The University of Alabama is expected to return $ 21.5 million after remarks about the donor's abortion

The University of Alabama is expected to return a $ 21.5 million donation in September after the donor warned women not to attend school due to the government's new ban on abortion. according to the Associated Press.

Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. pledged $ 26.5 million to the university last year, of which $ 21.5 million has already been paid. The relationship between Culverhouse and the school began to deteriorate last week after calling on students to boycott the university in response to a new state law banning abortion in almost all cases except for a life-threatening death. mother.

"I do not want anyone to go to this law school, especially women, until the state seizes the action," Culverhouse said in a conversation , a real estate investor and Florida lawyer.

Shortly after Culverhouse made its comments, the university announced that it was planning to return the money. The school told the AP that it was considering returning the donation before the interview, saying it had tried to take advantage of the donation to influence the school's operations.

Culverhouse said the university was lying on schedule but had acknowledged its disagreement over how to treat his gift and said he had told Alabama University president, Stuart Bell, that the Faculty of Law had to admit more students.

The board of directors will vote Friday on the return of the gift. Over the years, Culverhouse has donated to the university more than $ 30 million in donations, none of which will be voted on at Friday's meeting.

The Faculty of Law of the University, the alma mater of former Governor George Wallace (D), the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Morris Dees, and the former Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsCNN sues FBI to force publication of investigation documents on Mueller CNN sues FBI to force publication of investigation documents on Mueller House must hold contempt vote in Barr about Mueller's report next week MORE, was renamed after Culverhouse following his donation, but his name can also be removed.

"You probably should not put the name of a living person on a building because at one point they might get fed up and start talking," Culverhouse told AP.