Dozens of incoming medical students at the University of Michigan walk out of the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony as Dr. Kristin Collier begins to speak. Screenshot @PEScorpiio/TwitterDozens of incoming medical students at the University of Michigan Medical School walked out of their own induction ceremony Sunday in protest of the event’s keynote speaker, Dr. Kristin Collier — a Michigan faculty member and primary care physician who has publicly voiced her opposition to abortion rights. — Kristin Collier (@KristinCollie20) May 4, 2022Prior to the ceremony, a group of students petitioned to have Collier replaced as the keynote speaker, CNN reports. AdvertisementElliott Brannon, a medical student who was involved in organizing the petition, told CNN that more than 300 medical students signed it. The university told numerous outlets in an emailed statement that Collier was voted keynote speaker by the medical school’s honor society.

Source: Huffington Post July 27, 2022 01:30 UTC