Word: clinics
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...freshmen are given a copy of A Student Guide to Sex on Campus that has a pretty complete explanation about what an abortion is, and exactly what it entails. But the book was written by a group at Yale and obviously contains little in-depth information on Boston clinics, hospitals or conditions. But Harvard does not distribute pamphlets or information on birth control, pregnancy (how to tell if you are), or abortion in either the walk-in clinic or in the gynecology section of UHS. All questions a student may have will be directed toward the single official counselor...
Some people think Harvard, like almost all schools in the area, doesn't talk enough about birth control, pregnancy and abortion, or doesn't talk until it's too late. Priscilla Clark, an administrator at the Charles Circle Clinic in Boston, was particularly critical. She said that all the clinics in the area see significant numbers of undergraduates coming directly to them for abortion counseling, as well as VD, birth control and pregnancy information. "College health services have a major role they are not playing" by not doing adequate counseling, teaching about birth control or giving out all relevant information...
...Charles Circle Clinic, Clark agreed. "Everyone's so damn scared of doing abortions in this town," he said--even though no one is trying to take away any of the Clinics' licenses. "Hospitals are trying to avoid a service they should be required to do," she said, paused and then added, "There's no reason, not lack of information, fear or whatever, that a woman shouldn't be able to have an abortion in Boston when she wants...
...about the same time--probably late April--Bellotti arranged a meeting with Dr. Julius B. Richmond, professor of Child Psychology and Human Development and the director of the Judge Baker Clinic where Walzer works within the Children's Hospital. Jonathan Brant, assistant attorney general, says that the Richmond interview came in late May, at a time when "no prosecutorial action was considered...
...police, company that Ventura can easily do without. Ventura makes an attempt to do Brel's job for him−out in the country with a single, simple pistol shot−but is totally undone by events, which include having to drive a hysterical pregnant woman to a clinic...