‘It's Making Us Accomplices’: A University Tells Faculty to 'Remain Neutral' on Abortion Discussions in Class

[Image Omitted] As abortion restrictions become law in states across the country, faculty members and staff in some of those states face increasing limits on what they can say about reproductive health. In an email, the university’s general counsel told employees that Idaho may consider it a felony to perform an abortion, promote abortion, counsel people in favor of abortion, refer someone for abortion, provide facilities or training for performing abortions, contract with an abortion provider, or advertise services for abortion or “the prevention of conception.” The university suspended a series of diversity and ethics courses and investigated, only to find that the incident did not take place as alleged.) Russell Meeuf, a journalism and mass-media professor, was concerned about the University of Idaho’s guidance because it did not seem to align with the state’s academic-freedom policy.