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VIEWPOINT | Call for Reproductive Justice
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (660+ words) Since 2000, Georgetown University has hosted and sponsored the Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the largest pro-life conference in the nation. OCC features speakers that align with the conference's supposed mission to stand for life, including Jennie Bradley Lichter, the…...
Political Commentators Debate Ethics of Abortion
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (682+ words) Two political commentators debated the ethics of legalizing abortion at a student-organized Georgetown University event Jan. 22. Saahil Rao (SFS "27), the president of Philonomosian, said encouraging dialogue is important, especially around contentious issues like abortion. "The toughest issues, even and especially…...
EDITORIAL | End Anti-Abortion Conference at GU
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (508+ words) Each January, Georgetown University students walk underneath a sizable banner in Red Square advertising the Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life (OCC)." As an event drawing over 600 attendees annually for the past 27 years, the OCC plays a role in campus conversation....
VIEWPOINT | Engage With Discourse on Sanctity of Human Life
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (878+ words) Tension over abortion permeates our school's atmosphere. Although I entered my first year opposed to abortion, I hesitated to say so publicly. I was keenly aware of the accusations attached to the label "pro-life: hostility toward women, indifference to children…...
VIEWPOINT | Build a Culture of Life at GU
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) The Cardinal O'Connor Conference (OCC) is the nation's largest student-led pro-life conference, held annually in Georgetown University's Healy Hall. This year, the conference enters its 27th year and centers on the theme "The Pro-Life Mission After-Birth: A Lifelong Devotion." This theme…...
VIEWPOINT | Stop GU's Sponsorship of OCC
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (739+ words) In a pre-recorded video for the annual March for Life on Friday, President Donald Trump proclaimed that his administration had made great strides to protect innocent life and support the institution of the family. The very next morning, U. S. Immigration and…...
GU Holds Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Amid Student Protests
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (892+ words) Activists and students convened for Georgetown University's 27th annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the largest student-run anti-abortion conference in the United States, on Jan. 24, while over a dozen Georgetown students protested in Red Square." Elizabeth Oliver (CAS '26), the conference…...
GU Anti-Abortion Group Leads National March for Life
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (691+ words) Over 50 members of a Georgetown University anti-abortion rights student group led the national March for Life, the largest annually held anti-abortion mobilization in the United States, on Jan. 23. Elizabeth Oliver (CAS "26), the RTL president, said she appreciates the opportunity for…...
GU Anti-Abortion Group Will Lead National March for Life
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (917+ words) Georgetown University Right to Life (RTL), an anti-abortion advocacy club, will lead the national March for Life, the largest annual anti-abortion rally in the United States, in January. RTL members will hold the banner at the front of the march…...
A Difficult Choice: Amid Political Shifts, GU Students Confront Barriers to Reproductive Advocacy, Education
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (1647+ words) In the early 1990s, change felt inevitable for the pro-abortion movement at Georgetown University." Kelli Mc Taggart (COL "92, LAW "98) " co-founder of GU Choice, a now-defunct pro-abortion rights student group that the university officially recognized in 1991 " spent her evenings leading student discussions…...