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Discussion of HRL??s new strategy has monopolized many House e-mail lists, and given headaches to the leadership of its pro-choice counterpart, Harvard Students For Choice (SFC). The message that abortion is a bad choice is certain to resonate with moderates, precisely because it emphasizes that abortion is indeed one available choice, albeit one women should eschew...
Last year, HRL??s campus posters depicted a fictional fetus, “Natalie,” and tracked her development in the womb, accompanied by the Dr. Seuss slogan, “A person’s a person no matter how small.” The Natalie posters were repeatedly torn down. “We got a lot of criticism last spring,” says former HRL president Paul C. Schultz ’03-’04, also a Crimson editor. “You know, ‘they?...
Sure enough, Harvard Students For Choice (SFC) has struggled to find an effective response. The group put up black-and-white text posters addressing unsafe abortion practices in other countries, but they could hardly compete with HRL??s larger, colorful posters and potent message. And while an unaffiliated group, Students for the Right to Choose, put up posters depicting two bunny rabbits with the caption, “Shit happens, and when abortion isn’t an option, more shit happens,” even a humorous effort didn’t really engage HRL?...
...says that HRL??s incorporation of the notion of choice into their materials is deceptive. “It’s judging women for choices they might make,” she says. “It tells a woman that a choice that she has is wrong, or that a choice she has already made is wrong...
Abigail L. Fee ’05, president of Harvard Students for Choice and a signatory of the e-mail, said she believed HRL??s intent was “not to traumatize” with the posters. Fee said she attended the meeting Wednesday night, but added that her organization was not officially involved...