Articles tagged: h*yas for choice

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Georgetown business alum partners with student groups to fight drink spiking

One in 13 college students report having been drugged without their knowledge or consent. Drugging, which often happens through drink spiking, can cause dangerous health effects and be used to... Read more

By October 21, 2024

News

Georgetown student activists join calls for Supreme Court to “disarm domestic violence” as it hears gun control case

As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 7 for a case that would decide whether federal law could disarm people with domestic violence orders against them, a group... Read more

By December 2, 2023

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H*yas for Choice partners with local OB/GYN to provide birth control to students

H*yas for Choice (HFC) has begun a partnership with Capital Women’s Care, a local OB/GYN office, to provide aid in making birth control more affordable and accessible to Georgetown students,... Read more

By October 21, 2023

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Dismantling rape culture with Marlee Liss for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Marlee Liss, award-winning speaker and author of Re-Humanize, held discussions with Georgetown students about alternative resolutions to sexual assault cases and heteronormativity in sexual education on April 12 and 13.

By April 27, 2023

Halftime News

Heckler puts its foot down: Red Square table mocks Right to Life, promotes reproductive justice

On Feb. 9, David Edwards protested Right to Life by sticking his feet out from under a replica banner that read "Right to Feet."

By February 10, 2023

News

H*yas for Choice leads student protest against 24th Cardinal O’Connor Conference

Over a hundred Georgetown students took to the Healy steps to protest the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Jan. 21.

By and January 22, 2023

Features

Hoya Sex-a: The Voice’s 2022 sex survey

As the first brisk wave of winter air blows across campus, the Voice wants to know more about the steamy sex lives of its readers. More importantly, we want to promote a raw dialogue about sex—the carnal details, the riveting minutiae, and everything in between.

By , and November 18, 2022

News

D.C. bill requires schools to provide free period products to students

The D.C. Council passed a bill requiring District schools to provide free period products in all women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms.

By February 25, 2022

Voices

Reform the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life

Due to the hypocritical and offense nature of the conference and its speakers, H*yas for Choice calls on the Georgetown administration to mandate a conference name change by December 2021, as well as to explicitly condemn the actions of Cardinal O’Connor and the offensive rhetoric of the speakers at the conference.

By and January 29, 2021

News

Georgetown Explained: Contraceptive access on campus

This article is part of a series of explainer pieces by the Voice on some of the most important topics on campus. Other articles in the series can be found... Read more

By June 28, 2020

Features

Seeking a Space on Campus, Student Groups Weigh Benefits of University Recognition

String lights and pops of color hung on the walls of the Henle apartment: a portrait of Lupita Nyong’o, old Kober-Cogan building signs, and a miniature basketball hoop. This is... Read more

By March 15, 2019

News

Petition calls on DeGioia to ban H*yas for Choice

An online petition with more than 15,000 signatures is calling for University President John DeGioia to ban H*yas for Choice (HFC). The petition, posted by TFP Student Action, has been... Read more

By November 16, 2018

News

H*yas for Choice begins offering Plan B

H*yas for Choice (HFC), a student group that advocates for reproductive and sexual rights and healthcare, and is unaffiliated with the university, announced they would be offering Morning After Emergency... Read more

By October 3, 2018

News

H*yas for Choice demands transparency in birth control coverage decision

Members of unrecognized student group H*yas for Choice delivered a letter to university president John DeGioia’s office on Monday detailing what they see as a lack of transparency in the... Read more

By November 14, 2017

Opinion

Protect Global Health, End the Gag Rule

The World Health Organization estimates that every eight minutes a woman in the developing world dies from an unsafe abortion.  On January 23, 2017 President Donald Trump endangered even more... Read more

By September 28, 2017

Opinion

Cultural Switch-Ups: Reproductive Rights in Chile

When you see Instagram posts of people’s study abroad experiences, you never see the 2 a.m. Wednesday night faces of desperation as gringos try to decipher jumbled streams of slang... Read more

By May 22, 2017

Voices

Free Condoms and Sexual Assault: A Critique of My Freshmen Year Opining

Three and a half years ago I wrote an article for The Georgetown Voice entitled “Free Condoms At Parties May Encourage Sexual Assault.” As I prepare to graduate from Georgetown,... Read more

By May 11, 2017

News

GUPD officer removes H*yas For Choice members protesting on 37th Street

An officer from Georgetown’s Department of Public Safety removed H*yas for Choice members from tabling on the sidewalk outside the University’s front gates Monday. The group was protesting a ceremony... Read more

By September 25, 2014