‘Feminists Lied’ Tour Takes Anti-abortion Message to Campuses

WHO:

Fox News - Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins is leading the “Feminists Lied: Prove Me Wrong” tour in partnership with Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the organizations’ first partnership.

NY Post - Hawkins plans to debate whether career success and abortion were falsely presented as keys to women’s equality.

Fox News - Hawkins said she and TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk were friends and that continuing campus free-speech work associated with him mattered to her.

Fox News - Kirk was known for “Prove Me Wrong” campus debates; TPUSA has continued campus conversations through its Pick Up the Mic initiative, featuring speakers including Hawkins.

Fox News - Hawkins said she has built a national network of Students for Life campus groups across all 50 states over 20 years.

WHAT:

Fox News - The tour is scheduled to hold eight campus events, with Hawkins speaking and asking: “Have women been told the truth about career, equality, empowerment and motherhood?”

Fox News - The organizations said the tour challenges “the claim that feminism and ‘reproductive rights’ have helped women more than they’ve harmed them.”

Fox News - Hawkins said the tour is intended to change minds, not merely provoke anger; she claimed conversations reach more than 100 students in person and tens of thousands online.

Fox News - Hawkins said she had held children whose mothers reconsidered abortion after watching online debate videos.

Fox News - Hawkins said Gen Z men tend to be more pro-life than millennial men, while Gen Z women tend to be pro-choice.

Fox News - Hawkins said young women are increasingly unhappy and argued that abortion has not delivered the happiness or freedom promised by some feminist movements, citing anxiety, depression and SSRI use.

Fox News - Hawkins said campus abortion discussions commonly include questions about foster care and personal accounts of sexual assault and rape.

Fox News - Hawkins said the debate depends on whether the fetus is regarded as a human person; she described it as a “unique, all-living human being” if it is a person.

WHERE:

Fox News - The eight campuses named are the University of North Texas, Grand Valley State University, University of Cincinnati, Boise State University, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Southern Oregon University and the University of Washington.

Fox News - Hawkins said she has debated at Ivy League, community college and high school campuses.

WHEN:

Fox News - The tour is described as kicking off “on Tuesday”; the article gives no calendar date.

Fox News - Kirk was shot and killed during a campus “Prove Me Wrong” event on Sept. 10, 2025.

Fox News - Hawkins said she previously undertook the “Abortion is Human Sacrifice” tour in the spring.

WHY:

Fox News - Hawkins said the tour aims to address what she calls feminist claims that women need abortion to be free and equal, and to discuss motherhood as a contribution worthy of honor rather than a liability.

NY Post - The tour’s stated purpose is to challenge narratives linking feminism and abortion with women’s equality and career success.

(UPDATED October 21, 2026 00:38 UTC)

Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins is partnering with Turning Point USA for their first joint tour, “Feminists Lied: Prove Me Wrong,” featuring eight campus events. Hawkins says the debates will challenge claims that feminism and abortion are essential to women’s equality and career success, while discussing motherhood and inviting students to question whether women have been told the truth about empowerment. The tour is scheduled to visit the University of North Texas, Grand Valley State, Cincinnati, Boise State, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Oregon and the University of Washington.