Kristan Hawkins
Role at the time: President of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office
Statement summary
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, said in a statement of support released through Senator Hawley's office that the Pro-Life Generation supports his bill to revoke the FDA's original approval of mifepristone. She said the law would save thousands of babies and women from pills that should never have been put on the market.
“Chemical Abortion is the number one method of abortion in the U.S., and it continues to be a cascading death sentence for preborn children and their mothers, and now even extending to the environment and endangered species. Students for Life has been at work for many years to address the no test, online distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills, which expose women to injury, infertility, and death, empowers abusers who force these pills on their victims, sometimes without their knowledge or consent. The Pro-Life Generation proudly supports Sen. Hawley’s ‘Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act’ that would revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) original approval of Mifepristone. If passed, this law would save thousands of babies and women from these dangerous pills that should never have been put on the market. Health and safety standards and testing for things like environmental harms have been ignored or fast-tracked, by calling pregnancy a disease ‘cured’ by abortion. Students for Life Action is proud of Sen. Hawley’s leadership on this critical issue”
Why we used this label
The reference point is Hawley's proposal that Congress ban mifepristone by withdrawing its federal approval. Hawkins said the Pro-Life Generation supports the bill and that the law would save thousands of babies and women from pills that should never have been put on the market. That is direct support for the ban, so we labeled it Defended or excused.