In this podcast episode, we interview Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, about her work building and supporting over 1,600 pro-life student groups and training nearly a quarter million young people. Hawkins discusses serving on Trump’s 2016 Pro-Life Advisory Council, her view of his pro-life record, and why she believes Planned Parenthood would expand anywhere it could, citing founder Margaret Sanger’s beliefs. She talks about campus debates, viral videosShe emphasizes focusing on ending abortion by targeting the industry while changing hearts and minds, and encourages young conservatives/Gen Alpha to build large platforms to speak to their generation, directing viewers to studentsforlife.org to start or join groups and get trained. #ProgrammingLionsPodcast 

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00:00 Meet Kristan

00:41 Trump’s Pro-Life Advisory Council 

01:16 Planned Parenthood

03:21 Campus debates

04:38 Exceptions

05:56 Do these conversations work?

08:46 Abortion trends after Roe

10:19 Handling hate

12:48 Policy strategy

13:39 Carrot vs. stick

16:36 Students for Life