Roosevelt High School

Roosevelt High School

Roosevelt High School

Des Moines, IA (LifeNews.com) -- Roosevelt High School officials are beginning to respond to criticism of its decision to cancel a speech there by a leading pro-life advocate. The Des Moines public school canceled a scheduled talk with pro-life advocate Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The former principal invited Dr. King to address students there but the new principal, Kathie Danielson, canceled the event. On Wednesday, Danielson said she scrapped the talk because the parents of some of the students complained about her pro-life views. Danielson said she thought the talk would be a good one for students to focus on diversity and race issues, but couldn't let it go forward after pro-abortion parents complained. She told the Des Moines Register newspaper that she examined King's presentation beforehand and "quite a bit of it does talk about civil rights, but there is a connection to morals." "It was scheduled to take place during the school day, cutting into class time, and we just thought it was best to cancel it," she said. Surprisingly, the pro-abortion Iowa ACLU said the school was wrong to make the decision and representative Ben Stone told the Register that Danielson is doing a "disservice" because it makes the school appear to be shielding its students from various viewpoints on abortion.
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