Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa

Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa is the founder of Texas-based organization New Wave Feminists, and prominent voice in pro-life campaigning.[1] She also works as an op ed contributor at The Dallas Morning News.

Personal life

Herndon-De La Rosa was born to a 19-year-old sophomore at UT Austin, and never knew her biological father.[2] Aged 16, she became pregnant and rejected abortion in favor of raising the child herself.[3][4] Outside of campaigning, she works in architecture.[5]

New Wave Feminists

Herndon-De La Rosa founded pro-life feminist group New Wave Feminists in 2004.[6][7] The group promotes the consistent life ethic, opposing the death penalty, torture and unjust war.[8] It also promotes intersectionality and an approach to abortion that favors economic and racial justice.[9] In 2018, Herndon-De La Rosa expelled a member of her group who had emerged as a white nationalist after the election of Donald Trump.[10] She has been vocal in criticizing the association between some anti-abortion campaigners and the presidency of Donald Trump, as well as some campaigning tactics of the mainstream pro-life movement.[11][12]

In 2018, Herndon-De La Rosa traveled to Ireland to campaign against the repeal of the constitutional prohibition on abortion.[13][14]

Women's March

On January 13, 2017, 2017 Women's March event organizers granted the pro-life feminist group New Wave Feminists partnership status.[15] But after the organization's involvement was publicized in The Atlantic, it was removed from the partners page on the march's website.[16][17] Other anti-abortion groups that had been granted partnership status, including Abby Johnson's And Then There Were None (ATTWN) and Stanton Healthcare, were subsequently unlisted as partners as well. New Wave Feminists still took part in the official march, alongside other anti-abortion groups such as ATTWN, Students for Life of America, and Life Matters Journal. She said she felt welcome at the event.[18]

Herndon-De La Rosa rejoined the 2018 Women's March.[19][20][21][22]

References

  1. ↑ Chandler, Michael Alison (2018-01-19). "'Badass. Prolife. Feminist.' How the 'pro-life feminist' movement is straddling the March for Life and Women's March". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  2. ↑ "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ↑ "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  4. ↑ "This anti-abortion feminist had a foot in both marches". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  5. ↑ Levitz, Jennifer (2018-01-18). "One Year After Women's March, Organizers Hope to Get Out Pink Hats Again". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  6. ↑ "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  7. ↑ Chandler, Michael Alison (2018-01-19). "'Badass. Prolife. Feminist.' How the 'pro-life feminist' movement is straddling the March for Life and Women's March". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  8. ↑ "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  9. ↑ "Intersectionality Goes Positive In Pro-Life Feminists' Silver Screen Debut". The Federalist. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  10. ↑ Bassett, Laura (2018-04-17). "Anti-Abortion Leader Emerges As White Nationalist". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  11. ↑ "The Anti-Abortion Movement Has Made a Deal with the Devil (Trump)". Broadly. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  12. ↑ "Abortion protesters who wield photos of fetuses aren't actually pro-life". Dallas News. 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  13. ↑ "In Ireland, pro-lifers rally by the thousands against legalizing abortion". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  14. ↑ "Huge crowds join pro-life march in city - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  15. ↑ "Views on Abortion Strain Calls for Unity at Women's March on Washington". The New York Times. 2017-01-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  16. ↑ Green, Emma (January 16, 2017). "These Pro-Lifers Are Headed to the Women's March on Washington: Is there room in the movement for people who morally object to abortion?" Archived January 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine., The Atlantic. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Organizers of the Women's March remove pro-life group from list of partners". Women in the World. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  18. ↑ "Pro-life groups felt welcomed by participants in Women's March | St. Louis Review". stlouisreview.com. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  19. ↑ "1 Year Later, Where Does The Women's March Go From Here?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  20. ↑ "'You Love Every Child': President Trump Addresses March For Life". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  21. ↑ Levitz, Jennifer (2018-01-18). "One Year After Women's March, Organizers Hope to Get Out Pink Hats Again". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  22. ↑ "8 people, 8 different perspectives after a year under Trump". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
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