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Everyday Science | Georgetown, Treat Birth Control as Healthcare

Everyday Science | Georgetown, Treat Birth Control as Healthcare

By Claire Chou March 29, 2023

Georgetown University has changed since the university’s founding in 1789, but one quality has remained true: if you want to access contraceptives, you are looking at an uphill battle.  Georgetown...

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...

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H*yas for Choice, a student-run organization, shoulders its role as the only distributor of condoms on campus. It has long been a proponent of increasing contraceptive resources.

Georgetown’s Contraception Control

By Jess Kelham-Hohler March 27, 2015

On the stacks at Vital Vittles, students can find a range of useful medicinal products to help them survive college life. Whether it’s cough drops or NyQuil, the independent, student-run Students...

Fordham Students Protest Condom Policy

By Tom Garzillo November 11, 2014

Fordham University students demanded reform of university policies regarding contraceptives, free speech and sexual health in a petition signed by over 1,100 students and submitted to university president...

Law Student Stars in Birth Control Saga

By Lauren Weber April 27, 2012

This semester, the university found its stance on contraception thrust into the national spotlight after conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh went after one of Georgetown’s own. Third-year law...

Students Stand Behind Birth Control Mandate

By Hiromi Oka February 10, 2012

Students from several D.C. universities gathered Thursday morning to show support for new federal regulations that require most religiously affiliated employers to provide coverage for birth control in...

GU Reacts to Birth Control Mandate

By Matthew Strauss January 26, 2012

In a shift that will force the university to modify health insurance policies, new federal health care regulations will require most religiously affiliated employers to provide contraceptive coverage for...

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