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...campus where pro-choice groups were nowhere to be seen in response to the legislation in South Dakota—a proposed bill effectively banning abortion (and a potential first step in overturning Roe vs. Wade)—“Elena” filled just that void. HRL??s highly visible message on abortion, plastered in entryway stairwells and on dining hall doors everywhere, was the fodder that resparked an old debate.The Crimson began running Op-ed pieces on abortion—inspiring several students and alumni to respond via letters—Students for Choice...
...They are wrong. Vigilantes, we do not need your protection. HRL has a right to free expression so long as it abides by College protocols with respect to appropriate venues for postering. By tearing down their posters you are, unequivocally, infringing on that right. However extreme one may find HRL??s views, it does not excuse the curtailment of a right of speech. While there is some truth to student sentiment that HRL??s campaign tends toward a sensationalizing of the abortion debate—and HRL would perhaps serve its purpose better...
...Grizzle said that posters from previous semesters had been torn down in far fewer numbers. Last semester HRL??s posters featured different facts and quotes, including posters saying that abortion is the number one cause of African American deaths surpassing AIDS and heart disease...
...portion of their health services fee. The student group sent cards to each first-year and tabled in House dining halls, urging students to make a symbolic statement regarding their aversion to the practice by requesting a $1 refund from University Health Services (UHS). To criticize HRL??s annual campaign, which started in 1998, on the grounds that it causes any discernible harm would be petty; it has never led more than 101 students to opt out in a single year, and it will likely continue to have little effect on the University’s ability...
...Without us students wouldn’t know about the option,” Roche said of HRL??s campaign to publicize the refund...