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Ithaca Becomes an Abortion Sanctuary City to Help Out-of-State Women
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Ithaca officially became an abortion sanctuary city on July 6, making the city a safehaven for those seeking abortions from more restrictive states.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/abortion/)
Ithaca officially became an abortion sanctuary city on July 6, making the city a safehaven for those seeking abortions from more restrictive states.
“How to teach students about the rule of law, precedent and the allegedly non-political nature of law is seriously threatened [by Dobbs v. Jackson],” Prof. Cynthia Bowman, law, said. “As well as the lives of all my female students!”
On Friday, the University published a statement calling the Supreme Court’s elimination of constitutional protections for abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson “disappointing.” Student groups have been reacting throughout the day to both the Court’s decision and University’s statement.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion striking down the decision in Roe v. Wade, Ithacans took to the Bernie Milton Pavilion to rally for reproductive rights.
Planned Parenthood Generation Action Cornell is raising money for Texas abortion funds titled “Sex Toys for Texas.” by raffling off a $200 basket of sex toys.
At a Zoom event hosted by the Cornell College Republicans, Love discussed her background and career as a two-term Congresswoman, but largely focused on what she sees as the importance of pro-life policies.
As COVID-19 patients fill up hospital beds, attorneys general across the country call for the easing up for restrictions on an abortion pill to provide abortion care for patients from home. Planned Parenthood and Cornellians for Life provide their takes on the statement.
Vice President of Finance of the Cornell Political Union Brendan Dodd ’21 stepped down from his post on Wednesday afternoon. Dodd said he chose to resign after CPU responded to conservative speaker Jannique Stewart’s allegation of “VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION” with a “disingenuous” and “deliberately misleading” statement.
This week, the Cornell Political Union was accused of discriminating against Jannique Stewart, a conservative, Christian speaker, because of her religious beliefs. As CPU’s Vice President of Finance, I was present for all full executive board discussions related to the retraction of Stewart’s invitation, and I feel that it is my obligation to shed some light on the incident as neither Stewart nor the CPU executive board has been fully honest and transparent. Stewart was invited to speak to CPU on the topic of abortion. However, after researching her background and discovering her traditional Christian views on sexuality and marriage — namely, her belief that marriage is between a man and a woman — the executive board decided to cancel Stewart’s speech and attempt to find a less controversial speaker to discuss the topic. Contrary to her characterizations in a Facebook post, Stewart’s beliefs were not likened to supporting slavery or denying the Holocaust.
The accusation came after CPU disinvited her from speaking on the topic of abortion in April out of concern for “security” of their members and fear of high event security fees, CPU said.