Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa

Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa (born August 10, 1983) is an American pro-life activist. She is the founder of the pro-life organization New Wave Feminists.[1] She is also a frequent op-ed contributor for The Dallas Morning News.

Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa in a New Wave Feminist t-shirt

Early life

Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa was born on August 10, 1983 to a nineteen-year-old sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin. She never knew her biological father.[2] At age 16, she became pregnant and rejected abortion in favor of raising the child herself.[3][4] Now married, she has four children, two boys and two girls. Although she formerly worked in architecture, she now runs her pro-life feminist group, New Wave Feminists, full time with the help of her Vice-President and close friend, Cessilye Smith.[5][6]

New Wave Feminists

Herndon-De La Rosa co-founded pro-life feminist group New Wave Feminists in 2004.[7][8] The group promotes the consistent life ethic, opposing the death penalty, torture, and unjust war.[9] It also promotes intersectionality and an approach to abortion that favors economic and racial justice.[10]

While Herndon-De La Rosa and the New Wave Feminists are known primarily for opposition to abortion, she has also written on related pro-life subjects, such as an editorial published in The Dallas Morning News expressing opposition to calls for execution of Nikolas Cruz, the so-called "Parkland shooter", and to the death penalty in general.[11]

In 2018, Herndon-De La Rosa expelled co-founder Kristen Walker Hatten from her position as vice president of New Wave Feminists after she had emerged as a white nationalist in the wake of the election of Donald Trump.[12] She has also 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.[13][14]

In 2018, Herndon-De La Rosa traveled to Ireland to campaign against the repeal of the constitutional prohibition on abortion.[15][16]

During the mid-term elections of 2018, Herndon-De La Rosa posted a picture of her and Beto O'Rourke at a rally. She wrote an article explaining why she voted for him. Herndon-De La Rosa was criticized by other pro-life activists for supporting a candidate who fully endorsed abortion.

In October 2019 Herndon-De La Rosa released a statement on social media announcing her personal and organizational intention to sever ties with Abby Johnson's "And Then There Were None" abortion opposition group. Her stated reason was Abby's "blatantly racist statements" in a Twitter feud Johnson had with an African American minister. This resulted in some division among her friends and followers on various forums, which in turn led to an extended personal sabbatical from social media.

Women's March

On January 13, 2017, 2017 Women's March event organizers granted the pro-life feminist group New Wave Feminists partnership status.[17] But after the organization's involvement was publicized in The Atlantic, it was removed from the partners page on the march's website.[18][19] 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. However, New Wave Feminists still took part in the official march. Herndon-De La Roasa told St. Louis Review that she felt welcome at the event.[20]

Herndon-De La Rosa rejoined the 2018 Women's March.[21][22][23][24]

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. Ms. Smith left New Wave Feminists in November 2018 to work on her own woman-oriented non-profit, Abide Wome's Health
  6. 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.
  7. "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  8. 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.
  9. "This Is What a Pro-Life Feminist Looks Like". D Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  10. "Intersectionality Goes Positive In Pro-Life Feminists' Silver Screen Debut". The Federalist. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  11. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/02/20/dont-let-emotion-determine-whether-cruz-gets-death-penalty
  12. Bassett, Laura (2018-04-17). "Anti-Abortion Leader Emerges As White Nationalist". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  13. "The Anti-Abortion Movement Has Made a Deal with the Devil (Trump)". Broadly. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  14. "Abortion protesters who wield photos of fetuses aren't actually pro-life". Dallas News. 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  15. "In Ireland, pro-lifers rally by the thousands against legalizing abortion". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  16. "Huge crowds join pro-life march in city - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  17. "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.
  18. 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.
  19. "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.
  20. "Pro-life groups felt welcomed by participants in Women's March | St. Louis Review". stlouisreview.com. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  21. "1 Year Later, Where Does The Women's March Go From Here?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  22. "'You Love Every Child': President Trump Addresses March For Life". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  23. 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.
  24. "8 people, 8 different perspectives after a year under Trump". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
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