[1] Established in 1972, and now based in Alexandria, Virginia, the organization publishes a biannual magazine, The American Feminist, and aims to reach young women, college students in particular.

[2] Pat Goltz argued that the legalization of abortion allowed sexually exploitative men to avoid responsibilities such as paying for child support.

The group's activities focused on being a presence at both anti-abortion and feminist events, distributing literature, and writing letters to various publications.

[8] Some of these findings were challenged by specialists in women's history, especially in the case of Susan B. Anthony, leading to a public dispute about her views on abortion.

Professor Laury Oaks noted that, in practice, their actions revealed a "pro-life stance" from which they attacked mainstream feminism.

[2] In 1994–1995 after MacNair stepped down as leader, FFL's office was moved to Washington, D.C., and reorganized as a more politically pragmatic operation under Serrin Foster.

[2] In mid-2005, the Woodward Building, which housed the offices of Feminists for Life, the National Organization for Women, and The Hill newspaper, among others,[10] closed to be converted into apartments.

[2] One poster used an image of Susan B. Anthony and an out-of-context paraphrased quote determined two years earlier by FFL historian Mary Krane Derr to be about estate law, not abortion.

[21] FFL believes that there should be daycares on college campuses', dorm housing for women with children, and maternity coverage in health insurances.

[22] They blame abortion rights activists for failing to secure provisions that would help make motherhood an easier choice for women.

However, Stanton was a radical activist bent on reforming religious and society norms in order to halt the subjugation of women.

She assisted in the defense of poor women who were accused of killing their infants after birth, the most famous case being Hester Vaughn.

Thomas said that Pillsbury performed most of the day-to-day editorial activities for the newspaper because Stanton was away on speaking tours for much of the year, sending in her articles by mail.

[16] During the confirmation hearings for John Roberts, his position on abortion was questioned in light of his wife's FFL membership, leading to intensified focus by the media on the group.

[33] Sarah Palin, the first woman to be nominated by the Republican Party for Vice President of the United States and the first female governor of Alaska, has been a FFL member since 2006.

[42] Its mission states, "The Museum will highlight the familial and regional influences which shaped Ms. Anthony's early life, by displaying the textiles and furnishings of that period, as well as the literature and other memorabilia associated with her later career".

[45] FFL supported the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Students Act, which was criticized by writer Emily Bazelon in Mother Jones as a "largely hollow 'message bill'".