PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization, is calling on Catholic University of America to reverse its decision to fire a lecturer after a guest speaker discussed abortion in her class. Melissa Goldberg, a lecturer in psychology, invited a doula to speak in her class Lifespan Development. The doula, who also works with clients who have had abortions, spoke about that aspect of her work and her work with trans clients in response to students’ questions. A student recorded the class and released it to conservative media outlets. Goldberg was fired by the university within a week of the speaker’s visit.
