Nursing Student Fights School Policy Requiring Abortion Pledge

Wed, Jan. 12 2011
 By Stephanie Samuel
Christian Post Reporter

A nursing student has partnered with a Christian legal defense group in filing a complaint against a Nashville, Tenn., university policy that requires participation in abortion procedures in order to enter its nurse residency program.

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed the complaint Tuesday against Vanderbilt University with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A fourth-year nursing student, whose name was not revealed, is currently at another university but wishes to apply to Vanderbilt’s nurse residency program. The female student, however, is unable to do so because the admission forms require her to promise to participate in abortions.

“Christians and other pro-life members of the medical community shouldn’t be forced to participate in abortions to pursue their profession,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. the rest