Students' fury after Exeter University allows Christian anti-abortion society with a male president to canvas support amongst freshers.
- Exeter Students for Life promotes pro-life discussion; society has been criticised for canvasing for new members during Freshers' Week
- On social media some have expressed concerns at the group's message, with the president of the society likening termination of pregnancy to 'murder'
- Student Guild says 'anyone studying at Exeter can apply to start a society' and 'that both debate and deliberation shouldn't be suppressed'
Exeter Students' Guild is resisting calls for an anti-abortion society to be shut down, supporting its members' rights to 'freedom of speech' and to operate without fear of 'intolerance or discrimination'.
The Christian group, Exeter Students for Life, is run by a male second-year Law student named Ali who says he wants to end 'murders happening every day', and describes anyone involved in the process of abortion as a 'sinner'.
On social media students from around the country have suggested that the university shouldn't allow the society to operate on campus, but the Exeter University's Students' Guild said in a statement said that it encourages 'freedom of speech'. Mail.
