Is the UMich Medical white coat walkout impassioned or entitled?

You’ve probably seen this story. Sadly, how you perceive it will probably be along the lines of ideology and Culture Wars stuff — that seems to be how everyone perceives everything these days, at least in America — but it’s an interesting discussion. A white coat ceremony is the front end of the whole “becoming a doctor” process, which won’t culminate for another 4–5 years when you graduate from said school.

Bari Weiss is pretty right-leaning in general, but this breakdown in her newsletter Common Sense (the breakdown is not written by her) is pretty good:

The trouble is that Professor Collier has views on abortion that are out of step with many Michigan medical students — likely the majority of them. She has stated that she defines herself as pro-life, though she does not state the extent of her position (i.e. whether she allows exemptions for rape or incest). In that same interview, in which she talks about her personal transformation from a pro-choice atheist to a Christian, she laments the intolerance for religious people among medical colleagues. “When we consider diversity in the medical profession, religious diversity is not — should not — be exempt from this goal.”

Here’s the actual speech that Collier gave (it did not mention abortion, which she had agreed to with the…