Professor Prohibits Students From Criticizing Abortion and Black Lives Matter

A university professor said that she will dismiss students from her class if they argue against abortion or the Black Lives Matter movement.

Iowa State University professor Chloe Clark released a syllabus for a 200-level English class instructing students that they cannot argue against abortion, Black Lives Matter, and a number of other leftwing causes. It includes a "GIANT WARNING" that contradicting certain viewpoints may result in dismissal from class.

"Any instances of othering … are grounds for dismissal from the classroom," the syllabusobtained by Young America's Foundation reads. "The same goes for any papers/projects: you cannot choose any topic that takes at its base that one side doesn't deserve the same basic human rights as you do (i.e.: no arguments against gay marriage, abortion, Black Lives Matter, etc.)"

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, both students and professors have faced backlash for criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement. At Florida State University, the school's student senate ousted its president after he said that Black Lives Matter is anti-Catholic in a private group chat. Students and faculty at Cornell University attacked a law professor at the school for criticizing Black Lives Matter on his blog, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago booted a University of Chicago economics professor from his role at the bank for criticizing the "Defund the Police" movement.