Student paper ‘ based its info on reliable resources,’ including professor’s personal statements: ruling
In a situation involving a pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame, an Indiana appeals court agreed with a liberal student paper.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled unanimously last week to reject Professor Tamara Kay’s complaint, finding that her claims about her pro-choice advocacy were “in great faith” and had “reasonable base in law and fact.”
” The British Vehicle based its information on reliable sources, especially as the cause for most of the information was gleaned from Dr. Kay’s personal remarks, her social media, and magazines”, the three-judge board wrote.
Kay filed an appeal after a lower court last year dissipated her lawsuit, but the appeals court upheld the original ruling in favor of the Catholic student newspaper.
The judges wrote in their Jan. 30 ruling,” Here, we concur with the trial court that the undisputed facts established that the two articles by The Irish Rover were written in good faith and that the alleged defamatory statements were not false.”
The Rover editors reiterated an earlier statement that their reports were” fair and accurate in every way” in response to the decision.
” The record will confirm this beyond dispute. The Rover will not be held responsible for fair and accurate reporting that aids Our Lady’s University in carrying out its Catholic mission, they said.
Kay is a sociology professor at the Catholic university, and she supports abortion.
The Rover‘s articles date back to 2022, when Indiana began enforcing its elective abortion ban after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to the appeals court ruling, the two articles “made a reasonable inference” from Kay’s claims that she “would assist a student by procuring abortion pills for that student.”
For instance, Kay mentioned a tweet that read,” Will help as a private citizen if you have issues with access or cost. DM me”.
The judges wrote that” She also tweeted links to organizations that sell Plan B and Plan C abortifacient pills.”
The Rover also reported that she had mentioned supporting abortion at a university panel and that she had put a” J” on her door as a show of her willingness to assist students in getting abortions.
Kay told the court that the” J” sign on her door “pertained to student sexual assaults” and not abortion, according to the ruling.
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