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More than a dozen American University students marched today around the quad urging the university鈥檚 administration to provide emergency contraceptive vending machines on campus.

Students for Reproductive Justice along with Students for Change are running the campaign with the goal of increasing accessibility and affordability of emergency contraceptives on campus.

Lane Thimmesch, president of Students for Reproductive Justice, said the vending machines would enable students to discreetly dispense the contraceptives they needed at any time of the day.

Thimmesch expressed concern for the state of reproductive rights in a post-Roe v. Wade 飞辞谤濒诲.听

鈥淚t’s absolutely critical that any reproductive healthcare services we can have at our disposal that are accessible, affordable, serving students properly, can exist,鈥� said Thimmesch.聽鈥淭his is a nationwide crisis.鈥�

She said the initiative aimed at pricing on-campus contraceptives like Plan B at $7-to-$10.聽

鈥淗opefully, we’re going to really try and cut down the costs significantly so that way any student who needs it can access the reproductive health care that they need,鈥� Thimmesch said.

Protestors were asked to wear green clothing to the march to honor other global abortion rights movements.

鈥淕reen is a color that represents a lot of the South American reproductive rights movement,鈥� Thimmesch said.聽

Kaniya Harris, director at Students for Change, said the only contraceptives on campus were available at the Student Health Center and not readily accessible to students.

The American University Student Health Center opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. The center is closed through the weekend.

鈥淭he hours at the Student Health Center aren’t feasible, especially for students that are working full-time or part-time jobs, because their limited hours don’t allow students to be there and have access to Plan B,鈥� said Harris.聽

Harris said that having contraceptives on campus would help achieve the organization鈥檚 goal of making access to contraceptives inexpensive.聽

She said that, with the proposed price, contraceptive pills would be almost $40 cheaper than pills off-campus.

Protestors said having emergency contraceptive vending machines would also protect survivors of sexual assault from unwanted pregnancies. They noted that George Washington University earlier this year installed a vending machine that dispenses morning-after pills.聽

Paige Ammann, the director of communications at AU Reproductive Justice, said that the Student Health Center and pharmacies like Walgreens 鈥渁re not always accessible.鈥�

鈥淲e don鈥檛 have any place to go for 24-hour care,鈥� Ammann said. 鈥淎ccessibility for Plan B and other emergency contraceptives is more vital now than ever.鈥�

Sia Patel, an advocate for survivor rights on campus, said the initiative is a 鈥渟hared community resource.鈥�

鈥淲hat’s great about the work we do for survivors and for the emergency contraceptives is that it’s for every student and faculty on this campus,鈥� said Patel. 鈥淚f you’re a grad student, if you鈥檙e faculty or staff, this is for you, too.鈥�