Students will once again have an outlet to voice their concerns regarding topics such as abortion thanks to a campus group dedicated to promoting awareness on the issue.
The group, Students for Life, has a mission to "educate their members, as well as the Ball State community, about why they value life in all its forms," according to its Web site.
"We want to be able to help women who are having troubles or challenges with pregnancy and give them support," Vice President Anne Hosek said.
The group filed paperwork for reactivation last week, has been revising its constitution and should once again be official by next week, Hosek said. The group will be meeting every first and third Sunday of each month starting in September at 4 p.m. in Bracken Library Rm. 401.
According to Students for Life of America's Web site, it is common for Students for Life groups to start, grow and see active members graduate. The groups then struggle due to lack of funds and support to overcome that transition.
Members of the group's Ball State chapter aim to gain enough momentum and support to overcome that trend, President Leah Einterz said.
The new group is eager to pick up where the old group left off, she said.
"We have had a great executive council and good community support helping us get restarted," she said. Einterz is a former staff member of the Ball State Daily News.
The new officers said the group hopes to reach further into the Muncie community as well as gain more faculty and student support on the issue.
"We want to show that pro-life issues expand beyond college life," Hosek said.Hosek said the group is planning on organizing an on-campus movie event and bringing in speakers.
Einterz said the group would be raising the awareness of options other than abortion to those people who are struggling to decide what to do, she said.
"We aren't trying to say that our way is the only way. We just want people to know that they have options," she said.
Einterz said the Ball State chapter would work with the national chapter to train members and form a recovery ministry to provide post-abortion and pregnancy counseling. The group will also work with First Choice for Women in Muncie to provide services such as clothing and birth preparatory classes for women.
Einterz said while the pro-life movement is controversial, Students for Life is not looking for confrontation but wants to expose information about the pro-life stance. She said the group welcomes opposition because its members believe that people should hear both sides of the argument.
"The group is looking to stay out of direct confrontation. They just want to give information," faculty adviser Kenneth Heinen said.
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