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Faculty union at Jesuit university resists move to eliminate abortion coverage

Posted on April 27, 2009 by | Comments Off on Faculty union at Jesuit university resists move to eliminate abortion coverage

CatholicCulture.org: Faculty union at Jesuit university resists move to eliminate abortion coverage

The faculty union at the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco has fought off an effort to eliminate abortion coverage from the health-care benefits offered to instructors. Pointing out that the Jesuit order has formally ceded control of the university to a lay board, the president of the faculty union insisted on adherence to an existing contract, saying that tampering with that contract on any point would be “something like abolishing tenure.”

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AAUP Backs Notre Dame in Commencement Controversy

Posted on April 21, 2009 by | Comments Off on AAUP Backs Notre Dame in Commencement Controversy

Inside Higher Ed: AAUP Backs Notre Dame in Commencement Controversy

The Indiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors has weighed in on the controversy surrounding President Obama’s upcoming commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame, which some Roman Catholics oppose due to the president’s support for abortion rights. In its statement, the AAUP chapter expresses support for Notre Dame’s president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, for standing by the invitation, and expresses concern about “the efforts of external groups to prevent President Obama or any other invited guest from speaking on campus. … Notre Dame has a worthy tradition of inviting new presidents to speak at commencement even though none agree with all aspects of Catholic dogma. To disinvite a commencement speaker over public policy disagreements is an anathema to open discourse.” President Obama will be the ninth U.S. president to be awarded an honorary degree at Notre Dame, and the sixth to be commencement speaker.

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Washington: Spokane college sued for blocking anti-abortion display

Posted on March 12, 2009 by | Comments Off on Washington: Spokane college sued for blocking anti-abortion display

Seattle Times: Spokane college sued for blocking anti-abortion display

The Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Spokane Falls Community College student after she and other students were denied permission to put on an anti-abortion event on campus and were told they might be expelled if they proceeded.

Spokane Falls Community College student Beth Sheeran and several fellow Christian students wanted to put up an anti-abortion display and distribute fliers on campus in January to mark the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

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