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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...
While some pro-choice student group members fear that the opt-out will harmfully threaten the existence of abortion services, the meager $1.09 from each of 101 students—the most that have ever opted out of this charge—is unlikely to impact the affordability of this service. The problem with the opt-out stipulation is that it is patently unfair and inherently favors a pro-life stance over other moral concerns...
...trying to pressure people into opting out of the [fee] or not opt out,” said Laura E. Openshaw ’05, an HRL member who tabled in Adams yesterday. “It’s a good thing for students to realize that the option is out there, even if they don’t think it’s the right option for them...
...misguided. In fact, Lewis pointed out that “the number of courses that are actually forced to be lotteried are quite small.” And many students who are lotteried into a class then decided not to take the course. The result of asking students to opt into lotteries before they have decided to take the class is, as Lewis explained, “very long wait lists and large numbers of students who get in from them.” Preregistration will not make this process any more efficient—if anything it will make...
...College needs to do more than just break Feldstein’s monopoly on introductory economics. Ec 10 should be split in two, so students can opt out of taking a semester of introductory economics and still receive Core credit. First-years should not have to be locked into a year-long course they hate to fulfill their Core requirement. Not everyone enrolled in Ec 10 needs to take both micro- and macroeconomics, and students should not have to do so for the sake of the Core...