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Exclusive: @RepubSentinel has obtained internal group chats between @StudentsforLife staff members and social media ambassadors. The chats reveal that a student asked about opposition to equal protection from @KristanHawkins but in response was told not to make accusations.
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@KristanHawkins and other pro-life leaders were criticized after a North Dakota equal protection bill failed last week since they opposed a similar equal protection resolution considered last year for the platform of the North Dakota Republican Party.
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At least two students in a group chat for @StudentsforLife social media ambassadors asked @StudentsforLife spokeswoman @LydiaTayDavis for clarity on the situation in North Dakota.
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@LydiaTayDavis sent a statement from @KristanHawkins saying a letter used three years ago to kill another abolition bill in Louisiana was read on the floor of the North Dakota House without their knowledge. @KristanHawkins claimed she was being singled out for criticism.
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One student asked for more clarity since @KristanHawkins signed another letter specifically aimed at opposing the North Dakota Republican Party equal protection measure last year.
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@KristanHawkins passed on another statement asserting that "there is no point in really debating" abolitionists since "if you disagree with their strategy, you must repent or you will go to Hell." @KristanHawkins claimed abolitionists are "obsessed with jail time for mothers."
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The same student who asked for clarity from @LydiaTayDavis noted that the bill in North Dakota would not have criminalized past conduct from women who had abortions, but would only penalize abortion after passage. "Is that not what we want?"
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@LydiaTayDavis added that she would "highly urge you guys not to engage with abolitionists."
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The student once more asked for comment specifically on the North Dakota letter and expressed that "I feel as if @KristanHawkins is lying to us." The student asked why the debate was framed as abolitionist versus pro-life if the movements have the same end goal in mind.
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The student sent a social media comment making claims about @KristanHawkins. "I hope this is misinformation as well, but the silence is deafening." An account with the @StudentsforLife handle then told him to "ask questions but don't make accusations."
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The account with the @StudentsforLife handle then told the student that "if you seriously believe this is true, then you need to leave this chat." The student continued to ask for clarity on the letters sent in Louisiana and North Dakota.
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The controversy within the @StudentsforLife group chat comes after @KristanHawkins announced that she would implement a policy of blocking abolitionists on her personal social media and declined offers to discuss her opposition to equal protection.
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