To the Editor:
As members of Students for Life, we were very interested in the information provided in the article “Take Your Children to Work Day … every day.”
Students for Life is an on-campus group dedicated to educating ourselves and spreading awareness about life issues, such as abortion, capital punishment, stem-cell research and euthanasia.
We are currently researching what resources are available to Fairfield undergraduate students who become pregnant and decide to continue their education at Fairfield throughout their pregnancy. Statistically, between 1 in 4 and 1 in 8 women in college between the ages of 18 and 22 experience an unplanned pregnancy.
We would like to insure that these women have support from the University and campus community at large. As such, we will be looking into issues including housing, financial aid, health care and child care options available to such women.
For this reason, the brief mention in The Mirror article about the new Fairfield University Early Learning Center’s availability to students caught our attention. We hoped you could clarify how exactly this new facility will be open to students.
Does this simply mean that students can get involved in the center through coursework, or could undergraduate and graduate students with children of their own take advantage of the day care program provided at this new building?
The article cites several examples of the Center’s availability to faculty and staff, but neglects any mention of whether students, too, will be able to use this new facility to its fullest potential.
If you could please provide us, and the rest of the student body, with more details on this statement, we would greatly appreciate your assistance. Your help would truly contribute to an increase in everyone’s knowledge on the highly unmentioned issue of student pregnancy at Fairfield.
Sincerely,
Fairfield University Students for Life
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