On Tuesday evening, I participated in an abortion debate hosted at my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. My opponent was feminist attorney Jill Filipovic, who is a CNN opinion writer and freelance journalist. We debated in modified Lincoln–Douglas style on the resolution “Legal Access to Abortion is Necessary for the Freedom and Equality of Women.” (You’ll be surprised to hear, I’m sure, that I took the “no, it is not” side of that particular resolution.)
It was a remarkable debate for a number of reasons, not least of which was that both Jill and I tried to offer substantial defenses of our positions, we kept our engagements civil, and more than a dozen students posed thoughtful questions after our remarks.
Resolved: Legal Access to Abortion is Necessary for the Freedom and Equality of Women
Watch video of Tuesday’s debate between EPPC’s Alexandra DeSanctis and author and journalist Jill Filipovic, hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government.
On March 30, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty appeared on Fox News’ Unfiltered With Dan Bongino to discuss the CDC’s refusal to release new data on the COVID-19 vaccine.
On March 29, 2022, EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Severino appeared on the Issues, Etc. podcast to discuss the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
On Saturday April 2nd, Mary Rice Hasson will celebrate ten years a scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center! Mary was welcomed to EPPC as a fellow in 2012 by former EPPC President Ed Whelan, was named EPPC’s Kate O’Beirne Fellow in 2018, and in celebration of Mary’s 10 wonderful years, current EPPC President Ryan Anderson has announced that Mary will now hold the title of Kate O’Beirne Senior Fellow.
EVENT: Religious Liberty & Law: In the Courts, In the Public Square, & In Administration
On Friday, April 8, the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and the Ethics and Public Policy Center will host a conference on religious liberty with panel discussions on government regulation and religion, the public square and religious freedom, and the courts. Speakers include EPPC’s Ed Whelan and Roger Severino along with leading litigators and former and current senior government officials.
