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SUNY Purchase allocates student fees to reproductive‑justice garden
Student‑activity fees at the public college funded a garden that promotes self‑induced abortions, according to public records.
By Felo News Desk · Published
SUNY Purchase’s student government allocated roughly $1,200 in activity‑fee money to the student‑run Collective Organizing for Pleasure and Equity (COPE) Club for the 2025‑26 academic year, documents obtained by The College Fix show. The club spent about $300 on garden supplies such as weeding tools, sunscreen, a watering can, Bluetooth speakers and bug spray, according to purchase requests and transaction records from October 2025 to March 2026.
The COPE Club’s "Reproductive Justice Garden," launched in 2019, includes sections labeled for "abortifacient" plants, as well as areas for "pregnancy/gestation," "mental health" and "menstruation," per Instagram posts from 2024. The garden’s Instagram page also posted instructions for harvesting abortifacient plants and promoted the peacock flower as an abortifacient in September 2024.
Key facts
- SUNY Purchase allocated about $1,200 in student‑activity fees to the COPE Club for 2025‑26. (legalinsurrection.com)
- The COPE Club spent roughly $300 on garden supplies between October 2025 and March 2026. (legalinsurrection.com)
- The "Reproductive Justice Garden" includes a section labeled for abortifacient plants, according to Instagram posts. (legalinsurrection.com)
Sources
- [1] legalinsurrection.com — originally reported as “SUNY Purchase Spends Student Fees on 'Reproductive Justice Garden'”
