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-39 posts tagged "Right to Life"
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
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 14, 2023
This is a synopsis of a letter written to Saint Mary’s President Katie Conboy and her administration in response to a March 28 presidential panel held that focused on campus life in the wake of last summer’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which turned the legislative power over the legality of
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
Emma Duffy | Monday, September 5, 2022
On June 24, 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson overturned the precedent set in Roe v. Wade. In the original Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court established that women have the right to privacy with their doctor, and therefore states could not interfere with a woman’s choice to get an abortion. Dobbs v. Jackson ruled
lettertotheeditor | Monday, August 29, 2022
It’s the start of a new, beautiful fall semester here at Our Lady’s University, and Notre Dame Right to Life (NDRtL) wants to extend a warm welcome to students returning to campus and all new students who are joining the Notre Dame family this school year! We are so happy to have you here. We
Reyna Lim | Monday, April 11, 2022
The Notre Dame Right to Life Club hosted its annual “You Are Loved” (YAL) Week last week. The week is hosted every spring by the club with the intention of bringing in new members and advocating against abortion. “Our commitments are to protect and uphold the sanctity of all life, and most importantly, to remind
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 25, 2021
To be anti-abortion is to not be pro-life. More often than not, pro-lifers I have met have not been so vocal about causes like education, income equity and healthcare as they have been about their hypocrisy and moral superiority. There is nothing Christian about restricting healthcare and chastising women who are faced with an impossible
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Last month, Lou Holtz spoke at the Republican National Convention. During his speech he called out former Vice President Biden for his support of abortion rights and lauded President Trump’s pro-life agenda. He said Biden and other Catholic politicians who held similar views are “Catholic in name only,” meaning radical pro-choice actions taken and positions
Bridget Kelley | Thursday, January 30, 2020
I was deeply troubled upon reading Brennan Buhr’s Monday column, “The twilight zone.” I would like to address Buhr on several points he brings up in his column. First, it is true that reproductive rights and safe access to abortion are one of the principles guiding the Women’s March movement. However, the Women’s March did