Students deface pro-life messages at Johns Hopkins U. amid free speech concerns– www.thecollegefix.com

A recent incident at Johns Hopkins University, in which students coordinated via social media to erase pro-life chalk messages across campus, has renewed questions about whether the university’s commitment to free expression reflects the realities of its campus culture.

Members of Johns Hopkins Voice for Life wrote phrases such as “We are the pro-life generation,” “Dear lawmakers, protect the most vulnerable,” and “Women’s rights begin in the womb,” alongside drawings of a fetus and links to pregnancy-resource websites at multiple designated locations across campus.

Within two hours, almost all the messages had been washed away or scribbled over.