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Massachusetts partners with Planned Parenthood for college ‘abortion readiness’ plans

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:01:31 +0000

Colleges must help students in procuring abortion drugs under new law A new Massachusetts law requires public universities to create “abortion readiness” plans – and at least a few are partnering with Planned Parenthood. The plans are required as part of a new law in effect that requires each public higher education institution to “develop a medication abortion readiness plan for its students.”…

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Pro-abortion activists get off with community service after disrupting pro-life speech

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:05:29 +0000

No jail time for disruptors Pro-abortion activists who disrupted a pro-life speech at Virginia Commonwealth University will not have a criminal record and only had to perform community service. Law enforcement originally charged Natalie Hoskins with simple assault and Anthony Marvin with disorderly conduct, according to police reports obtained by The College Fix. Neither are students at VCU.

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‘Visualizing abolition studies’ program launches at UC Santa Cruz

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:03:13 +0000

‘The idea is to expose students to an interdisciplinary framework that centers art and visuality, helping to destabilize our relationship to a future with incarceration imagined inside of it,’ professor says The University of California Santa Cruz plans to launch a certificate program next semester that advocates for prison abolition. The program — called “Visualizing Abolition Studies” or…

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Hospital defends itself against claim its defamation threat silenced doctor’s son

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:05:15 +0000

UPDATED ‘False assertions’ can be challenged through ‘legal means,’ spokeswoman says A Maine hospital said it is not planning to bring action against a 15-year-old college student who voiced safety concerns that were brought up by his mother, who had been terminated by the facility. Samson Cournane, a fifteen-year-old junior at the University of Maine, wrote a petition regarding perceived…

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Some California Catholic universities cover abortion in health plan

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:04:48 +0000

ANALYSIS: University of San Diego said it must cover abortions in health plans – but other Catholic universities have found a way around the issue At least three Catholic universities in California cover abortion in their student health plans, according to a College Fix investigation. Some Catholic universities in the state have found ways to avoid covering the deliberate destruction of human…

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Vanderbilt launches $17 million faculty DEI initiative

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:02:47 +0000

The project aims to ‘accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community’ Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will spend $17 million over the coming years to advance “diversity” within the faculty. The initiative, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, aims to “accelerate diversity, equity…

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Christian college pro-life group moves forward after initial delay

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:04:17 +0000

Pro-life group and Christian university differ on what happened A pro-life group at Huntington University in Indiana is “looking forward” to starting up in the upcoming semester after an initial delay. Students for Life of America told The College Fix via email that it hopes to get the group up and running with full university approval. The group sent a demand letter to Huntington University…

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Dartmouth took donor’s millions, ignored his wishes: lawsuit

Brendan McDonald - Thomas More College of Liberal Arts — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:05:37 +0000

UPDATED New Hampshire’s highest court has yet to issue a ruling Dartmouth College should return millions of dollars in donations from a deceased supporter because it is no longer honoring his wishes, his estate continues to argue in court. Alumnus Robert Keeler left money specifically for “upgrading and maintaining” Dartmouth’s Hanover Country Club golf course in his will.

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