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Cardiff students voted to oppose a motion to become an officially pro-choice organisation at an AGM meeting on Thursday afternoon. The majority was so strong to reject the motion that the votes weren\u2019t counted. This is the second time a motion of this nature has been unsuccessfully put forward.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Formalised by Rachael Melhuish, the chair of the Cardiff Womens\u2019 Association<\/span><\/a>, the proposal called for CUSU to support campaigns for accessible and safe abortions for students. When contacted, Melhuish declined to comment, as did Pro-Choice Cardiff, a local pro-choice group.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The motion was opposed by Jonathan O\u2019Connell, president at Cardiff Students for Life, who told the Catholic Herald<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThis motion simply cannot be allowed to pass. The university environment has long been a bastion of free speech, which the proposed motion seeks to attack. There are huge implications in enforcing a single ideology or political viewpoint across the whole student populace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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