Revolt at Fordham U. as administration to give ethics award to pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice

UPDATE: We will get phone, email and addresses to contact Fordham administrators to protest this absurdity.

"Justice" Beyer, who wrote the majority opinion in 2000 striking down the law banning partial birth abortion. Please sign the electronic petition!

 Here is the story on the Cardinal Newman Society website.

Cardinal Newman Society

In a nutshell:

Less than two weeks after The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) broke the story that pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is the intended recipient of the Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize, Fordham University students are working feverishly to collect signatures petitioning President Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. to rescind the honor. The Fordham Respect for Life club penned an open letter to Father McShane, and is now asking the general public to join them in their petition.

At the request of Respect for Life, an electronic petition has been added to The Cardinal Newman Society website. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to add their support. All names and emails submitted will be presented to Fordham President, Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. by Respect for Life.

A month from today, on October 29, The Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize is scheduled to be bestowed upon Justice Breyer at a dinner in New York City.

In review: Justice Breyer infamously wrote the majority opinion in 2000 for Stenberg v. Carhart, which struck down state laws banning the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion. The Cardinal Newman Society wrote to Father McShane five weeks ago informing him of Justice Breyer’s record. No response was given. Since then many have expressed outrage at Fordham’s silence.

Student leaders from Fordham’s Respect for Life club attempted several times to meet with University administrators, but their requests were met with more silence. The students needed official permission to set up tables to collect signatures for their petition. Without this green light their options have been limited.

Fordham Respect for Life and CNS are therefore appealing to everyone who shares the conviction that Fordham University must rescind the offer of the Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize to Justice Breyer to add their names to the electronic petition.

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The Fordham University Respect life group deserves enormous credit for taking on the administration. Here are some of them in March at the protest in Yonkers against the New York State RHAPP Bill.

Comments

[Nancy]

What happened to Fordham, does anyone know?
Imagine if this Ivy-level gem were PRO-LIFE, an oasis of radical fervor in a city that has long lost its way. What would New York be like if a great Catholic university STOOD UP for the Seamless Garment of life issues...surely students would get jobs after graduation - is that what it's all about?
What happened to Fordham? We may never know. I am sorry it is not what it once was, and I KNOW I'm not the only one.

[richard bruno]

Dear Rev. McShane,
In the spirit and power of God,s love I will be sincerely praying for you. I believe that our faith powerfully condemns the evil of abortion. I don
,t know if Justice Breyer has changed his position, if he has not may the Holy Spirit give you the courage
and wisdom to defend the least of our brethren.
May God Bless You, your brother in Christ
Richard Bruno

[thomasahern]

I agree with you completely