The University of Alabama makes $ 21.5 million to a donor who has pushed the boycott to the abortion law

The University of Alabama board voted to return a $ 21.5 million donation from a top-notch donor and the law school's first name after calling for a boycott of the state for its restrictive law on abortion, reports NPR. The university announced Friday that it would return Hugh Culverhouse Jr.'s donation after publicly pushing students to boycott the school for supporting Alabama's near total ban on abortion. Culverhouse Jr., a Florida lawyer who is the school's largest donor, pledged $ 26.5 million in school last year over the next four years. "The measures taken by the Commission today are a direct result of Mr. Culverhouse's continued attempts to intervene in the Law School's activities," said Kellee Reinhart, Vice Chancellor of the School of Communication. "That's the only reason the board voted to remove his name and return his money." In his own statement, Culverhouse said "expect this answer" from the part of the university. "I will not allow the name of my family to be associated with an educational system that advocates a national law discriminating against women, does not respect the established federal law and violates our Constitution," he said. declared.