Calgary, Canada, Feb 12, 2009 / 04:50 am
A pro-life group under fire from the University of Calgary has had its university club status revoked by the student union over a graphic display that compares abortion to genocide.
Besides removal of its recognition as a university club, the University of Calgary is pursuing legal action against the students who helped exhibit a display from the international Genocide Awareness Project (GAP). The president of the Campus Pro-Life club, Leah Hallman, told CNA that so far three members of her group have received summons to appear in court for “trespass to premises.”
The students are also facing the threat of either suspension or expulsion for “non-academic misconduct.”
The university’s charges against the students stem from Nov. 26 and 27 of 2008, when members of the Campus Pro-Life Club (CPL) set up the GAP display. The display includes large color photographs of abortion and compares abortion to other atrocities such as the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide.