Pro-Abortion Prof Backs Out of Notre Dame Leadership Role After Protests
“the scholar’s pro-abortion beliefs attracted backlash from students, professors, and alumni at the Catholic institution”
It’s bizarre that someone who supports abortion would want to work at a Catholic institution in the first place.
The College Fix reports:
Pro-abortion professor backs out of Notre Dame leadership role amid protests
Professor Susan Ostermann will not accept a leadership role at the University of Notre Dame, administrators announced Thursday after the scholar’s pro-abortion beliefs attracted backlash from students, professors, and alumni at the Catholic institution.
The Observer, Notre Dame’s student newspaper, broke the news of Ostermann’s decision on Thursday, ahead of a scheduled protest opposing her as the new leader of the university’s Liu Institute.
“Professor Susan Ostermann, a member of the Keough School faculty who was recently appointed director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, has decided not to move forward as director,” Dean Mary Gallagher wrote in an email Thursday to students in the Keough School of Global Affairs.
“I am grateful for her willingness to serve and for the thoughtfulness with which she approached this decision,” Gallagher wrote.
Ostermann is ardently pro-abortion, even accusing pro-lifers of being racist. She also has said laws prohibiting the intentional destruction of innocent human babies are a form of “violence.”
The university’s decision to appoint her in January sparked immediate criticism, including from South Bend Bishop Kevin Rhoades, The College Fix reported earlier this month. Two scholars, Robert Gimello and Diane Disierto, also resigned from their membership of the Liu Institute.
Meanwhile, pro-life students at the university have been planning a protest Friday to oppose Ostermann’s appointment.
Despite her decision to step down, the “March on the Dome” protest will continue as planned, sophomore Luke Woodyard told the student newspaper.
“This is great news, but although we won the battle, the war wages on. The fact that this pro abortion professor could ever be appointed signifies a much deeper Split between the students, deans, and administration,” Woodyard told The Observer.
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doesnt change the fact
the church is for abortion and the hoax they perpetuate otherwise is worthy of discussion
She already works there and has done for many years without any protest. The only change was going to be that she was going to be director of the Liu Institute and now she won’t be. She’s still a tenured professor.
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