Tag: Reproductive Rights

In an NPR report on California high school graduates who will be attending HBCUs in the South, students consider life under abortion bans. One student, who will be attending Texas Southern University, a historically Black university in a state where abortion is banned, expresses concern that her “newfound freedoms” in…

According to Higher Ed Dive, states including Massachusetts and New York now require public colleges and universities to provide abortion medications to their students. While these states have not been subject to abortion bans like some others after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, they are interested in increasing access…

Inside Higher Ed reports on the announcement from Wesleyan University that it will cover the costs (after insurance) for its students to receive abortions. These costs may stem from not only the abortion service itself but transportation to and from a clinic and post-procedure medications for pain management

By order of Governor Kathy Hochul, public colleges and universities in New York must now assist students in accessing medication abortions. The governor said the passage of this bill, which Inside Higher Ed suggests has been an object of student activists for years, reflects her efforts to expand reproductive care…

Higher Ed Dive reviews the results of a recent poll from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup, revealing the importance of access to reproductive care for students deciding where to attend college. Nearly 75% of current students and 60% of prospective students indicated state access to reproductive care to be important…

While the Supreme Court presides over the future legality of the abortion pill mifepristone, Justice Samuel Alito has issued an order ensuring its temporary availability until the ultimate decision comes out. Given that the order expired last night (4/18/23), The New York Times suggests the Court’s final ruling may be…

According to The New York Times, Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho took down several pieces of student artwork related to birth control and abortion from an exhibit due to concerns they violated a law prohibiting the use of state funds for ‘promoting’ abortion. And at Indiana University, Inside Higher Ed…

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, The Washington Post notes heightened interest in emergency contraception both in general and especially among college students. At George Washington University, members of the student government rallied around the installment of a new, accessible but discreetly located vending machine to…

The New York Times spotlights how the emergence of an abortion clinic in a college town in Southern Illinois is dividing the community. The population is more diverse and considered progressive  given the presence of Southern Illinois University, but  at the same time historically conservative.  The facility opened to help…