To raise awareness about access to abortion pills at California’s public universities, a state agency is calling for nearly $2.2 million in spending to address gaps on campuses identified in an LAist investigation.
State Could Devote Millions To Student Abortion Pill Outreach After LAist Investigation
That investigation reported that more than a year after state law required public universities to provide the pills to students at campus health clinics, many were not letting the students know about them. LAist reporting identified numerous campuses that failed to provide information about medication abortions on their websites or list it anywhere as a service offered.
The reporting spurred the proposal to do better. At a meeting of the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, a grant manager laid out details and the need to raise awareness.
“The LAist articles, a lot of folks have seen that, that’s one of the examples where students just aren’t even aware that they can go to their student health center and be provided medication abortion easily, quickly, painlessly,” said Jen DeGrossa at the April 3 meeting.
The proposal calls for spending millions on student outreach. It would require the commission to provide universities with social media and other marketing campaigns, as well as information on medication abortion for campus websites, though it’s up to the universities whether they use those resources. It also offers the option of paying for peer navigators to help students through the process…
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