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This week, Harvard Right to Life (HRL) tabled various dining halls to publicize a University policy that allows students to opt out of paying the portion of their health services fee that funds elective abortions. The University Health Services (UHS) fee policy, as specified in the 2002-2003 Guide to UHS. allows students who send a note explaining their “strong moral objections to sharing the cost of elective abortions” to receive a $1.09 refund. HRL is calling attention to the policy as a means for students to take a principled stand against abortion...
...their taxes that is allotted for the military in an effort to morally oppose war. Neither should pro-life students be able to opt out of a portion of the Health Services fee as a means of championing their stance. UHS should reform its policy to preserve fairness and HRL should seek other measures to express their moral opposition to abortion...
...incident comes on the heels of a controversy about the removal of Harvard Right to Life (HRL) posters, which led to the undergraduate council passing a resolution, supported by Mucha, condemning removal of approved posters and promising reimbursements to affected groups...
Schultz cites the $35 Undergraduate Council fee—which students can choose not to pay by checking a box on the term bill—as an example of the option HRL advocates for the portion of the Health Services fee that UHS may use to fund elective abortions...
...HRL Member Maximilian Pakaluk ’05 said he thinks the University should more clearly show that part of the Health Services fee funds elective abortions...