Are you a student leader who wants your club to have better attendance at outreach events? As a former leader of a pro-life organization at my university, I faced a similar predicament until I learned to add a critical step to my club’s outreaches: create a space where students can … Read More
“Inconsistent” is Different Than “Wrong”
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Those of you who have spent any amount of time on social media lately know that political discourse has been particularly ugly in recent weeks. Ever since the controversy began over separating children from parents caught crossing the border illegally, there have been comments about … Read More
16 Tips for a Better Pro-Life Group Facebook Page
All pro-life organizations ought to have some presence on social media, but there are some common mistakes that can drastically reduce the effectiveness of a Facebook page. Speaking as someone with experience as a Students for Life leader, running an effective Facebook page is not as difficult as it looks. … Read More
On Virtue-Signaling
I regularly hear people complain about Virtue-Signaling, but I haven’t yet found a balanced attempt to clarify what it is and what it isn’t. Mostly I’ve noticed that people are quick to accuse people outside of their own political tribes of doing it. Without any definitions, how is a fair-minded … Read More
The Anonymous Pro-Life Volunteer Who Changed My Life
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. In 2004 an arrogant pro-life high school student attended a pro-life outreach at the University of Georgia. When he learned that the Center for Bioethical Reform was going to set up large signs with abortion images that day, the arrogant student saw it as an … Read More
Abuse of Academic Authority Regularly Inhibits Pro-Life Speech
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Sometimes it is tough to be a pro-life college student. Most challenges students face are found on campus during a tabling event or with the administration, but sometimes they are inside the classroom. Far too often when pro-life students dare to speak up in defense … Read More
Dialogue Story: Nicole at the University of Michigan
We just got this great outreach story from Nicole at Students for Life at the University of Michigan! —————- Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. A young man came up to our Students for Life table where we were asking people where they stood on abortion from “Illegal in All Cases” … Read More
Stop Calling People Animals
Almost two years ago I read about twenty-one Coptic Christians whom ISIS beheaded. One of my Facebook friends shared the list of the martyrs’ names, and, as I read through them, I noticed that one of them, Samuel Alham Wilson, happened to have the same first and last name as … Read More
How Should Conservatives Respond to the Disturbing Trend of Campus Censorship?
We experienced an aggressive protest at UC Davis, but this is part of a disturbing, growing trend of censorship of conservative speech on college campuses. This is an extended version of an article from our last printed newsletter. Warning: This blog post includes strong language when directly quoting leftist protesters. … Read More
Will Smith’s Indefensible Moral Relativism
Will Smith was recently featured along with several other actors on one of The Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) hour-long roundtable discussions. Not only did Will Smith make a relativistic statement, but the interviewer asked precisely the right question to push back against his view! It’s worth taking a few minutes to analyze … Read More