Serrin Foster

Special Guest Speaker
Serrin Foster

32ND ANNUAL PRO-LIFE PRAYER BREAKFAST
January 16, 2010 - 9:00 AM
Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center
Erie, PA





Serrin M. Foster, President of Feminists for Life of America, will present "The Feminist Case Against Abortion" on January 16, 2010 at 9 am at People for Life's 32nd Annual Pro-Life Prayer Breakfast. She will address 200 years of pro-life feminism and explain how the modern women's movement came to support abortion. Serrin's speech has been included in the anthology Women's Rights, published in 2001 by Greenhaven Press as one in a series entitled "Great Speeches in History."

Serrin has led Feminists for Life of America since 1994. Under her leadership, Feminists for Life has successfully backed benefits for poor and pregnant women through the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). She worked in coalition with other women's organizations to defeat the mandatory "family cap" and other punitive child exclusion provisions in welfare reform. She helped prevent poverty and coerced abortions due to threats to withhold child support by working for the passage of the Enhanced Child Support Act.

In 1997 Serrin moderated the first Pregnancy Resource Forum in the country at Georgetown University. Feminists for Life has distributed pregnancy resource kits to colleges across the country and is leading the discussion on developing practical resources for pregnant and parenting students. Feminists for Life's Pregnancy Resource Forums have helped redirect contentious debates toward woman-centered solutions and inspired model legislation in Michigan.

Feminists for Life recently helped introduce groundbreaking legislation-The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act-that will introduce new pro-woman solutions on campus.

Serrin served on the National Taskforce Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, which worked to pass the Violence Against Women Act. She testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in support of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, also known as "Laci and Conner's Law."

Serrin, the creator of the Women Deserve BetterŪ than Abortion campaign, argues that widespread abortion is an indication that society has failed to meet the needs and protect the interests of women, particularly those who are pregnant or raising small children.

Serrin has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN International, FOX News and ABC World News Tonight as an outspoken opponent of pregnancy discrimination. She is dedicated to developing on-campus resources and support for underserved pregnant and parenting students.





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