Fordham Students Set Up "Rogue" Clinic To Get Birth Control

[SecularMotion]

A group of Fordham students who want better access to birth control are taking matters into their own hands, setting up an off-campus health clinic to combat the Catholic university's convoluted health care plan.

Bridgette Dunlap, a member of the Fordham Law Students for Reproductive Justice and organizer of "Prescribe Fordham," says the school not only makes it hard (and expensive) for students to get birth control, but they're also not clear with their policy when you enroll. "Fordham University prohibits the prescription of contraception in its health centers and the distribution of condoms on its campuses. Students who purchase insurance from Fordham incur a $100 'per condition' deductible to see an off-campus doctor for birth control; for students who learn of the school's policies only after visiting a Fordham health center, this may be in addition to the cost of an annual exam at Fordham," she said in a statement. So she set up Prescribe Fordham in an off-campus location as a one-stop clinic where students can see a doctor, give their medical history and receive a prescription for birth control.

http://gothamist.com/2011/12/01/fordham_students_set_up_rogue_clinc.php

[Maraya1969]

1. The 99% taking back charge!

[MarkCharles]

2. Catholics are STILL doing this sort of thing? 40 years after Roe v Wade and

about 50 years since the development of modern birth control pills?

Catholics are STILL hung up on controlling adult women's bodies, even college women?

How out of touch with Catholicism and Catholic colleges I am! Does this happen at all Catholic colleges that admit women?

Did anyone bother to tell the Catholic universities and colleges that it's 2011, not 1911 not even 1961?

[MarkCharles]

3. Maybe not at Fordham, but at any Catholic college, I was wondering...

does the store on campus sell condoms?

Just curious.