The University of Notre Dame’s Alarming Pro-Abortion Appointment

Susan Ostermann’s elevation would mark the first time the school has had a leader known for publicly and habitually repudiating a core component of its Catholic mission.

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The “Word of Life” mural on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in 2018. Inset: Professor Susan Ostermann in a Notre Dame video posted August 8, 2024.

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At the University of Notre Dame this week, students constructed a model of the campus’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart out of ice and snow — and 2,000 students congregated outside in the cold to celebrate Mass beside the sculpture.

This incredible display came just weeks after the university announced that Susan Ostermann — a vocally pro-abortion professor — will become an institute director in the university’s Keough School of Global Affairs.

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Alexandra DeSanctis is a contributing writer at National Review.

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