Law School Donor Blasts Abortion Law, University of Alabama Might Give Funds Back
Hugh Culverhouse Jr., a lawyer and the University of Alabama’s largest donor, has called for a boycott of Alabama — school and state — over the state’s latest near-total abortion ban law, according to a report on AL.com.
Abbey Crain writes that the UA System and Culverhouse have been in an ongoing dispute over the millions he has donated to the law school unrelated to the abortion legislation, vice chancellor for communications Kellee Reinhart said. In an emailed statement, Reinhart said Culverhouse asked the school to return $10 million, “repeating numerous demands about the operations of the University of Alabama School of Law.”
A university spokesperson said the dispute over Culverhouse donations is unrelated to the recent abortion legislation. But Culverhouse said, “All foreign and U.S. international firms that do business in Alabama should boycott. It would get the law changed quickly.”