Notre Dame Pro-Abortion-Rights Professor Loses Libel Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper

[Michie]

An excerpt from the long opinion in Kay v. Irish Rover Inc., decided yesterday by Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Paul Mathias, joined by Judges Elaine Brown and Dana Kenworthy:

Dr. Tamara Kay appeals the St. Joseph Superior Court's order granting The Irish Rover, Inc.'s, motion to dismiss her defamation claim…. On the dates the alleged defamation occurred, Dr. Kay was a tenured professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Sociology Department at the University of Notre Dame. Her "academic research and teaching is focused on trade, labor, social movements, globalization, organizations, and global health which includes reproductive health and rights." Many of Dr. Kay's extensive writings in journals, newspapers, and on Twitter focus on advocating for abortion legalization.
The Irish Rover is an independent, student newspaper at the University. {[O]ne of its missions is to articulate and defend the Catholic character of the University.} …

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Notre Dame Pro-Abortion-Rights Professor Loses Libel Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper

An excerpt from the long opinion in Kay v. Irish Rover Inc., decided yesterday by Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Paul Mathias, joined by Judges Elaine

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[RileyG]

Why is she teaching there anyway?

SMH