Kristan Hawkins
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And so I think that shows you what we're facing on college campuses right now, where we have seen this shift of young men.
who will vocally say they oppose abortion.
We have younger women who've moved somewhat conservative who will kind of talk, but then you have this opposite of the pendulum where you just have unhinged
And we've all seen these girls on TikTok and on Twitter, right?
The blue haired, purple haired, green haired, septum ring girl who's just unhinged.
One of my things is that I've been really focusing on when I'm reaching out to other pro-life leaders or folks that are on college campuses doing ministry work is reminding everyone that she's also part of our mission too.
That, you know, especially as X and social media has moved so hard, right?
And it's kind of like,
That's the trending influencer thing of like, let's make fun of the girls.
Let's, you know, blame Madami's success all on the white middle-aged Karens who own cats and then talk about, let's taking away their right to vote and some of this crazy stuff that we're starting to see.
We have to remember in the pro-life movement, our mission is
is to go onto campuses, is to speak the truth nationally, that every human is created in the image of our maker and has infinite value and dignity.
That is the child in the womb, and that's also her.
And that's really where the conversation's shifting on campuses of...
Who gave you value and do you as a 21, 22-year-old young woman, do you have value?
We believe you do.
You have the same value as a child within you and you're both equally valuable and worthy of a great, wonderful life.
I started Students for Life in 2006.
Okay.
So this is my 20th year.