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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

By Maren Fagan January 24, 2024

The 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC) united prominent Catholic clergy, advocacy experts and students to discuss the state of anti-abortion politics and the sanctity of human life...

National Abortion Debate Echoes on The Hilltop

National Abortion Debate Echoes on The Hilltop

By Lauren Doherty April 28, 2023

A walk through Red Square showcases a wide array of student organizations tabling, including H*yas for Choice (HFC) and Right to Life (RTL), two groups with very different outlooks on the ongoing conversation...

Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Student Opposition

Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Student Opposition

By Nina Raj and Michelle Vassilev January 31, 2023

Students and campus groups came together in protest after Georgetown University hosted and sponsored the largest student-run anti-abortion conference in the nation. The Cardinal O’Connor Conference...

Students Again Oppose Annual Anti-Abortion Conference

Students Again Oppose Annual Anti-Abortion Conference

By Yalda Zarrabi January 27, 2022

Members of the Georgetown community have expressed anger at the university’s decision to once again host the Cardinal O’Connor Conference (OCC), the largest student-run anti-abortion conference in...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Sister Grace Miriam Usala (MED ’16), RSM, was a panelist at the third annual Lives Worthy of Respect event.

Science and Faith Are Not Opposed, Anti-Abortion Activists Say

By Hansen Lian October 23, 2019

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Sister Grace Miriam Usala (MED ’16), RSM, was a panelist at the third annual Lives Worthy of Respect event. Scientific evidence supports a moral opposition...

Cardinal O’Connor Conference Examines Pro-Life Priorities

By Grey Rosenzweig January 25, 2019

The acceptance of the legalization of abortion stems from materialist culture, which prioritizes personal convenience over the lives of others, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said in a...

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March for Life Draws GU Student Activists

By Alexandra Bowman January 25, 2019

Thousands of anti-abortion activists, including Georgetown University students, attended the annual Washington, D.C. March for Life on the National Mall on Jan. 18. The March for Life began in protest...

AMY LI FOR THE HOYA | From left to right: Gloria Purvis, Aimee Murphy, Kim Daniels, Julia Greenwood (COL 19) and Serrin Foster advocated against abortion   at a panel in Dahlgren Chapel.

Abortion Contradicts Feminism, Panelists Say at ‘Stand for Life’

By Riley Rogerson January 18, 2019

Abortion is anti-feminist and represents violence against the female body, according to a panel of female anti-abortion advocates at an event in Dahlgren Chapel on Jan. 15. Women who are against abortion...

NATALIE ISÉ FOR THE HOYA March for Life President Jeanne Mancini (left) and Rev. Msgr. John Enzler of Catholic Charities   (right) critiqued the rhetoric of the modern pro-life movement at an event Tuesday.

March for Life President Promotes Use of Secular Language in Pro-Life Movement

By Karena Landler October 5, 2018

Religious anti-abortion language damages the pro-life movement, March for Life President Jeanne Mancini said at a panel Tuesday focusing on the intersection of politics, religion and the pro-abortion...

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Lila Rose, the founder of Live Action, an American anti-abortion nonprofit organization drew from her experiences as a young activist in her address in Gaston Hall on Saturday.

Conference on Life Targets Youth

By Joe Egler January 23, 2018

Precise language is essential to the national discourse on abortion, the death penalty and euthanasia, according to Lila Rose, the founder of Live Action, an American anti-abortion nonprofit organization....

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Thousands of anti-abortion activists attended the 44th annual March for Life on Friday, the first in eight years to be held under an anti-abortion president.

March for Life Sees First Vice Presidential Address

By Tait Ryssdal January 31, 2017

The 44th annual march drew thousands of anti-abortion activists to gather on the National Mall and march to the Supreme Court on Friday. Vice President Mike Pence was the first vice president ever...

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Georgetown hosted the 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States on Monday.

Anti-Abortion Activists Convene for Conference

By Joe Egler January 31, 2017

The 2017 Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, the largest student-organized anti-abortion conference in the United States, focused on “working toward a truly pro-life politics,” Saturday in...

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