By Grace DeLallo, Contributing Editor
• April 21, 2023
Many people across Western Pennsylvania — advocates, providers, lawyers, students and more — are working to provide and improve abortion access, a procedure that has become increasingly complicated after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade over the summer.
Several speakers addressed a mix of roughly 40 Pitt students and other Pittsburgh residents on Wednesday evening at a rally for abortion rights, organized by Pitt’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action club.
By Anna Ligorio, Senior Staff Writer
• April 12, 2021
Savannah Henry, president of Pitt Planned Parenthood Generation Action, worked to organize the distribution of free tampons and pads in on-campus buildings.
Pitt Unmuted, a student group that helps facilitate environments where survivors of sexual assault can share their stories, began in 2017 with a focus on collecting written and visual submissions from its members. But the group also looks for ways to actively prevent sexual violence.
The federal rule would decrease women’s access to inclusive health care and promote a dangerously edited education of all possible family-planning options.
Cecile Richards has been politically active since seventh grade, when she wore a black armband to school to protest the Vietnam War.
When she was called to the principal’s office and asked if her...
Bright pink flags dot the lawn outside the William Pitt Union on one of the first warm days of spring semester as students kneel to read the stories written on each individual marker — sometimes pausing...
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