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-78 posts tagged "Abortion"
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Dear students and alumni that have signed “Losing Catholic Identity on SMC Campus,” This is a synopsis of a letter written in response to Friday’s letter to the editor. We, the student members of Saint Mary’s Sexuality and Gender Equity Club (SAGE) and Smicks for Choice, felt it was important to respond to the recent
Liam Price | Monday, April 17, 2023
Over the past year, most recently with a March 6 Chicago Tribune op-ed, Keough School professors Tamara Kay and Susan Ostermann have co-written 10 pro-choice op-eds together. Kay, however, has been the primary target of public outcry since an Irish Rover article claimed in Oct. 2022 that she “offers abortion access to students.” Its argument
Maggie Eastland and Ryan Peters | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Editor’s note: This article includes excerpts of strong language. When Tamara Kay posted a sign on her door advocating her office as a “SAFE SPACE to get help and information on ALL healthcare issues and access — confidentially and with care & compassion,” she unleashed a media firestorm that found its way to national headlines.
Isa Sheikh | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Members of the University’s largest student group, Notre Dame Right to Life, received a series of two letters dated April 2, 2023, addressing turmoil and turnover in the club’s ranks. The correspondence capped a constitutional debate that lasted for weeks within the anti-abortion group, and an even longer period of interpersonal strife in the club’s
Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and returning the abortion debate back to states. Saint Mary’s College President Katie Conboy did not release a statement that day in June, even as leaders of religious colleges across the country — including
Bella Laufenberg | Wednesday, February 22, 2023
On Tuesday evening, students filed into the Carey Auditorium in Hesburgh Library for an event that was 50 years in the making: the resurgence of the Student Life Council (SLC). The ‘New’ SLC A passion project of student government executive leaders Patrick Lee, Sofie Stitt and Nicole Baumann, the resurgence of the SLC has been
Genevieve Coleman | Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. The pair is one of three tickets running for Notre Dame student government president and vice president in the 2023 election cycle. Oropeza is a political science
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, February 3, 2023
On Wednesday, the Saint Mary’s College Post-Dobbs Program Series hosted their first event called “Dialogue, Not Debate: Why it Matters to Talk About Abortion on Campus.” The talk featured associate professor and chair of the Philosophy department, Megan Zwart, who discussed “having dialogue in ways that are productive, not polarizing.” The series is put on
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, December 8, 2022
In a Tuesday letter to the Chicago Tribune, University President Fr. John Jenkins said an op-ed published in the same newspaper earlier this week by professors Tamara Kay and Susan Ostermann did not reflect Notre Dame’s views. The op-ed, titled “Lies about abortion have dictated health policy,” was published in Monday’s edition of the Tribune
Liam Kelly | Thursday, November 3, 2022
College Republicans representative Shri Thakur and College Democrats representative Blake Ziegler sparred over inflation, abortion and crime in a debate hosted by BridgeND ahead of the midterm elections. (Editor’s note: Ziegler is a Viewpoint columnist for The Observer) Ziegler spent much of the debate defending President Joe Biden’s presidency and highlighting “one of the most