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...students to opt out of fees for given services, however, undermines this end and could potentially lead to gaping holes in health coverage, leaving students unable to access much-needed care. While the amount of the rebate in question here is minimal—even Harvard Right to Life (HRL) admits the fiscal effects are negligible—the potential precedent this sets in pandering to the preferences of students at the expense of those with legitimate health needs is dangerous. If enough students were to opt out of any given set of services, coverage would clearly be threatened...
...Though HRL seemingly encourages students only to opt out “in the interest of principle” and if they have a “strong moral objection,” their decision to send such flyers to all students without disclosing the dollar amount of the refund suggests their intent to cause widespread impact. In targeting the entire student body, HRL seems to betray its stated intentions and actually cause a significant financial effect. By structuring the campaign the way it has chosen to—sweeping house mailboxes to increase “awareness?...
When Henry David Thoreau refused to pay delinquent poll taxes on the grounds that they would be used to support the Mexican-American War, he spent a night in jail. Harvard’s current conscientious objectors are treated a little differently. The Harvard Right to Life (HRL) campaign to encourage students to opt-out of the portion of their Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS) insurance fees that fund elective abortions has ruffled more than a few feathers on campus. Some have argued the campaign—in the form of mass e-mails and opt-out cards delivered to student...
...supports University Health Services (UHS)—goes to funding abortions and that their opting out will make a difference or somehow reduce the ability of individuals on BCBS plans to obtain an abortion. That is hardly the case. The refund amounts to just a dollar per term. HRL says it has collected over 400 waivers this year, up from 128 last year. That $300 a term is a drop in the bucket compared to the overall pool of money flowing into Harvard-affiliated BCBS plans and the $50 co-pay on an elective abortion. Anyone who believes that...
...long as BCBS’s policy remains in place, students should know about it, and we expect HRL will want to inform them of it. We hope that next time HRL does so in a more honest...