Great News! Governor Beverly Perdue signed the Unborn Victims of Violence
Act/Ethen’s Law last Friday. It is now official and the legislation goes
into effect December 1, 2011.

You can read about the signing at WRAL web site:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/9526285/

Many thanks to Effie Steele of Durham and the other relatives of victims
who took a stand and fought so hard for so long for passage of this law.

Last weekend, Students for Life of America held its annual National Conference on Sunday with a record breaking 1800 students attending the Conference.

At the Conference, attendees were able to participate in training workshops by national pro-life leaders and network with other pro-life students across the country.

During the Evening General Session, Students for Life announced the winners of the 2010 Students for Life of America Conference Awards.  North Carolina students were recipients of two of the awards:

• Carolina Students for Life of UNC Chapel Hill won the 2010 Group of the Year and exemplifies all that a pro-life campus group should be. In the 2010 school year, they creatively promoted their club using Life Saver candies and baby Tar Heel footprints with their slogan “Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life.” Their screening of the award-winning movie Bella also brought in many new members. Their activities during 2010 included the Wash for Life, regular volunteering for at the local Pregnancy Help Center (PHC), bringing pregnancy support services speaker, a holiday gift drive, sidewalk counseling, a baby bottle campaign, a Bake sale, political literature drops, the Life Chain, a Roe v. Wade flags display, and screenings of Maafa 21 and Blood Money with guest speakers. Their Blood Money movie screening boasted the highest turnout for any event in their history.

This August, Students for Life of America discovered that the University of North Carolina system was forcing students to buy health insurance that covers abortions, Carolina Students for Life jumped on board to fight it. They educated their fellow students, flyering, writing letters to the editor, and conducting media interviews. Because of their vocal protest, the university system agreed to create an opt-out option for students.

This year, two professors told members of Carolina Students for Life that their efforts had changed their attitudes and actions toward abortion. One of the professors said that she had been pro-choice all her life, but because of the group’s pro-life events she now considered herself pro-life. The other professor had been pro-life but was never active. But the group’s dedication impressed upon her so much that she now actively supports the local pro-life Pregnancy Help Center.

• Jennifer Boone of Carolina Students for Life and North Carolina Statewide Students for Life was the Runner Up for 2010 Student Activist of the Year Award. As the person who nominated her put it, Jennifer Boone, “does not seek recognition for her work, but instead looks for creative new ways to protect the unborn and to equip others to do the same.” Jennifer was the past president of Carolina Students for Life and is currently membership director. She is the president of the effective North Carolina Statewide Students for Life group, a group that was recently granted a meeting with one of their North Carolina Senator’s healthcare staff. On top of all that, Jennifer is the outreach director of her local 40 Days for Life campaign.

To read about the other student award winners at the SFLA conference, click here.

Congratulations to all of our pro-life students!  Keep up the good work and we’ll see you at our conference on March 19!

The 2011 Students for Life National Conference, organized and sponsored by Students for Life of America (SFLA), has officially sold out, with over 1600 registered attendees. On January 23^rd, students from across the country will come to Washington, DC to participate in the largest pro-life conference in the world.

Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director for SFLA, commented, “The Students for Life National Conference always sells out early, but this year we have greatly surpassed previous pro-life conferences with the number of attendees to host the largest gathering of pro-life youth in the world. I look forward to once again showing the world that we are the pro-life generation.”

The Students for Life of America National Conference is a one day event that is held on the same weekend of the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Each year, over a thousand students gather in our nations capital to connect with the national pro-life movement by meeting pro-life leaders, attending training workshops, and listening to pro-life superstars speak on the importance of Life and the pro-life movement.

The 2011 SFLA National Conference will be held on January 23, 2010 at the North Bethesda Marriott and will be co-sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund.

For more information on the 2011 Students for Life of America National Conference, you can visit their website: http://studentsforlife.org/conference. They do have a waiting list, so go to their website to sign up!