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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Mondays with Melanie: On Blood Shortages, Reproductive Rights and the March for Palestine

Mondays with Melanie: On Blood Shortages, Reproductive Rights and the March for Palestine

By Melanie Elliott February 4, 2024

    Transcript Melanie Elliott (ME): Hello Hoyas! And welcome back to “Mondays with Melanie.” Through this series, I will be bringing on the authors of each week’s top stories...

H*yas for Choice and Georgetown University College Democrats Host Reproductive Rights Panel

By Nora Toscano January 19, 2024

H*yas for Choice and the Georgetown University College Democrats co-hosted a panel discussion about the state of reproductive rights in 2024 on Jan. 17. At the event, five panelists discussed different...

HFC, Bossier Host Open Mic Night

HFC, Bossier Host Open Mic Night

By Sara Bach April 29, 2023

Two Georgetown University clubs hosted an open mic night April 25 to advocate for reproductive justice. Bossier, a Georgetown magazine that empowers people with marginalized gender identities on campus,...

VIEWPOINT: Reject the Criminalization of Pregnancy

VIEWPOINT: Reject the Criminalization of Pregnancy

By Grace Rivers September 16, 2022

By now, the initial shock produced by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade has become a persistent disappointment for feminists as it represents this country’s willingness to jeopardize the...

GU Students Attend Women’s March for Reproductive Rights

GU Students Attend Women’s March for Reproductive Rights

By Paige Kupas October 7, 2021

Georgetown University students rallied for reproductive rights during the fifth Women’s March last Saturday.  The 2021 Women’s March advocated for reproductive rights after legislators passed...

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

By Eva Sofia Esposito April 15, 2021

What happens to a club known for handing out free contraceptives when campus life grinds to a halt because of COVID-19? To Josie Mills (COL ’21), one of two directors of advocacy and organizing for...

H*yas For Choice, a student group that advocates for reproductive rights, announced that it will begin providing Plan-B to students.

H*yas for Choice Will Provide Free Plan B for Students

By Will Cassou September 20, 2018

Pro-abortion rights student group H*yas for Choice began offering free emergency contraception to students Monday, the first time such contraceptives will be widely available on Georgetown University...

Panel Discusses Sexual Health

By Emma Rizk February 27, 2015

H*yas for Choice convened a panel of representatives from Georgetown Health Education Services, Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington and Advocates for Youth to discuss sexual health resources...

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Women’s rights advocate Sandra Fluke (LAW ’12) lost to fellow Democrat Ben Allen in her bid to become a California state senator.

Fluke Falls Short in California State Senate Bid

By Maureen Tabet November 7, 2014

California State Senate candidate Sandra Fluke (LAW ’12) lost her race in the state’s 26th District to fellow Democrat and longtime area resident Ben Allen on Tuesday. Fluke received 39 percent...

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Sandra Fluke (LAW ’12) spoke with professor Judy Feder in a lecture hosted in Gaston Hall in April 2012.

Fluke Enters California State Senate Runoff

By Suzanne Monyak June 5, 2014

After primary elections on Tuesday, Democrat Sandra Fluke (LAW ’12) will face Democrat Ben Allen in a run-off in the November general election for Ted Lieu’s (LAW ’94) vacated seat in the 26th...

Fluke Considers Run for Congress

By Suzanne Monyak February 4, 2014

Georgetown’s most famous advocate for reproductive rights might soon seek a larger national stage. After longtime Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced his retirement Thursday, Sandra Fluke (LAW...

Plan A Satirizes at Wednesday Protest

By Elizabeth Rowe March 19, 2010

Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice took to Red Square Wednesday afternoon to protest the university's stance on reproductive issues, this time drawing onlookers in a skit inspired by St. Patrick's...

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