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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:53 pm
lymelady I.Am Pyrotechnic Oracle Did you know Harvord give money for an unlimited amount of abortions to women seekign them? If the collage can fund abortions, why can't they fund pregnancies. Its hypocriticle if you ask me. I believe Harvard is a private school. So it can do whatever it wants to, as long as it's legal. So you basically support colleges paying for abortions but not paying for pregnancies? Harvard isn't the only school that covers abortions but not pregnancies, there are many public schools that do too. Abortion is cheaper than pregnancy. I understand it from the school's point of view, but people would be outraged if schools refused to put ramps in for handicapped people. I'm outraged that they won't spring for better desks. A pregnant women at MC had to stand through a presentation until someone could find her a chair that wasn't connected to a desk because those things are so tiny. Yeah, again, sorry I somehow managed to post it before finishing it. And I'm not supporting them doing it, I'm supporting them being allowed to. If they're a private school, they can do whatever they want, and I can't stop them. Public schools shouldn't be able to, though.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:05 pm
I.Am lymelady I.Am Pyrotechnic Oracle Did you know Harvord give money for an unlimited amount of abortions to women seekign them? If the collage can fund abortions, why can't they fund pregnancies. Its hypocriticle if you ask me. I believe Harvard is a private school. So it can do whatever it wants to, as long as it's legal. So you basically support colleges paying for abortions but not paying for pregnancies? Harvard isn't the only school that covers abortions but not pregnancies, there are many public schools that do too. Abortion is cheaper than pregnancy. I understand it from the school's point of view, but people would be outraged if schools refused to put ramps in for handicapped people. I'm outraged that they won't spring for better desks. A pregnant women at MC had to stand through a presentation until someone could find her a chair that wasn't connected to a desk because those things are so tiny. Yeah, again, sorry I somehow managed to post it before finishing it. And I'm not supporting them doing it, I'm supporting them being allowed to. If they're a private school, they can do whatever they want, and I can't stop them. Public schools shouldn't be able to, though. Like I said, it's not exactly "funding pregnant students education" as much as it's "not cutting the scholarships a pregnant/parenting student has already earned because s/he is pregnant/parenting"
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:07 pm
I.Am lymelady I.Am 'm the second "no," but I'm just being nit-picky: It doesn't say "state funded," it says, "college funded." XP Not to mention that the way it is phrased makes it sound like the college would have to completely support women who get pregnant, which, I think, is wrong, because that doesn't help make it equal for them, it gives them an unfair economic advantage, which could lead to an also undesirable increase in college pregnancies. I'm disappointed in you. Colleges will drop scholarships and deny campus living to women who get pregnant. And have you ever tried to get into one of those tiny desks pregnant? You support women having to leave school because colleges drop their scholarships? Oh shoot, I just realized that I completely forgot to post the rest of it. -.-;; Sorry. I could have sworn I mentioned that I think schools should have to make everything pregnancy accessible, in the same way that they have to make them handicapped accessible. And that they should have housing available for families. Honestly, I thought that I had included that. I just don't think that they should have to fund the education of pregnant women. "Inspired by Feminists for Life's Pregnancy Resource Forums, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act would establish a pilot program to provide $10 million for 200 grants to encourage institutions of higher education to establish and operate a pregnant and parenting student services office. The on-campus office would serve parenting students, prospective student parents who are pregnant or imminently anticipating an adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption. " So you're agreeing with the act? That's what it's doing. It isn't paying for the pregnant women to be pregnant, it's paying for resources to be added to the entire school that will help pregnant women stay in school.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:08 pm
Broorel Like I said, it's not exactly "funding pregnant students education" as much as it's "not cutting the scholarships a pregnant/parenting student has already earned because s/he is pregnant/parenting" And that's ridiculous, I agree. But I answered "no" to the question, "Should colleges have to support pregnant women" not "yes" to the question "Should colleges make life harder for pregnant women."
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:10 pm
The question asked, "Should Colleges support pregnant/parenting students?"
Support isn't monetary. It can be as simple as making accomodations, but right now, most schools don't do that.
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