{"id":212780,"date":"2019-10-21T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=212780"},"modified":"2019-11-07T00:36:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T06:36:39","slug":"notre-dame-grad-establish-housing-single-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/notre-dame-grad-establish-housing-single-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame grad renews call for the university to establish housing for single moms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lacy Dodd Miske<\/span><\/a>, a graduate of Notre Dame, is pushing for the University to establish housing for students who are single mothers, after the discovery of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer\u2019s stockpile of fetal remains at his home in Illinois, which were at some point transported from his Indiana practice not far from the Notre Dame campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Miske attended Notre Dame with her twin sister, Amanda Dodd. The twins were in ROTC when Miske discovered that she was pregnant.\u00a0<\/span>Miske told CBS in an interview that says she received little support from a local clinic, which confirmed her positive pregnancy test.\u00a0\u201cI just remember feeling very unsupported, and I pretty much ran out of there and I was alone,\u201d she said. Miske gave birth to her daughter in November 1999 after graduating from Notre Dame and returning home to Florida, telling Live Action News in an email that the Army delayed the start of her active duty and had not yet determined her military assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten years later, in 2009, Miske felt compelled to write to the president of Notre Dame, suggesting that he set up designated housing for students experiencing unplanned pregnancies.\u00a0<\/span>The Rev. John Jenkins, who is still the current president, responded, \u201cI have formed a task force that will be making recommendations to me about possible initiatives that the university may take as witness to the sanctity of life.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>But another ten years has passed, and no concrete action has been taken to support students who might be contemplating abortions. <\/span><\/p>\n