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...pamphlet, “Women deserve better than abortion,” the FFL again dismisses the viability of abortion as a choice by claiming that it is “no choice for most.” Frequently pairing the verb “coerce?? with the term abortion, the FFL cites statistics (gathered by pro-life groups) which show that lack of financial and emotional support motivate women to terminate their pregnancies. But, even if these statistics are accurate, the fact that many abortions occur under duress does not disqualify them as legitimate choices made...
Ariel Z. Weisbard ’02-’03 claims that a group of janitors cannot “somehow coerce?? Harvard because they do not have $18 billion or a media bureau. This statement ignores that the janitors are not alone; they have the force of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) behind them...
First, the oft-repeated idea that janitors and their supporters could somehow “coerce?? an $18 billion corporation that owns its own police force, legal and media bureaus and the very land they walk on, is clearly ludicrous. Janitors, students, faculty, and community members have no representation on the Harvard Corporation and vastly fewer resources at their disposal; they do not have the power to “force” Harvard to adopt fairer labor policies or even to force it to negotiate in good faith. In fact, the only significant limit on the Harvard...
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