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Court rules Irish 4 Reproductive Health’s lawsuit against University, Trump administration can proceed

Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 17, 2020

Independent reproductive rights group Irish 4 Reproductive Health (I4RH) announced in a Friday email the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana will allow the organization’s lawsuit against Notre Dame and the Trump administration to proceed. The lawsuit was filed on the group’s behalf by the National Women’s Law Center — which released

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Group provides free condom delivery service

Marie Fazio | Thursday, January 31, 2019

Contraception is made convenient with “We Got You Covered,” a program started by Irish 4 Reproductive Health (I4RH), a student group independent of the University, that delivers free condoms to on-campus students who make requests through Snapchat. Junior Vanessa Turner, an I4RH member, said the club was formed in January of last year in order

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Indignation … for the love of God … and Notre Dame

Letter to the Editor | Monday, December 3, 2018

“Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law” (Psalm 119:53). These words appeared in a daily Mass reading, shortly following the announcement of the University’s decision to include contraceptive coverage in its self-funded health insurance plans. This verse accurately described my sentiments in response to the new policy, and the

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Response to “Pro-life is pro-woman”

Jackie O'Brien | Friday, September 28, 2018

I agree with the author of “Pro-life is pro-woman” and Notre Dame’s Right to Life Club that all persons have an intrinsic worth that is based neither on gender, circumstance, race, ethnicity or any other characterization. However, there are several places in the author’s argument where I do disagree with their arguments. First, I would

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Pro-life is pro-woman

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Hopefully most people at Notre Dame would agree that someone’s worth is not based on their circumstances, accomplishments or abilities, but simply on the fact that they are a human person. Regardless of our political or religious persuasions, this idea is generally a point of common understanding — and if this is not always the

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Notre Dame News: A Timeline

Observer Staff Report | Friday, August 17, 2018

Football team goes to BCS National Championship After years of mediocre football at Notre Dame Stadium, the storyline changed dramatically in 2012, when the Irish posted a perfect regular season en route to a BCS National Championship Game loss to Alabama. A lights-out defense, led by Heisman Trophy runner-up linebacker Manti Te’o, propelled the Irish

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Contraception advocacy groups sue University, cabinet agencies on behalf of Notre Dame health care plan beneficiaries

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Updated Wednesday at 10 p.m. A lawsuit challenging recent changes in University policy regarding birth control was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced in a press release Tuesday. The suit — filed by NWLC, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center

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Contraception advocacy group petitions Jenkins

Tom Naatz | Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Irish 4 Reproductive Health (I4RH), an on-campus group at Notre Dame advocating for accessibility to all forms of FDA-approved contraception, submitted a petition Monday to University President Fr. John Jenkins asking for clarification on several points related to recent University policy changes regarding contraception. Sophomore Anne Jarrett, a member of I4RH, said in an email

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Contraception is contra-Catholicism

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 22, 2018

In the Feb. 27 edition of The Observer, a Viewpoint by Zacharias Thundy praised the University administration’s decision to provide contraception to employees and graduate students as “admirable and justifiable.” Thundy asserts that it is “not true” when people claim that “Notre Dame’s move is not in compliance with Catholic faith and teachings,” arguing rather that

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Clarify on Contraception

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Dear Fr. Jenkins, You are, no doubt, aware that many students are now calling upon the University to provide them with simple contraceptives, even if they are not insured through Notre Dame. Their demands logically follow from your recent statement, which incorrectly justified the provision of a grave moral evil on the basis of personal

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