A 13-year-old middle school student in Colorado was allegedly banned from reading a Pro-Life slam poem for a class assignment because it was considered “too political.” However, according to the student and her mother, other students were allowed to present poems about liberal issues and even mock Jesus.
“My teacher assigned an assignment in class to write a slam poem about conflict in the world that we are passionate about,” the student said in a video posted on the conservative Libs of TikTok X account.
“I chose Life,” the student said. “I chose this topic because it’s important to me and my family. In my poem, I met all of the criteria. I got reputable resources, and I included everything that I needed in my poem, but when I asked my teacher if I could present it, she said no. This is why my mom had to step in.”
Her mother said the teacher took a while to respond after she asked for a phone call about her daughter’s assignment.
“They said that because of the offensive material in the poem, that they were not going to allow her to present, and I pushed back on them because not only were they presenting a lot of political material themselves, but they were presenting it as truth,” the mother said. “They brought up issues like racial issues, they had LGBTQ rights, immigration.”
“To that, they said, ‘Sorry no, this is too political, we are not going to allow it’ and so here we are just telling our story,” she added.
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The student also said her teacher first told her she wouldn’t even be allowed to stay in the classroom while her classmates presented their poems. After she questioned the decision, the teacher changed her mind.
“When I further asked my teacher about why I cannot present, she said that I would not be able to be even in the class while my fellow classmates are presenting their poems, and then I would have to sit outside, but when I further questioned her, she finally said that I could be in the class to listen,” the student said.
This issue is especially personal for the family. The student’s grandmother became pregnant with her mother at just 14 years old and chose Life.
“I wouldn’t be here today if she lived in the climate that we live in now, because mostly people would say that she should have aborted me,” the mother said.
“This shows why this topic is so very important to us,” she added, “because there is hope in hard situations. There is purpose in pain. Good things come out of situations that seem bleak, and my family is proof of that.”
The student later shared her poem on social media for everyone to hear.
“They never get to see the light of day before they are cast away. They did nothing wrong except exist and were dismissed. People say women need healthcare but never think how unfair — they kill babies for simply being there,” she says at one point in the poem.
It concludes, “A life is a life, no matter how small.”
We applaud this student and her mother for standing up for what they believe and defending the dignity of every baby in the womb.
When our culture labels Pro-Life beliefs as “offensive” or “too political,” while abortion is promoted at family events, in children’s books, and across social media, it’s clear that speaking the truth takes courage.
This young girl wasn’t afraid to stand for her faith and for babies in the womb. Let her example encourage all of us to stand boldly for Life, even when it’s unpopular.
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