petitioners got physical with SFLA teammates who were doing Decline to Sign campaign work on the ground in Phoenix.
READ: SFLA Arizona Faces Decline to Sign Opposition: Handling Pro Abortion Harassment
SFLAction also documented how a former abortionist believes that the Arizona ballot initiative to enshrine a Constitutional right to abortion goes way too far – and that the initiative itself is deceptively worded.
READ: Even a Former Abortionist Thinks Arizona’s Abortion Initiative Goes Too Far
What’s Coming Next
SFLAction is in the early stages of investigation whether signatures gathered in Arizona were gathered under questionable pretenses. Allegedly, petitioners misrepresented the proposed law’s effects, using fear tactics such as claiming that “abortion will be illegal if you don’t sign this petition.”
READ: Arizona’s Ballot Initiative Could be Facing Issues
SFLAction will be hosting two deployments in Arizona in October. 100 volunteers are needed each in Tucson and Phoenix from Oct. 5 to 6.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
FLORIDA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 55
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 7
- # of Doors Knocked: 3,802
- Lobby Days in 2024: 1
What We’ve Done
SFLAction students and staff gathered in Naples, FL, to go door to door to raise awareness around Amendment 4, and the limitless abortion that could await Floridians if it passes in November.
SFLA launched a “Vote NO on 4” Florida Billboard Truck Tour to visit multiple Florida college and university campuses to engage students and potential voters.
READ: Goodbye, Spring Semester! Key Moments from Kristan Hawkins’ “No Abortion, No Exceptions” Campus Tour
SFLA staff and students rallied in Jacksonville, FL as a pro-life presence the morning the Heartbeat Protection Law went into effect – and to raise the alarm that the November ballot initiative could undo that law, putting lives at risk.
READ: Pro-Life Win: Preborn Hearts Will Beat in Florida Under the Heartbeat Abortion Prevention Act!
SFLAction and SFLA staff and volunteers rallied on the steps of the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. This was part of a larger pro-life coalition to call for defense of preborn lives and raise awareness around Amendment 4 and why voters should vote NO.
In Sarasota, The Campaign for Abortion Free Cities (AFC) reached 466 neighbors, and in Tampa we reached 168 neighbors had 60 conversations, and activated 45 local neighbors to the pro-life movement.
What’s Coming Next
AFC will be on the ground in Miami for door knocking and voter education and engagement events on Saturday, August 24.
Our AFC team in Jacksonville will be attending church meetings and planning upcoming door-knocking in September. A presentation will also be given by AFC about our mission at a local coalition meeting called on August 21, 2024.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
In October, SFLAction and SFLA staff and volunteers will door knock in Orlando in the final weeks of the election season, seeking to persuade voters to vote NO on Amendment 4.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
MISSOURI
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 60
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 7
- # of Doors Knocked: 9,151
What We’ve Done
SFLA staff and students mobilized at the Missouri State Fair to bring the “Vote No” message to Missourians from across the state, educating over 350 voters on the extreme pro-abortion amendment and asked them to pledge to vote no, collecting 174 pledges.
The AFC team in St. Louis reached over 4,000 neighbors across 59 activations, while the AFC team in Columbia reached over 4,300 people.
Grassroots activists from SFLAction and other pro-life groups have been combatting and following the efforts of the pro-abortion groups on the ground, as they push to get abortion expansion passed on the November ballot, with over 5,000 doors knocked to date.
READ: Students for Life Action Grassroots Recap: Louisiana, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arizona
What’s Coming Next
We are actively recruiting for our October deployment in St. Charles – we are hoping to get 35 volunteers out with us to pound the pavement, speak to lawmakers, educate voters, and distribute materials.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
The St. Louis AFC team will be hosting their annual Summer of Service on August 13, 2024, where they will go door to door with free pregnancy support resources in local St. Louis neighborhoods.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
MONTANA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 5
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 1
What We’ve Done
SFLA affiliated students at Montana State University and University of Montana raised awareness against the ballot initiative last semester with campus events and door knocking.
What’s Coming Next
SFLAction is monitoring the situation on the ground with the ballot initiative to see if it becomes a full-fledged referendum – and if it does, we will be engaging in door knocking and campus flyering. We are also actively recruiting for our September deployment in Bozeman – we are hoping to get 15 volunteers out with us to pound the pavement, speak to lawmakers, educate voters, and distribute materials.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
NEBRASKA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 23
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 2
- # of Doors Knocked: 1,567
- Lobby Days in 2024: 1
What We’ve Done
SFLAction volunteers from Lincoln, Nebraska knocked on doors and talked to voters within the district, as well as college students at the University of Nebraska Kearney, on the importance of protecting preborn life.
READ: Students for Life Action Grassroots Recap: Louisiana, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arizona
What’s Coming Next
SFLA is actively recruiting for our September deployment in Kearney– we are hoping to get 25 volunteers out with us to pound the pavement, speak to lawmakers, educate voters, and distribute materials.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
NEVADA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 3
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 1
- # of Doors Knocked: 95
What We’ve Done
Nevada, a state facing an abortion ballot initiative has seen a flurry of signature withdrawal requests from the pro-abortion signature collection campaign, numbering almost 350 – SFLAction has been pushing this campaign hard in recent months.
READ: Decline to Sign has Taken Off in Nebraska
What’s Coming Next
SFLA is launching our AFC teams in Las Vegas and Reno, which will increase student and community involvement. SFLA is also looking for campus coordinators in Las Vegas to strengthen our campus presence in a critical swing state.
SFLAction is monitoring the situation on the ground with the ballot initiative to see if it becomes a full-fledged referendum – and if it does, we will be engaging in door knocking and campus flyering.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
SOUTH DAKOTA
Numbers at a Glance
- SFLA Groups: 9
- Door Knocking Events in 2024: 1
- # of Doors Knocked: 387
- Lobby Days in 2024: 1
What We’ve Done
South Dakota is letting voters do what the pro-abortion lobby dreads most: choose. And they’re choosing to change their minds on the deceptive pro-abortion signature collection campaign being propped up by Planned Parenthood.
What’s Coming Next
Volunteers will be needed for our September deployment in Sioux Falls. Volunteers can expect to distribute flyers and engage with voters.
To sign up, visit: Deployments — SFL Action (studentsforlifeaction.org)
Across all our campuses in every state facing a ballot initiative, SFLA is recruiting Campus Coordinators. To learn more, visit: https://www.studentsforlifehq.com/CampusCoordinator
The grassroots army that SFLA and SFLAction is building needs more volunteers and activists – and if given the right tools, we know these young people can turn the tide this election year. That’s why the Pro-Life Generation is offering two separate grassroots activism kits to help turn the tables. The “Vote No” contain:
- 200 Vote No Door Hangers
- 50 Vote No Topic Cards
- 50 Vote No Church Bulletins
- 25 Recruitment Topic Cards
- 20 Vote No Sign Flyers
- Five Recruitment Flyers
- One Leadership Book
- One Standing with You Community Advocate Tee
- One Campaign Strategy Guidebook