The controversy over Yale student Aliza Shvarts’ senior art project, in which she claimed to have artificially inseminated herself, then taken herbal abortifacient drugs to induce what she called “miscarriages,” is justified whether or not she actually performed any of the actions she described. If she truly performed these acts, she should be examined to determine the state of her mental and physical health, and whatever Yale professor approved her project should be immediately fired. If she did not in fact perform these acts, she needlessly trivialized an emotionally charged issue for “art” whose goal is completely unclear, especially after you read her submission to the Yale Daily News. Regardless of who lied and who told the truth, and when, Yale and Aliza Shvarts should be ashamed of themselves.
