Do you want a free painting? This art treasure hunt might be what you’re looking for – CBC.ca Pipa News - News Summed Up

Do you want a free painting? This art treasure hunt might be what you’re looking for – CBC.ca Pipa News


This art treasure hunt might be what you’re looking for – CBC.caAn Idaho public university is under pressure to explain why it has removed several artworks about reproductive health and abortion from an upcoming exhibition at the Center for Arts & History. Artists were told their work violated Idaho state law that took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion enshrined in Roe v Wade. Free speech observers have warned that the Supreme Court’s removal of federal abortion protections will soon be felt through censorship in the cultural realm. Jeremy Young, Pen America’s senior manager for free speech and education, said the ban on abortion inevitably led to a ban on speech, especially in educational settings. “You can’t ban abortion without banning speech about abortion, as Lewis-Clark students are now discovering,” he said.


Source: CBC News March 08, 2023 18:31 UTC



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