Furthermore, UHS and Harvard may be unequipped to deal with potentially dangerous demonstrators who might protest a decision to begin offering abortion services. Students should therefore be referred to institutions with experience in this regard, as well as the psychological staff to help women address the emotional trauma that accompanies abortions.
Finally, though UHS currently offers abortion counseling, other facilities may be better equipped to inform students of the implications of the drug and its possible complications and side effects, as well as to strongly underscore alternatives to abortion, such as adoption.
--Jordana R. Lewis '02, Ronaldo Rauseo-Ricupero '04 and Stephen E. Sachs '02
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