11-13-2015, 04:22 PM
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/11/missouri-senator-aims-to-block-students-dissertation-on-abortion.html
The article goes on to point out that the student has received no grant or scholarship money to fund the research and it is not research by the university, but by the student. Rather interesting that there is so much attention being paid to her topic.
Quote:A University of Missouri doctoral student plans to continue research for her dissertation on the effects of the state’s recently imposed 72-hour waiting period for abortions, despite a state legislator’s push to block the research, the student told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview.
“I stand by my research project,” Lindsay Ruhr said Wednesday. “I feel that my research is objective, and that the whole point of my research is to understand how this policy affects women. Whether this policy is having a harmful or beneficial effect, we don’t know.”
The article goes on to point out that the student has received no grant or scholarship money to fund the research and it is not research by the university, but by the student. Rather interesting that there is so much attention being paid to her topic.
