The two married and completed their degrees within four years, thanks to support from their parents. But Megan never forgot her experience with the clinic or the indifference the university showed toward her situation. Instead of stepping up to the challenge of providing students like Megan with the resources they need to raise a child and continue their education, many colleges and universities are simply abandoning their students - offering loans for abortions rather than constructive solutions and assistance for parents and their children. FFL and American Collegians for Life are teaming up to help provide college students with a full range of life-affirming choices on campus. Through FFL's College Outreach Program, hundreds of students have received information about abortion alternatives and pregnancy resources.
Some schools already have student-parent friendly policies in place.
Trinity College, a women's college in Washington, D.C., offers an on-campus child care center for students, faculty, and staff. In addition, the college's flexible weekend and evening college courses allow working parents and undergraduate students with children to continue their college education while raising children. The University of Hartford in Connecticut has organized a volunteer babysitting service. The two-way system will allow students to see the entire classroom. The policies of these schools show that FFL and ACL are not asking the impossible.