THE COLLEGE FIX – Northwestern University has a “responsibility” to tell students about what is in its new “reproductive vending machine,” a pro-life leader told The College Fix.
The Big Ten University in Evanston, Ill. plans to put a “reproductive vending machine” in the Norris Center on campus following a request from the Associated Student Government’s Health and Wellness Committee.
The vending machine will dispense “Narcan, urine test strips, Plan B, condoms, tampons and lube,” according to The Daily Northwestern.
The school had not installed the machine as of Nov. 7 when The Fix last checked.
The inclusion of Plan B, which can either prevent pregnancy or cause an early abortion, is concerning according to a local pro-life group that works on college campuses.
“If the university is going to make these products available, it also has a responsibility to educate students truthfully about what they do and the lives that may be affected by them,” Anna Kinskey wrote in a message to The Fix.
She is the executive director of weDignify, which has worked on campuses including Northwestern University and Loyola University-Chicago.
She said:
Life begins at the moment of sperm-egg fusion, before implantation. Plan B’s potential to end a developing human life is deeply concerning, especially if students aren’t aware that this is a possibility. Students should be fully informed that Plan B is not just a form of contraception, it can also end the life of a child.
“Placing Plan B in a central campus building like the Norris Center normalizes its use and sends the message that ending the earliest stages of human life is routine or inconsequential,” Kinskey said.
Another Illinois-based pro-life group said students have better options than pills from a vending machine.
“The Sheil Catholic Center on the Northwestern campus is a much better place to turn for help in that situation than a heartless vending machine full of pills,” Matt Yonke with Pro-Life Action League told The Fix via email …
