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[quote=Anonymous]There are two different issues being discussed here at the same time: 1) the teachings of the Catholic Church on reproductive health and related matters; and 2) access to reproductive health care at campus health centers.  The two things overlap at a Catholic institution when the contents of category 1) encounter the clientele of category 2).

Let's back up one step here and think through the general qualities of campus health centers.  Mileage varies significantly: there is a big, huge difference between what is available on a large, wealthy campus that includes (for example) a teaching hospital or medical school and what is available on the campus of a small, cash-strapped liberal-arts college.

If your student will probably never want or need whatever their campus health center can provide ( = they will use parents' insurance, or they will see providers off campus, or both), then whatever that health center offers is largely immaterial to college choice except when it comes to dire emergencies or personal beliefs.

If your student will depend even in part on the campus health center, this matters in a completely different way.  And reproductive care then becomes one piece of a larger puzzle: is that health center a comprehensive enough place to care for all of your student's important health needs?  If a student will have to leave campus anyway to get (for example) more complex allergy treatment or the right psychiatrist, then they might also find it OK to leave for reproductive care that reaches beyond the boundaries of the teaching of the Catholic Church.  Or they might not.[/quote]

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