Barker said Epps told him it was out of the dean's jurisdiction, directing Barker instead to David S. Rosenthal '59, UHS director.
Barker and other alliance members said they intended the tabling campaign to inform students that an anti-abortion movement does exist at Harvard.
Because of the strength of the prochoice movement on campus, said Brendan M. Murray '93, many students are not educated about the anti-abortion movement.
"The danger at Harvard is that because they don't see both viewpoints, they forget that both exist," Murray said.
"Given a chance to make our views clear, we feel confident that we can convince even the Harvard population of the intrinsic appeal of the pro-life position," McGuire said.
Barker said he believes many students are pro-choice simply because they do not have all the facts about human life.
"A lot of the problem with abortion is that people don't know that life begins at conception," Barker said.