Will Notre Dame ever be able to recover from the hullabaloo over President Obama coming to campus?

Campus leaders have been under fire for inviting someone pro-choice to speak at the Catholic university’s commencement. Now, even the woman whose name will live in infamy from the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in America, is coming out to say Notre Dame has set a bad example. Meanwhile, one of the men at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement has called Obama "the premier child-slayer of the western hemisphere."

Norma McCorvey, otherwise known as "Jane Roe" and who has since then become a pro-life activist, told the Daily Telegraph: "Obama is not the ideal person to speak to a young bunch of kids that are going out into the world for the first time." She added:

These people will have to remember that it was him who spoke at their graduation for the rest of their natural lives. We have many in the pro-life movement that are better qualified to do this … These people will have to remember that it was him who spoke at their graduation for the rest of their natural lives. We have many in the pro-life movement that are better qualified to do this. I am really surprised more parents haven’t pulled their kids out. I have heard that many of them will not show up for this reason.

McCorvey has joined 60 Catholic bishops in condemning Notre Dame’s decision.

Meanwhile, Operation Rescue founder Randall A. Terry, who promised to lead a "circus" of protests against Obama on graduation day, was arrested last Friday after he and another man were pushing strollers holding bloodied baby dolls on campus, complete with bumper stickers that read: "Obama ‘09/One Dead Baby at a Time/Notre Dame"

Terry is holding a press conference today to talk about his arrest and detention, and likened his protests to that of Dr. Martin Luther King. "They deliberately created social tension in order to expose the grave evil of segregation. Obama’s promotion of killing the innocent is far more evil than segregation; therefore, how can we react with less clarity, valor and tension?" Terry said. 

In blasting his incarceration, Terry calls Obama "the premier child-slayer of the western hemisphere," adding, "Obama will be honored and welcomed on campus, though the innocent die at his command; we were jailed, and banned forever from the campus, because we defended those dying at his order."

And now there seems to be another Catholic/abortion flap not involving Obama, but MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews. Matthews, who supports abortion rights, was invited to deliver the graduation speech and receive an honorary doctorate next week at St. Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania. Needless to say, that’s not sitting well with everyone.

Stephen Majewski, a St. Joseph alumnus, writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer Monday: "The leaders of St. Joseph’s University seem intent on killing the school’s Catholic identity."