Feminists for Life President to Speak at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Serrin M. Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, will speak on Thursday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. Her lecture, titled “The Feminist Case Against Abortion” and included in the anthology Women’s Rights (Greenhaven Press, 2001), will address the history of pro-life feminism and the modern women’s movement’s support of abortion.  The lecture is sponsored by Holy Cross Students for Life.

Foster has led Feminists for Life of America since 1994. Under her leadership, the group has helped prevent abortions; advocated for benefits for poor and pregnant women through the State Child Health Insurance Program; and worked in coalition with other women's organizations to defeat the mandatory “family cap” and other provisions in welfare reform.

Feminists for Life has distributed pregnancy resource kits on colleges across the country and is leading a discussion on developing practical resources for pregnant and parenting students. In 1997, Foster moderated the first Pregnancy Resource Forum in the country at Georgetown University. The forums have helped to redirect contentious debate toward woman-centered solutions, and have inspired model legislation in Michigan. They have worked with numerous colleges to introduce proposed legislation titled the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act.

Foster, the creator of the Women Deserve Better than Abortion campaign, has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN International, FOX News and ABC World News Tonight. She also served on the National Taskforce Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, which worked to pass the Violence Against Women Act and 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.”