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According to the policy, a Harvard student deciding to have an abortion and take advantage of a subsidy from UHS must first consult one of UHS's primary health care physicians.
Rosenthal says UHS's current system of providing abortion subsidies has been in place since before his tenure began in 1989.
With a physician's referral, UHS provides $275 toward funding the procedure. According to the Feminist Health Center, an advocacy organization for women, first trimester abortions usually cost between $400 and $600, and second trimester abortions cost between $500 and $5,000. Students are expected to pay the difference between...
Even though UHS's subsidy alone will not pay for an entire abortion procedure, Aisha M. Thompson '99, director of Peer Contraceptive Counseling, says the monetary support is significant.
"UHS's subsidy is a good policy because it does not take away the choice of an abortion from those who can't afford one," she says.