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...will not be available from pharmacies and all women who choose to take Mifepristone must consent to a surgical abortion if the drug fails because it can cause birth defects to the fetus. With such safety guards in place, UHS should feel confident and be willing to make the drug available to Harvard students...
...many council members say that even if last year's referendum failed, the council should not raise the fee without student consent...
Abortion-rights advocates heard such horror stories and in 1993 filed a lawsuit, arguing that because the women didn't consent to the searches and police had no warrants for them, they were unconstitutional. In January 1994 the advocates also filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health, contending that because researchers published a paper on the results of the secret drug screens, the hospital had conducted improper human research. Later, NIH largely concurred, but the complaint had a more immediate effect. Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a civil rights investigation based...
...seems to me they are taking the easy way out. These doctors, like so many others, seem more willing to accept abortion in pill form because it is less controversial and requires less positive consent than surgical abortion. The doctor neither physically performs an abortion nor is labeled an abortionist--he or she is afforded a sort of distance from the event that allows them not to have to think as deeply about the consequences of their actions...
Dumbarton officials must now begin anew the arduous process of seeking the city's consent. First, they'll make a presentation to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission...