UPDATE: Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry arrested at Notre Dame

By MARGARET FOSMOE, Tribune Staff Writer

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: May 1, 2009 at 11:36 AM EST

Story Updated: May 1, 2009 at 4:01 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry bonded out of the St. Joseph County Jail Friday afternoon after being arrrested earlier in the day for trespassing on the University of Notre Dame campus.

Terry posted a $250 bond, a jail spokesman said. He is scheduled to appear in court at 8 a.m. May 19.

Terry was arrested about 12:20 p.m. near Notre Dame Law School for violating a campus no-trespass order Notre Dame had issued him earlier in the day, university spokesman Dennis Brown said.

Notre Dame Security Police placed him in a security vehicle and delivered him to the jail.

Terry and some followers were protesting President Barack Obama’s upcoming commencement visit to the Catholic university. Group members were pushing baby strollers containing dolls covered in fake blood when the arrest occurred.

Terry, a Catholic convert, has been in South Bend since late March to protest Obama’s planned visit and acceptance of a Notre Dame honorary degree. Because of Obama’s pro-choice stance regarding abortion and his support for fetal stem-cell research, opponents say the university shouldn’t be honoring the president.

Randall and some followers conducted a similar protest with the dolls in baby strollers Thursday.

Continue to check this Web site and read Saturday’s South Bend Tribune for updates on this story.

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