On June 24, America will mark the first anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which restored the right of the American people to create laws and policies that protect human life at all stages of development and offer comprehensive support to women, children, and families. In the year following the decision, the de Nicola Center has hosted more than 15 presentations, panel discussions, and conversations examining how best to pursue that vital work in the new post-Dobbs landscape.
The de Nicola Center remains committed to serving as a leading witness not only to the sanctity of every human life but to the radical hospitality at the heart of the pro-life movement in which everyone counts, and all are welcomed into the human family in love, friendship, and support.
A sample of pro-life programs hosted or cosponsored by the de Nicola Center over the past 14 months:
- April 22, 2022: Hosted on-campus panel discussion "Women and Children First: The Role and Work of the Pro-Life Physician"
- April 23, 2022: Presentation of the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Dr. John T. Bruchalski
- May 3, 2022: Cosponsored flash panel on "The Leak, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Abortion in America" (opens video on YouTube)
- June 12–17, 2022: Hosted 44 participants for the Notre Dame Vita Institute, an intensive intellectual formation program for pro-life leaders
- June 24, 2022: (Dobbs decision release date) dCEC director Carter Snead releases statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- June 24, 2022: (Dobbs decision release date) Hosted flash panel on "Understanding Dobbs: Imagining a Post-Roe World" (opens video on YouTube)
- June 29, 2022: dCEC releases a roundup of dCEC director Carter Snead's scholarship, writing, interviews, and media mentions regarding Dobbs
- August 16, 2022: Cosponsored webinar panel series on Caring for Women and Children: "Part 1: Patients and Physicians" (opens video on YouTube)
- September 8, 2022: Cosponsored on-campus lecture by Alexandra DeSanctis Marr, "Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Our Politics & Disadvantages Women" (opens video on YouTube)
- September 23, 2022: Cosponsored on-campus lecture by Hadley Arkes, "Roe Changed the Culture: Was Dobbs the Antidote?" (opens video on YouTube)
- September 29, 2022: Cosponsored webinar panel series Caring for Women and Children webinar panel series "Part 2: Practitioner and Practice" (opens video on YouTube)
- October 28, 2022: Cosponsored webinar panel series Caring for Women and Children webinar panel series "Part 3: A Blueprint for the Future"
- January 19, 2023: Hosted roundtable discussion at the National Press Club, "Building a Civilization of Love" (opens video on YouTube)
- January 20, 2023: Notre Dame sends 600 students, faculty, staff, and alumni to the March for Life in Washington, DC
- January 25, 2023: dCEC director Carter Snead participates in panel discussion moderated by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, "A Culture of Life in Post-Dobbs America" (opens video on YouTube)
- March 14, 2023: dCEC director Carter Snead delivers keynote at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (opens video on YouTube)
- April 26, 2023: dCEC senior research associate Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst, MD, MPH, testifies before Senate Committee on the Judiciary, speaking on "The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America” (opens PDF of prepared testimony)
- April 29, 2023: Presentation of the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George
- June 2, 2023: Hosted panel discussion at Alumni Reunion, "Notre Dame, Our Mother: Caring for Women and Children After Dobbs"
- June 11–16, 2023: Hosted 50 participants for the Notre Dame Vita Institute, an intensive intellectual formation program for pro-life leaders
- June 24, 2023: dCEC director Carter Snead releases statement on the anniversary of Dobbs.