Pro-life display gains contested approval
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a dispute over prenatal models at a Spring Fair booth.
- The News-Letter reported that the Spring Fair Committee first tried to block the North Baltimore Pro-Life Study Group from displaying the models because they could offend or disturb viewers, then reversed the decision after protests from JHU Voice For Life.
- The paper reported that SGA Executive President Janice Bonsu said the committee admitted its initial decision was wrong and would not restrict displays from community groups.
- The article says VFL Co-President Andrew Guernsey objected to the initial decision and said students should be able to decide for themselves what to think.
- According to the article, Guernsey cited a Gallup survey reporting that 51% of respondents identified as “pro-life” and 42% as “pro-choice.”
- The reporter writes that Hopkins Students for Liberty secretary Dana Ettinger said the group had the right to display its booth, although she personally thought Spring Fair was not the right setting.
- The article states that the booth would be open to the general public at Spring Fair that weekend.