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Another Woman Helped Through Standing With You: Becoming a Mom & Graduating as a Teacher 

by Kylie Michieli | May 29, 2023
As the supportive services branch of Students for Life of America, Standing With You began by advocating for women on college campuses so that they could have their baby while receiving an education. They continue to do this but have moved to a national level by creating an online resource directory which any woman can access to find free pregnancy
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Congratulations to the Standing With You June Group of the Month!

by Caroline Wharton | June 30, 2022
June is wrapping up, and that means that we get to hype up the amazing Standing With You June Group of the Month: the Future Medical Professionals for Life at the University of Virginia (UVA)! This group has been selected for their devotion to standing up for the preborn and for their outstanding work to care for families in unplanned
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Pro-Life Student Creates Foundation & Awards Peer a Scholarship!

by Brenna Lewis | August 31, 2021
Guest post by Josie Rose, SFLA Student Leader My name is Josie Rose, and I am the current President of Students for Life at Queens College, New York. I want to share something that I’m very proud of: I created my own non-profit scholarship foundation for pregnant and parenting students. When I first started fundraising for this scholarship, I was
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“I Couldn’t Have Graduated With My Child Without Students for Life”

by Brenna Lewis | July 27, 2021
By Lauren Marlowe, SFLA Northeast Regional Coordinator As a Students for Life group leader at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, my favorite part of wrapping up each semester is hearing comments and thanks such as this from the parenting students that we support. As a part of our commitment to supporting moms throughout and post-pregnancy, we have recruited and organized a
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Fresno Student Walks with Daughter at Graduation

by Brenna Lewis | May 25, 2021
Walking through campus during undergrad at Fresno State, Jessica came across the Fresno State Students for Life table. The student group had various literature on abortion and life-affirming support along with 12-week-old fetal models. Jessica thought the fetal models were very cute and asked if she could take one home with her. About two weeks later, she found out she was
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Questions & Answers with the Mother of a Child with Down Syndrome

by Brenna Lewis | January 20, 2021
Written by: Jessica Resuta, Communications Intern, SFLA  Some may react to a diagnosis of Down syndrome with fear, but for Ann Poirier, she sees it as a blessing in disguise in her beautiful daughter Alice. It seems that society’s problem with reacting negatively to babies who “rock an extra chromosome!” as Poirier says, is more with the stigma than the actual diagnosis.
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New York Student Starts Foundation to Help Pregnant & Parenting Peers

by Brenna Lewis | January 20, 2021
Written by: Josephine Rose, Queens College A Students for Life leader in Queens, New York was feeling called to help pregnant & parenting peers in need. So she started a foundation that will provide a grant to one student per semester! Josephine Rose is a shining example for anyone wishing to lend a helping hand so that no student feels
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Texas Pro-Life Students Raise Over $15K for Mothers Despite COVID Restrictions

by Brenna Lewis | January 20, 2021
Written by: Camille Cisneros, National Supportive Services Director Pro-life students in Texas have been busy this semester! The Students for Life groups at Texas A&M (Corpus Christi campus), Texas A&M (main campus), University of Texas, and University of Houston have a reputation for being all-star support systems for women facing unplanned pregnancies. This turns out to still be true even
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Empower Her Scholarship Applications Open

by Brenna Lewis | January 20, 2021
Written by: Jessica Resuta, Communications Intern, SFLA The philosophy that “students should never have to choose between their college education and motherhood” drives the Empower Her Scholarship endowment fund for college students in Lincoln, Nebraska. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually and is open to pregnant or parenting female college students in the Lincoln area. The project seeks to financially support student
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Making Myself Available: Volunteering at the Women’s Care Center

by Brenna Lewis | February 28, 2019
Written by: Alaina Fortkamp  “What should I do with all my free time?” I kept finding myself asking this question in my head, and I decided it was time to actually do something about it. This is my first year in Bloomington (and in general) as a non-student, a wife, and a full-time professional. The hours I used to spend
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