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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris met with U.S. college and university leaders on Monday to discuss how students should be treated following the recent Supreme Court ruling ending the nationwide constitutional right to abortion. Discuss the challenges you face.
According to the White House, Harris has now held more than six of her reproductive rights meetings with key stakeholders, and the court's ruling has led the campus to We plan to focus on what we are doing to protect our health. She is a civil servant who does not want to reveal her identity. Abortion rights.
The order came a day after Kansas voters rejected efforts to remove abortion protection from the state constitution. It was a crushing victory for the abortion rights movement.
Limited access to abortion services has a greater impact on college-aged women, the White House said.
College students in states where abortion is prohibited face many barriers in seeking care, including financial and time constraints imposed by academic responsibilities. According to the White House, historically black colleges and universities in the country are concentrated in states that already restrict or may restrict access to abortion.
According to data shared by the White House, the average cost of abortion pills ranges from $300 to $750, and abortions without insurance can cost up to $1,500. may reach.
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shared by the White House show that students and parents are 10 times less likely than their peers without children to graduate from college on time.
The conference will include participants from Dartmouth College, City University of New York, Tennessee State University, Oberlin College, Howard University, Reed University, and the University of California, Irvine. (Reporting by Nandita Bose of her in Washington; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
