On April 16, Tommy Kearns drove three hours to attend a Students for Life meeting at Florida International University. In a raw six-minute confession, he took the microphone and shared that his daughter had been aborted on March 12 and 13, and asked Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins, “Why do you think that people will dehumanize my Clementine?” 

Referencing the abortionist, Kearns said, “I don’t know who did this to my daughter. I wish I could ask him, ‘Was my daughter beautiful?’ That’s all I want to know. ‘What did her face look like?’

Several audience members cried as Kearns asked why society doesn’t respect preborn children. He said his mother was born prematurely at five months — the same gestational age as Clementine when she was aborted.

“Why wasn’t she human enough for people to help me mourn?” he asked. “Why wasn’t she human enough for people to talk about? … My daughter doesn’t get a funeral. My daughter doesn’t get respect.”