Duke law student denounces university’s pro-abortion message

Duke University should not have used a campus-wide email to push its opposition to legislation to restrict abortion, one law student wrote.

Her June 8 essay in The Chronicle came in response to an official university message opposing North Carolina Senate Bill 20, which placed limits on abortion after 12 weeks. The law will go into effect after Republicans overrode a veto from the state’s Democratic governor.

“It is perfectly fine for members of the Duke community and administration to hold their own views on abortion, including supporting abortion on demand up until birth,” Paige Brasington wrote. “However, by sending this email voicing opposition to North Carolina’s new law, Duke signals that many viewpoints are not welcome here.”

The message will only further the alienation conservatives feel at Duke, Brasington (pictured) wrote.