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After proudly proclaiming that she was <\/span>\u201c<\/span>sticking her n<\/span>eck out<\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/span> to advocate for abortion, Tamara Kay, a Notre Dame professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Sociology Department, <\/span>may now have to pay opposing counsel\u2019s fees and costs for her failed lawsuit against two student journalists.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The students were involved in publishing an article for The Irish Rover, a newspaper administered by Notre Dame students which highlighted her pro-abortion activism. According to a <\/span>ruling released on January 8, 2024<\/span><\/a>, by Senior Judge, Steven H. David, counsel representing the students are entitled to \u201cpetition the court\u201d for a \u201c<\/span>hearing on attorney fees and costs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Such a petition for a hearing will likely reference the lack of evidence presented by the tenured professor to back her legal assertions of defamation for their <\/span>published article<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Notre Dame refuses to sponsor pro-life event, hosts pro-abortion event same night<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In particular, the court ruled that Professor Kay provided \u201cno evidence\u201d that she was only publicly advocating for health care access for sexually assaulted students and not abortion in general (Finding no. 31), \u201cno evidence\u201d that any vandalism to her property was connected to the published articles (Finding no. 107), \u201cno evidence\u201d that purportedly threatening e-mails were related to the published articles (Finding no. 109), \u201cno evidence\u201d that \u201cThe Irish Rover\u2019s intention when it published the Articles was to damage Dr. Kay\u2019s career, nor was it malicious or reckless\u201d (Finding no. 111), and many other failures to prove her case.\u00a0 An Indiana law protecting free speech was utilized by the Court to dismiss her lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u200b\u200bFiling a frivolous lawsuit against students exercising their rights under the First [Amendment] should be grounds for revoking tenure,\u201d some have remarked, such as \u201cJerseyerg\u201d in the thread of an online <\/span>National Review article<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Notre Dame professor was exposed in 2022, when author <\/span>W. Joseph DeReuil<\/span><\/a> revealed public statements and articles made by Kay in favor of abortion. When abortion was briefly banned in Indiana, she also <\/span>posted a placard<\/span><\/a> on her office doo<\/span>r indicating that she would help women obtain abortions or abortion inducing drugs. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a SAFE SPACE to get help and information on ALL Healthcare issues and access \u2014 confidentially with care and compassion,\u201d the note stated, with the professor’s non-Notre Dame e-mail address attached.<\/span>\u00a0 She also spread the word on social media for everyone to<\/span> \u201cLook for the \u2018J\u2019, Spread the word to students!\u201d \u2014 a reference to a secret signal to students that she or other professors <\/span>would support or help provide abortion access<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the court opinion, Notre Dame\u2019s official position on life is \u201cconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church on such issues as abortion, research involving human embryos, euthanasia, the death penalty, and other related life issues” and “the University of Notre Dame recognizes and upholds the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail this Christmas for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After proudly proclaiming that she was \u201csticking her neck out\u201d to advocate for abortion, Tamara Kay, a Notre Dame professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Sociology Department, may now have to pay opposing counsel\u2019s fees and costs for her failed lawsuit against two student journalists.\u00a0 The students were involved in publishing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":887,"featured_media":212789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPro-abortion Notre Dame professor may owe legal fees after suing student journalists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Notre Dame professor Tamara Kay may now have to pay opposing counsel\u2019s fees and costs for her failed lawsuit against two student journalists.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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