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Standing With You Fellow Creates Campus Baby Item Pantry, On Track to Raise 10,000 Diapers THIS YEAR

by Stephanie Stone | March 20, 2024
GUEST POST by Amelia Akins Did you know that in the first year of their life, a baby will use about 3,000 diapers?  This is a huge financial burden on families with young children. Fulfilling this need helps mothers feel supported and loved as they raise their little ones. When I decided the focus for my Standing With You fellowship
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Lorain County Community College Students for Life Named Standing With You Group of the Month for February! 

by Stephanie Stone | February 28, 2024
Congratulations to Lorain County Community College Students for Life (LCCC SFL) for being named Standing With You February Group of the Month! This group is a force for pregnant and parenting students on their campus. This year, they completed the Standing With You Campus Resource Guide form and tabled to let their peers know about on-campus and local resources for
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Break Up with Planned Parenthood this Valentine’s Day

by Christina Fioretto | February 12, 2024
As Valentine’s Day creeps up, love is practically oozing from every corner. Now, let’s talk partners. You want to find someone who’s the real deal – trustworthy, genuinely cares about you, and has zero ulterior motives. It’s all about being with someone on the same wavelength and creating a connection built on respect and openness. And hey, this wisdom isn’t
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Why Standing With You Supports the Pregnant Students Rights Act

by Christina Fioretto | February 5, 2024
Standing With You applauds the passing of the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act in the United States House. This bill was recently introduced by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and it encapsulates the spirit of Standing With You by working towards a more supportive atmosphere on campus for pregnant and parenting students.   Kristan Hawkins, President of Standing With You, expressed the commitment
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Safe Haven Laws

by Brenna Lewis | January 6, 2022
DO YOU UNDERSTAND SAFE HAVEN LAWS? The Dobbs v. Jackson oral arguments at the Supreme Court drew attention to the subject of Safe Haven Laws. Simply put, Safe Haven Laws (also called “Baby Moses” laws or “Safe Surrender” laws enable parents of infants to surrender their children at designated, safe locations within a certain timeframe after the child’s birth (this varies by state).
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This Students for Life Group in Texas is Doing SO Much to Help Young Moms

by Brenna Lewis | November 10, 2021
Students for Life groups nationwide work tirelessly to support women facing unplanned pregnancies, parenting students at their schools, and other families in need via our initiative Standing With You. In a culture that tends to tell mothers “you can’t”… the Pro-Life Generation says otherwise. This month, Pro-Life Huskies of Houston Baptist University in Texas really caught our attention. Nikki Tankus, a
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How YOU Can Host a Community Baby Shower

by Kristan Hawkins | April 3, 2014
The Community Baby Shower event was inspired by the Pro-Life Aggies group at Texas A&M University. The group hosted a “shower” asking shoppers of a local store to purchase diapers, wipes, formula, and baby items to give to the group so they could, in turn, donate these items to a local pregnancy resource center. After their Community Baby Shower, the Pro-Life
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Post ALL the Flyers!

by Kristan Hawkins | March 28, 2014
You’re walking to class minding your own business, and then BOOM! Your eyes rivet to a sheet of bold color with a glaring headline.  FREE FOOD IN THE QUAD! Come and get it! Colored across this glorious rectangle is a grease dipping pizza and 3 smiling college students. You’re staaaarving (or so you think), and this flyer reaches out to you right in
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Creating a Pregnancy Resource Website

by Kristan Hawkins | March 17, 2014
A common trend among pro-life student groups is to create a pregnancy resource website that is separate from their pro-life student group’s website. This effort helps broaden their audience by avoiding bias that may result from your pro-life position. In turn, these websites provide strictly pregnancy resource information for peers at your school and women in your community. A pregnancy
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