Abortion

Women's Center Writies Open Letter About Its Pro-Choice Position

On January 30, 2008, the Executive Board of the Women's Center published an open letter to the Dickinson community in The Dickinsonian on its pro-choice stance and it's Roe v. Wade awareness campaign.

Date: January 30, 2008
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Women's Center (student run), Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women
Advertisment for Abortions at Hillcrest
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This advertisement in the November 11, 1993 edition of The Dickinsonian lists available services and locations for the Hillcrest Women's Medical Center.

Date: November 11, 1993
All terms: 1990-1999, Abortion , Birth control, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian
Students march for abortion rights in Washington, D.C. rally
Students march for abortion rights

This Dickinsonian article covers an abortion rights protest in Washington D.C. that over 100 Dickinson College students attended and participated in.

Date: April 9, 1992
All terms: 1990-1999, Abortion , Activism, Birth control, Civil rights, Elberfeld, Andy, Farrel, Amy, Kauffman, Kathryn, Penkin, Lori, Pro-Choice Alliance, Ross, Ken, Webber, Elizabeth
Pro-choice advocates establish alliance
Pro-choice advocates establish alliance

This "Features" article discusses the recently-created Pro-Choice Alliance group at Dickinson, headed by junior Elizabeth Webber. Since its founding at the beginning of the semester, the group grew to have a mailing list of 245 "which includes students, faculty and administration . . . about one-quarter are men."

Date: December 12, 1991
All terms: Abortion , College Catholic Ministry, College Republicans, Hroncich, Brian, Lipscher, Johanna, Pro-Choice Alliance, Roth, Siobhan, Webber, Elizabeth
The Office of Student Services Initiated a Trial Program of Gynecological Referral
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In the middle of the spring 1976 semester, the Office of Student Services initiated a trial program of gynecological referal. The funding for the problem was limited so no services were provided by the school. The goal of this program was rather to find out what services women at Dickinson needed. They hoped to provide such car at the college in the future.

Date: March 11, 1976
All terms: 1970-1979, Abortion , Birth control, Gynecology, Health and hygiene, Health Center, Health services, Sexual behavior, Sexually transmitted diseases
Free Speech & Concepts of Harm
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In response to the posters put up by an anonymous student in protest of the Roe v. Wade anniversary posters of the Women's Center, Susannah Bartlow of the Women's Center created this lunch forum sponsered by the Women's Center, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of Students, and Institutional and Diversity Initiatives.

Date: February 2, 2009
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Bartlow, Susannah, Birth control, Bylander, Joyce, Civil rights, HUB siderooms, Institutional and Diversity Initiatives, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of Students, Religion and spirituality, Scaduto, Dana, Seiler, Cotten, Women's Center, Women's rights movement
35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Poster
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On the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortions the Women's Center placed hangers hung with different phrases around campus to get student attention and make students more aware of the history of being able to choose and make decisions over one's own sexuality and the choice to bear children. This poster says "Don't Like Abortion? Get a Vasectomy!"

Date: January 22, 2008
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Anniversaries, Birth control, Radesky, Caroline, Roe v. Wade, Women's Center (student run), Women's rights movement, Zatae Longsdorf Center for Women
Reaction to Feminist Collective Celebration of 35th Anniversary Roe v. Wade
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After seeing posters attached to coat hangers put up by the Women's Center in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, an anonymous student put up a reaction coat hanger with this poster. Some of the Womens Center celebration awareness posters included phrases like "Don't like abortion? Get a vascetomy!" and "Keep your theology off my biology."  The anonymous student wanted to make it known that abortion and other female issues are much more complicated than narrowing them down to religion/politics and other aspects of opinion.

Date: January 22, 2009
All terms: 2000-2009, Abortion , Activism, Anniversaries, Birth control, Feminist Collective, Religion and spirituality, Women's Center, Women's rights movement
Pam McFarland, Aiding Dean Of Women to Design Programs for Campus
Pam McFarland, Aiding Dean Of Women to Design Programs for Campus

Serving as Coordinator of Women's Programs, Pam McFarland was assigned a position as one of the two resident interns at Dickinson College. Working with several administrators during the day, McFarland also had an opportunity to attend graduate school at Shippensburg in the evenings. At Dickinson College her duties included arranging the schedule of speakers, workshops,as well as films for women on campus. Some of the events and ideas included:
-Showing and the discussing the movie "Growing Up Female," which traced the socialization of women.

Date: September 15,1972
All terms: 1970-1979, Abortion , Birth control, Career services, Dickinsonian, Employment, Films, McFarland, Pam, Witwer Hall, Workshops