On Nov. 8, Students for Life, Cal Poly’s anti-abortion club, held a booth on Dexter Lawn that was met with counter-protests from abortion-rights students. They later hosted Students for Life of America Spokesperson Autumn Higashi in the University Union to spread awareness about the anti-abortion argument, according to construction management senior and Students for Life President Eleanor Rheingans.
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Campus Health partners with Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access
Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing, Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Generation Action are co-hosting a teach-in to discuss “recent court rulings and their effect on medication abortion rights and availability,” according to Planned Parenthood Central Coast Action Fund’s website. The event will be hosted in the Campus Health Center’s ground floor conference room on […]
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A look into Cal Poly’s path to abortion access
Amid a national debate about abortion access, California has implemented abortion services on its public universities. Four years in the making, the College Right to Access Act represents a change in the way that reproductive healthcare looks for students at Cal Poly and beyond. “From the beginning of this project, we wanted it to be […]
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Cal Poly institutes abortion pills and services for students
Cal Poly students can now receive abortion pills through the campus health center, the university announced in a news release on Monday. The new program is being offered in compliance with the 2019 College Student Right to Access Act that required all UCs and CSUs to integrate medical abortion care into their campus health centers […]
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Prop 1 Passing is a win for California, but we can’t forget our neighbors
Soon after the Supreme Court overturned the right to privacy when it comes to women’s health, state politicians began arguing for and against abortion rights, birth control access and sex education for the citizens residing under their control. With abortion rights being included on some ballots, citizens could decide whether or not they wanted to […]
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“We believe in creating a woman-friendly world”: Hundreds gather to defend reproductive and abortion rights
More than 500 people attended the rally held by Women’s March San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, in support of protecting reproductive and abortion rights. The event held outside the San Luis Obispo courthouse was organized after a non-finalized Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked, potentially striking down Roe v. Wade – a decision that has protected […]
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Leaked Supreme Court draft opinion would overturn Roe v. Wade
The majority of the Supreme Court supports overturning Roe v. Wade legislation, according to a leaked initial draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, which was released by POLITICO on May 2. The Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday morning that the released draft is an official court document, but is not the final decision. The 98-page […]
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Women’s March SLO marches for reproductive rights for fifth consecutive year
Women’s March SLO (WMSLO) held a rally and march on Saturday for reproductive rights in response to Texas’ abortion ban. The date marked the organization’s fifth anniversary since the first march was hosted during the 2016 election cycle. “We have seen unprecedented attacks on abortion care, on reproductive rights, on people who can become pregrant first […]
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Pro-life speaker Seth Gruber Begins his Speaking Tour “Abortion is Genocide” at Cal Poly
Pro-life speaker Seth Gruber, in association with Students for Life of America, will be kicking off his speaking tour “Abortion is Genocide” at Cal Poly Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. His goal, he said, is to help students rethink their ideas about abortion in the larger historical context of genocide. Gruber said he has […]
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A changemaker’s journey: Dolores Huerta speaks at Cal Poly
Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta spoke to a packed Chumash Auditorium Thursday, May 10 regarding campus climate and social activism. “I was so happy to see how many people went and to see that many people did care about what she had to say and about seeing a changemaker speak,” communication studies sophomore Kylie Clark […]
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New bill requires Health Center to provide abortion medication
A bill that would require Cal Poly to offer abortion medication was passed in the California Senate 25-13.