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Hundreds of activists gathered at Georgetown University for the annual largest student-led anti-abortion conference in the United States on Jan. 25.

Anti-Abortion Activists Gather at Annual Conference Amid Concerns for Support

By Ari Citrin, Student Life Desk Editor January 31, 2025

Activists gathered at Georgetown University for the twenty-sixth annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the largest student-led anti-abortion conference in the United States, Jan. 25. This...

RAO: Give H*yas for Choice the Right to Reserve Rooms

RAO: Give H*yas for Choice the Right to Reserve Rooms

By Saahil Rao September 18, 2024

Vats of ink have been spilled in contemplation of Georgetown University’s extended divorce with H*yas for Choice. It is an issue that, while frequently covered, still deserves our attention. In fact,...

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

Annual Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Campus Discourse

By Maren Fagan January 24, 2024

The 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC) united prominent Catholic clergy, advocacy experts and students to discuss the state of anti-abortion politics and the sanctity of human life...

EDITORIAL: Stop One-Sided Discourse

EDITORIAL: Stop One-Sided Discourse

By The Editorial Board January 19, 2024

Georgetown University’s campus will host two panel discussions about abortion and reproductive healthcare this week. One event, the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the nation’s largest...

H*yas for Choice Raise Awareness on Domestic Violence

H*yas for Choice Raise Awareness on Domestic Violence

By Aamir Jamil October 12, 2023

H*yas for Choice (HFC) participated in the In This Together Community Walk Oct. 7 to raise awareness about domestic violence. The Community Walk was held by Calvary Women’s Services, an organization...

National Abortion Debate Echoes on The Hilltop

National Abortion Debate Echoes on The Hilltop

By Lauren Doherty April 28, 2023

A walk through Red Square showcases a wide array of student organizations tabling, including H*yas for Choice (HFC) and Right to Life (RTL), two groups with very different outlooks on the ongoing conversation...

VIEWPOINT: Resist Anti-Abortion Rhetoric on Campus

VIEWPOINT: Resist Anti-Abortion Rhetoric on Campus

By Micaeli Dym February 24, 2023

On Jan. 21, members of the Georgetown University student body gathered as a community to protest one of the largest anti-abortion conferences in the United States — the Cardinal O’Connor Conference...

H*yas for Choice Creates New Sexual Joy Committee

H*yas for Choice Creates New Sexual Joy Committee

By Sophia Lu February 9, 2023

H*yas for Choice (HFC) launched a new sexual joy committee for Georgetown University students to learn more about sex and sexual empowerment, which held its first meeting Feb. 2. The sexual joy committee’s...

EDITORIAL: Contraception Personalis

EDITORIAL: Contraception Personalis

By The Editorial Board February 4, 2023

While Georgetown University’s Catholic, Jesuit values guide its mission of education and advocacy, it is also using these values to support its stance on unpopular, unsafe campus policies. Georgetown’s...

Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Student Opposition

Anti-Abortion Conference Sparks Student Opposition

By Nina Raj and Michelle Vassilev January 31, 2023

Students and campus groups came together in protest after Georgetown University hosted and sponsored the largest student-run anti-abortion conference in the nation. The Cardinal O’Connor Conference...

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

H*yas for Choice Reinvents Reproductive Justice, Sexual Health for a Virtual Environment

By Eva Sofia Esposito April 15, 2021

What happens to a club known for handing out free contraceptives when campus life grinds to a halt because of COVID-19? To Josie Mills (COL ’21), one of two directors of advocacy and organizing for...

H*yas for Choice Petitions GU To Condemn OCC Speakers, Change Name

H*yas for Choice Petitions GU To Condemn OCC Speakers, Change Name

By Claire Stowe January 27, 2021

Over 600 Georgetown University community members have signed a petition circulated by pro-abortion rights student group H*yas for Choice in anticipation of the 22nd Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life. The...

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