A Catholic college banned birth control. So students started the ‘Womb Service’ to deliver it instead

DePaul University, a Catholic college in Chicago, Illinois, prohibits the distribution of birth control of any kind on its campus.

But that doesn’t stop student activists in an underground “womb service” from sharing condoms and Plan B emergency contraception with students who need it.

It’s simple: The network — which was once a chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action and was later removed as an official student organization on campus — gets a text, walks to a designated site with the items requested in a paper bag, and does a hand-off…

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