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Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 19:52

This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal

[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the most heated debate in Congress this year. At issue this session is the Hyde-Helms Bill.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 - 15:17

This Date in UCSF History: Abortion Rights of Women Upheld

By Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on May 18, 1973.] A man does not have the right to stop his lover from having an abortion, a three-judge Florida appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Health

Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 09:23

This Date in UCSF History: Equal Medical Rights for Women

By Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper May 5, 1976.] Women representing women’s clinics and health organizations throughout California testified at a recent legislative hearing that women’s medical rights are being ignored.

Health

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 16:18

This Date in UCSF History: Abortion Activism Urged

By Synapse

[Originally published on May 1, 1979.] Stating that “women will be the new target of an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of what is called morality,” Rhonda Copelon of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York reviewed the political and legal history of abortion rights in this country.

Science

Friday, April 22, 2022 - 14:38

This Date in UCSF History: Promise and Pitfalls of Industry Collaboration

By Synapse

[Originally published on April 26, 2001.] The changing nature of the relationship between academia and industry was the subject of the keynote address at the sixth annual Career and Research Day.