{"id":277564,"date":"2022-10-11T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T23:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=277564"},"modified":"2022-10-10T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:27:12","slug":"education-secretary-students-need-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/education-secretary-students-need-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Education secretary says students &#8216;need access&#8217; to abortion to thrive in school"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a push for increased access to abortion and contraception on college campuses, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-education-secretary-students-need-access-to-abortions-to-thrive-in-school-and-in-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0last week that students \u201cneed access to health care to thrive in school and in life, and that includes reproductive health care&#8221; \u2014 \u00a0the latter of which is a common term used by abortion advocates to refer to abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardona\u2019s remarks came during the second meeting of the White House Task Force on Reproductive Access, which President Biden said was created to address the \u201chealthcare crisis\u201d created by the <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision, which overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I share your grave concerns about maintaining access to contraception and reproductive health services on college campuses and ensuring there\u2019s accurate and reliable information for students and educators,\u201d Cardona said. \u201cStudents need access to healthcare to thrive in school and life, and that includes reproductive health care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-college-campuses-dangerous\/\">Pushing the abortion pill on college campuses is dangerous to women<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action News has reported time and time again that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-health-care-undermines-womens-autonomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion is not health care<\/span><\/a>; any procedure that deliberately kills an innocent human being cannot reasonably be considered as such.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Pro-abortion activists use this mantra to obfuscate the truth that abortion kills a preborn child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-lQOooYAs8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the White House event, President Biden also pushed for fewer restrictions on abortion for college students. He urged colleges and universities to avoid enacting any limitations on abortion and contraception and said he has asked Cardona to look at ways to \u201cprotect\u201d college students and school employees in Idaho (which has a near-total abortion ban) and other states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action News <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/university-idaho-not-promote-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the University of Idaho released a memo instructing staff to remain neutral and not promote abortion or birth control to students. However, the university is unique. Many colleges and universities throughout the United States encourage abortion, going so far as to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-abortions-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distribute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> abortion pills on campus, which have been shown to be\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-abortion-pill-four-times-dangerous-surgical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as dangerous as surgical abortions in the first trimester. If a student has complications on campus, transportation to an emergency room could be an issue. In addition, a woman bleeding heavily and passing the remains of her preborn child in a shared dormitory bathroom seems to be an issue no abortion advocates have even considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative that abortion is essential to thriving as a student, and as a woman, is a dangerous one. Killing one&#8217;s preborn children is not a prerequisite for success, as numerous women have found. Becky Martin, now a mom of eight children, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teen-mom-canceled-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she was pregnant as a high school senior and made an abortion appointment. She ended up canceling the appointment, and went on to be her class valedictorian, attended college, and now has a large family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countless women have proven that abortion is not the answer to \u201cthriving\u201d as a student \u2014 the answer is empowering women and providing them with the resources they need to grow and achieve their dreams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277267\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a push for increased access to abortion and contraception on college campuses, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said\u00a0last week that students \u201cneed access to health care to thrive in school and in life, and that includes reproductive health care&#8221; \u2014 \u00a0the latter of which is a common term used by abortion advocates to refer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":226329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[19,10061,19271,19272,12145],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Education secretary says students &#039;need access&#039; 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