A pro-life philosopher has been disciplined by a Catholic university because he expressed his opposition to abortion.
Stéphane Mercier, a lecturer in philosophy, has been suspended from teaching at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), in Belgium, after distributing a pro-life paper to students for them to think about.
Mercier told the Catholic Herald that he had asked students to "reflect on the arguments by themselves. I said repeatedly that no one should feel forced to agree with me."
He added that he had only been encouraging the students to consider the issues. "I did my job, and I'm now under a disciplinary procedure which really doesn't make any sense to me."
