Posted on 01/27/2020 1:26:07 PM PST by John Semmens
Forty-three faculty members of King's University College at Western University in Ontario, Canada signed a letter demanding that the college administration "apologize for allowing this film to be shown on campus. The film's message that it is okay to oppose abortion is not fit to be aired at an institution of higher learning." The film—Unplanned—is based on the true story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic manager who became a pro-life advocate after personally witnessing an abortion "procedure."
The film's showing was sponsored by the college's Campus Ministry as part of its effort to facilitate campus life "rooted in the Roman Catholic tradition." Especially irksome to the 43 professors was Campus Ministry Director Rev. Michael Bechard's post-airing comment that "we hope the film will send a message to women that we are concerned about unborn children."
"Since when do the special interests of the unborn take precedence over the unalienable right of a woman to terminate her unwanted offspring?" asked Professor of Women's Studies Dr. Sheila Butcher, one of letter's signers. "It's bad enough that people are permitted to privately hold such views. Principal Malloy's attempt to justify this intrusion on the grounds that a university is a place for open inquiry and discussion is an atrocity that we must not tolerate if we hope to elevate humanity from the inhuman religious dogma that impedes progressive ideas."
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