Voice for Life demonstration met with protests
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Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers protests over Voice for Life’s campus demonstration and Respect Life Week.
- The News-Letter reported that Voice for Life displayed 139 white crosses near the Freshmen Quad to represent the number of abortions it said occur hourly in the United States.
- The paper reported that SARU leaders called the display a possible trauma trigger and said students in Voice for Life might not be equipped to handle serious reactions.
- The article adds that Hopkins Feminists and the Hopkins College Democrats held a peaceful counter-protest supporting reproductive rights.
- The reporter writes that about 30 people attended Voice for Life’s candlelit vigil, where attendees prayed, reflected and heard musical performances.
- According to the article, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation later gave a presentation called “The Social Injustice of Abortion.”
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA Senate rejected Voice for Life’s application last spring, while the SGA Judiciary later overturned that decision and approved the group.
- The article says SARU supported debate about abortion but opposed what its leaders called harassment of students.