Abortion

Protests launch free speech zone, visitor policy discussions

Dionte Berry News Editor dberry11@murraystate.edu After campus was visited by an anti-abortion protest group that equated abortion to genocide, students organized counter-protests to spread their own messages and denounce the groups’ use of graphic content. A group from the Center of Bioethical Reform set up a large poster display in the free speech zone on Read More

Abortion bill sparks debate on and off campus

Story by Cady Stribling, Contributing writer  A bill was recently proposed that would ban abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat by Kentucky legislators. Senate Bill 9 would require the individual providing the abortion to check for a detectable heartbeat before the operation, which can be as early as six weeks. If a fetal Read More

Facing a choice

Controversial topics paired with shocking images brought abortion into the student eye this week Story by Abby Siegel, News Editor, and Connor Jaschen, Editor-in-Chief The words “Genocide Awareness Product,” hung over the breezeway Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 and 12, framed on every side with graphic images of Holocaust victims and aborted fetuses. The large Read More

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