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...staff is mistaken in its support of the UHS abortion refund policy. While we respect the various religious and moral objections to abortion, the fact remains that safe and accessible abortion is the legal right of every woman in this country. UHS's refund policy starts on the slippery slope toward restricting that fundamental right and more importantly makes a philosophical statement that personal opposition to certain medical procedures takes precedence over the public health concerns of the Harvard community...
...should continue to provide counseling and financial support for safe and legal abortion; it should not continue to refund money to individuals opposed to that or any other legal procedure. --Kamil E. Redmond '00, Scott A. Resnick '01, Adam A. Sofen '01, Susannah B. Tobin '00, Alan E. Wirzbicki...
...choosing both to provide access to abortion, and to offer a refund option to those who are pro-life, UHS has drawn a careful and distinct line. It both respects the legal rights of women and demonstrates an admirable sensitivity to the concerns of those who genuinely believe that they cannot contribute to what they believe to be a fundamental moral wrong...
While allowing the refund may seem to open the door to myriad other objections, real or theoretical, the fact is that the fee students are paying is not optional. In a world with a free market for health care, pro-life dissenters could simply take their money elsewhere. However, since all students are required to pay the health services fee in order to enroll at Harvard, this refund option represents a reasonable compromise, an acknowledgement that the monopoly of health services is a binding constraint on the moral choices people may make with their money...
Certainly, this type of objection could be taken further--what about refunds for people with moral objections to antibiotics? Throat cultures? Taking a temperature? But ultimately, abortion is a unique moral problem for medical institutions and their users. Allowing a refund for this single issue is unlikely to prompt a landslide of requests for refunds for other issues. Decisions involving collective action are difficult because they inherently require the consensus of numerous and disparate groups. However, in this case, UHS's policy represents a compassionate and reasonable compromise...