I thought you said "Freedom of CHOICE"
34 years after the historic "Roe v Wade" decision...is the "Right to Choice" alive and well?
See for yourself:
"A UCLA student newspaper launched its inaugural edition today with a story based on a reporter's undercover investigation of questionable counseling techniques at the student health center.
Lila Rose, a sophomore at the University of California-Los Angeles, posed as a pregnant student seeking support for an unplanned pregnancy from the UCLA health center. The Advocate, a new student newspaper, reported today that university health center employees strongly advised Rose to abort, citing the lack of support on campus and the discomforts of pregnancy.
According to Rose, counseling was directed towards abortion, and there is no real support for women who choose parenting—marital, partnered or single—or various adoption options. The Advocate reported that the nurse practitioner explained the difficulties of pregnancy and revealed that most of the students she talks to terminate their pregnancies. "UCLA doesn't support people who are pregnant and make things easier for them necessarily," the nurse practitioner said.
The student health center staff informed Rose that while UCLA had two medical providers of abortion on campus ready to assist, Health Services had no support for a woman who wanted to continue her pregnancy..." (excerpted from the FFLA website)
To read more, or to find out what is being done to support women by developing support for "the rest of the choices" click on "Women Deserve Better" under the Links sidebar.
Happy Anniversary.
See for yourself:
"A UCLA student newspaper launched its inaugural edition today with a story based on a reporter's undercover investigation of questionable counseling techniques at the student health center.
Lila Rose, a sophomore at the University of California-Los Angeles, posed as a pregnant student seeking support for an unplanned pregnancy from the UCLA health center. The Advocate, a new student newspaper, reported today that university health center employees strongly advised Rose to abort, citing the lack of support on campus and the discomforts of pregnancy.
According to Rose, counseling was directed towards abortion, and there is no real support for women who choose parenting—marital, partnered or single—or various adoption options. The Advocate reported that the nurse practitioner explained the difficulties of pregnancy and revealed that most of the students she talks to terminate their pregnancies. "UCLA doesn't support people who are pregnant and make things easier for them necessarily," the nurse practitioner said.
The student health center staff informed Rose that while UCLA had two medical providers of abortion on campus ready to assist, Health Services had no support for a woman who wanted to continue her pregnancy..." (excerpted from the FFLA website)
To read more, or to find out what is being done to support women by developing support for "the rest of the choices" click on "Women Deserve Better" under the Links sidebar.
Happy Anniversary.

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