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On Asia McGowan: Why We Need Feminism in Community Colleges

Reader diary posted by Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

April 15, 2009 - 1:22pm

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Asia McGowan, a 20-year-old student at Henry Ford Community College outside Detroit was murdered on campus by a man who'd stalked her. Why aren't feminist resources for domestic violence and stalking available at community colleges?


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Undercover at an Evangelical University

By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

April 3, 2009 - 3:09pm

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Journalist Kevin Roose goes undercover as a student at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, and his findings are humorous and upsetting.


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A Referral You Don't Want

By Katherine Spillar, Ms. Magazine

November 13, 2008 - 8:00am

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College heath centers routinely refer young women to these crisis pregnancy centers, which are often purposefully located near college campuses.

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Access Denied: Birth Control for College and Low-Income Women

By Dian Harrison, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate

June 17, 2008 - 7:00am

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Birth control is a basic health care need for some young women, a smart pregnancy prevention method for others. So why has Congress made it more difficult to access for low-income and college women?

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College Women Speak Out Against CPCs

By Maureen Stutzman, Choice USA

April 1, 2008 - 8:58am

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Crisis Pregnancy Centers target college campuses. At UNC-Chapel Hill, young women are spreading the truth and organizing against deception by providing real resources and information for their fellow students seeking reproductive health services.


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Exposing Lies: CPC Advertising on College Campuses

By Lauren Bull

April 1, 2008 - 8:57am

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When college women can access safe and medically sound reproductive health services and are knowledgeable about sexual health, crisis pregnancy centers will on longer be able to deceive and manipulate women.


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On Ramen Noodles and Birth Control

By Dawna Cornelissen, RH Reality Check

November 21, 2007 - 8:14am

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College students all over the country are rallying, protesting, chanting and writing petitions to get Congress to reinstate affordable birth control at university health centers.

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Accidents and Intentions on Birth Control Pricing

By Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services

November 20, 2007 - 12:03pm

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Family planning advocates continue promoting common sense prevention solutions to intentionally avoid unplanned pregnancies. You can help by writing your Congressman about important changes to birth control pricing on campuses nationwide.


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RealTime: Bill Addresses Birth Control Pricing Crisis

By Emily Douglas

November 1, 2007 - 2:25pm

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Tomorrow, Rep. Joseph Crowley will unveil a bill aiming to correct the loophole that prevents college and university health care centers and safety-net providers from accessing affordable birth control.


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Battling the Birth Control Price Hike

By Carolyn Maloney, Congress

October 18, 2007 - 7:04am

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The Deficit Reduction Act made it costly for pharmaceutical companies to offer deep discounts on birth control to college health centers, but DHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt could easily close this loophole.


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