Yesterday, April 11, the Chronicle broke a story of the BYU Law School recently canceling an event with Rick Duncan who spoke at the school a year before. [READ: BYU Cancels Debate Event on Abortion: Beams before Motes] Ed Whelan, the author of the National Review article about the J. Reuben Clark Law School’s cancellation…
The BYU official policy of Political Neutrality states, “Residents of university housing may display partisan political signs in their apartment windows.” This rule means that individuals living in On-Campus housing have freedom to show support to any particular candidate or ideology without facing consequences from the University so long as the decorations are displayed from…
Southern Utah University is facing backlash after they announced the keynote speaker for the 2023 commencement ceremony. On March 16, the university announced they are welcoming Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, as a speaker in this year’s commencement ceremony. Almost immediately after, members of the Southern…
Elder Holland conducted what he said would be an “unusual” devotional “with a twist” on Tuesday March 21, 2023. Elder Holland began by stating the devotional was “essentially a business meeting of the BYU board of trustees.” He indicated that Russel M. Nelson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Chairman…
The Utah State Senate approved the final version of the HB476 bill on March 3. When it passed, Governor Cox shared that he intended to approve the bill. On March 15, he signed the bill into law. The bill includes regulation on abortions within the state of Utah and has a significant portion clarifying abortion…
Intermountain healthcare recently added a presentation video on cross-sex hormone therapy to its YouTube videos under the Project ECHO channel. The presenter, Rixt Luikenaar, said that cross sex testosterone therapy does not cause infertility in women who have started periods. Luikenaar also added, “[W]e don’t know why” PCOS is at a 50% rate in women…
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Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, current president of Yeshiva University (YU), spoke on focusing on the Covenant in education rather than the commercial value of high learning in his BYU forum address on January 31. Yeshiva University was involved in a court case last year regarding religious liberty. While not addressing the case specifically, Berman began…
On January 24, the Utah Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing for the proposal of HB132 and SB16. HB132 failed to pass and would have banned hormonal and surgical interventions for minors related to gender. However, SB16 has now passed in the Utah house and senate as of January 26. It will ban…