Despite Opposition from Fellow Students, Voice for Life Continues its Uncompromising Fight for the Unborn

Proving that courage and persistence pays, the John Hopkins University student group, Voice for Life refused to take no for an answer after they were denied the right  to display fetal models during the University’s Spring Fair.   Although the model display has been a fixture of the University’s Spring Fair for decades, this year, a student committee and its faculty advisers determined that the display “contains triggering and disturbing images and content.”

However, after being contacted by Fox News, the student committee capitulated and informed Voice for Life by e-mail that the display would be allowed.

Andrew Guernsey, Voice for Life’s president, commented “I certainly find it ironic that a university that has dedicated itself to the advancement of medicine and biology would find displaying medically accurate fetal models disturbing and offensive.”Kudos to all the student members of Voice for Life and their president Andrew Guernsey.  Voice for Life has come a long way since having to battle for University recognition back in the spring of 2013.

You may recall that in the spring of 2013, the John Hopkins University’s Student Government Association attempted to deny recognition to the pro-life student group Voice for Life deeming the group’s activities “harassing,” “offensive,” and comparable to a “White supremacist organization.” At the request of Andrew Guernsey, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) stepped in immediately. In a 5-page letter to the officials at Johns Hopkins TMLC explained why the student group should be recognized under the University’s own policy supporting the free expression of ideas.

Less than a week later, the University’s Student Government Association backed down and offered recognition to Voice for Life. At the time I commented that this was a great example of courageous students facing tremendous opposition, sticking to their deeply held pro-life principles and advancing those principles based on their right to free speech so deeply engrained in our culture and enshrined in our constitution.

Voice for Life continues to serve as a courageous example of pro-life youth. In just two years, Voice for Life won the University’s “Best New Group” award, created rich dialogue about a presentation by radical pro-abortion activist Gloria Steinem, and brought powerful presentations and demonstrations to campus about the horrors of abortion. The students also continue to conduct sidewalk counseling outside of a local abortion clinic and run the pregnancy resource website PregnantAtJHU.org.