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category cork | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday March 12, 2009 21:13author by Alan Davis - Cork Women's Right to Choose Groupauthor email cork.womens.right.to.choose at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

UCC Societies Guild rejects application for pro-choice society

The Societies Guild at UCC has twice rejected applications to set up a pro-choice society on campus on the spurious grounds that this issue is already covered by other groups - including in their first rejection the ludicrous suggestion that this was done by the anti-choice "Students for Life".

Timeline of the political censorship of pro-choice views at UCC.

Monday 26 January – Societies Guild turn down application to set up pro-choice society:

"Your society application was brought before the Guild last evening. Unfortunately status was not approved. It is a decision that was ultimately made by a previous Guild and is being upheld. 'A society already exists which caters for debate in the area of abortion and choice'. Membership to this and all societies is open to all students in UCC. Thank you for your interest and I hope you join one of the many societies in UCC."

Friday 30 January – President of the Students Union says in an email that the application was rejected “due to flaws in the constitution.”

Tuesday 10 February –The Societies Guild confirms by email that the other society is the anti-choice “Students for Life who deal with many issues such as abortion, stem cell research etc.”

Thursday 12 February – Societies Guild suggest meeting up to discuss the failed application.

Wednesday 18 February – Stall at UCC by pro-choice activists for 2 hours collects over 100 signatures on a petition calling for overturning the decision.

Monday 2 March – Meeting with the Societies Guild indicates that a proposal for a broader-based society would be accepted.

Monday 9 March – Societies Guild turns down second application for a much more broadly based society:

"Thank you for your proposal which was discussed at last nights Guild meeting. Unfortunately it was decided not to grant status of the UCC Pro-Choice society at this time. Since the health promotion issues are covered by the UCC Slainte society and the debates on the topics are covered by the UCC Philosophical society it was thought that a society already exists that could cater for your needs. This would limit the remit of the UCC Pro-Choice society as well as the membership.

"Thank you for your interest in any case and I hope that you get involved in one of the eighty-four societies in UCC."

This is a clear and blatant case of political censorship and must be opposed. Send messages calling for this outrageous political censorship to be overturned to the Societies Guild at susocieties@ucc.ie with copies to cork.womens.right.to.choose@gmail.com and prochoice.ucc@gmail.com.

Let us know, at prochoice.ucc@gmail.com, if you want to help with making a big splash at UCC in Freshers Week in September – the pro-choice message will not be silenced!

Related Link: http://corkwomensrighttochoose.blogspot.com/

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Deja Vu     MG    Thu Mar 12, 2009 23:41 
   Old Campaigner.     Margaret O'Regan.    Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:10 
   Pro-Lie Society take over.     Gobo    Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:43 
   The pill     Gobo    Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:34 
   The pill     DCU graduate    Sat Mar 14, 2009 22:44 
   For the right to free abortion on demand     Alan Davis    Mon Mar 16, 2009 22:49 
   simply reductable     ucc student    Mon Mar 16, 2009 23:22 
   For the right to choose!     Alan Davis    Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:03 
   fresh air is good     ucc student    Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:30 
 10   'our' values?     ucc grad    Tue Mar 17, 2009 13:32 
 11   ryanair     uscc student    Tue Mar 17, 2009 16:38 
 12   On hidden agendas     Alan Davis    Wed Mar 18, 2009 06:45 
 13   Clarifications     Nausedo    Sat Mar 28, 2009 22:27 
 14   Working in Cork     Galwegian.    Fri Apr 24, 2009 07:59 


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