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-31 posts tagged "Right to Life"
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
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 2, 2019
If you’ve been to any dining hall this week, you might have noticed the pink placards placed on the tables; it’s Respect Life Week on campus. It’s been touted as a “celebration of life” with events just supporting … you know … life! I think such a week definitely has merit, especially in the context
Rebecca Stella | Friday, April 5, 2019
A crowd consisting of students, parents, grandparents and even a few children gathered in DeBartolo Hall on Thursday to listen to Alexandra DeSanctis’ lecture titled “Surrender is not an option — Reclaiming the abortion debate.” Notre Dame’s Right to Life Club invited the 2016 University alumna to speak. DeSanctis writes about and speaks out about
Kara Miecznikowski | Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Notre Dame’s Right to Life Club now sponsors a free daycare service for the University’s parenting graduate students. Once a week, graduate students with children are able to take a break from parenting and use this valuable time to study, work, run errands or purely have some time to themselves. Meanwhile, trained students from their
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Monday, January 22, 2018
Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., junior Julia Dunbar had been to St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, Virginia, to compete in various sporting events throughout her childhood, but she had never seen it as filled as she did Friday morning when scores of Notre Dame students packed into the pews for a mass
Letter to the Editor | Friday, December 1, 2017
Every January, Notre Dame Right to Life leads between 700 and 900 students and faculty from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross to the March for Life in Washington D.C. Each of us marches for many different reasons, but overall, we all are striving to seek an end to abortion. This motive understandably draws
Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 6, 2017
We are nearing the end of Notre Dame Right to Life’s annual Respect Life Week, a week set aside every October when the club hosts a number of events which aim to engage students in discussions, service opportunities, prayer and celebrations centered around the importance of the innate dignity of all human persons. Our goal
Marie Fazio | Tuesday, October 3, 2017
This week, the Notre Dame Right to Life club is celebrating Respect Life week, a part of National Respect Life Month. The week began with a rosary for life at the Grotto on Sunday and a booth on South Quad yesterday, where club members sold apparel and answered questions about the club. The organization chose
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Iceland isn’t getting rid of Down syndrome. Iceland is getting rid of people with Down syndrome. There’s a difference. In August, CBS published a report, which has since gone viral, announcing that the island’s abortion rate for babies with Down syndrome is approaching 100 percent. Like most progressive European countries, selective abortion is rampant thanks