Members of Voices for America, an on-campus women’s reproductive advocacy group, met with Student Health Services and Planned Parenthood officials last night to discuss abortion accessibility and sexual awareness at Boston University.

Speaking to approximately 15 students in a College of Arts and Sciences classroom, SHS Director Dr. David McBride and Planned Parenthood social worker Jen Levine-Fried discussed Massachusetts abortion laws and ways students can inform themselves about sexual health.

SHS supports condom availability and is willing to fund VOX’s efforts to offer free condoms in BU dorms, McBride said during the event. Condoms in dormitories are not available because of several obstacles, including parents’ concerns that younger students in summer camps will live in the dorms and see them, McBride said.

“We are rising out of an era of institutional conservatism,” McBride said. “Our mission is very similar to VOX’s mission.”

Reproductive rights and sexual education concern both men and women, McBride said during the event. He said SHS promotes safe sex by giving away free condoms, as well as offering weekly information sessions for female students to learn more about birth control methods.

SHS and VOX are also working together to create a student-run peer-to-peer informative program, McBride said. Although the program is still under development, volunteers would be “ambassadors” in promoting safe sex and informing fellow students about SHS services.

Massachusetts requires girls 17 and under to have consent from at least one parent or a judge before having an abortion, Levine-Fried said. She said the 24-hour waiting period between someone checking in for an abortion and undergoing the procedure should be minimized.

“Women want to do [the abortion] as soon as possible to limit the trauma on themselves,” she said.

Many physicians do not want to perform abortions because of ethical and legal implications, including the risk of malpractice and drawing the ire of pro-life activists, McBride said.

VOX President Sophia Darugar said the group wanted to learn more about BU’s services for sexual and reproductive health, and McBride and Levine-Fried’s talk was an opportunity to inform BU students about their sexual choices.

“We need to know what’s available to tell our friends,” the CAS sophomore said.

VOX Treasurer Melania Valverde, a volunteer at Planned Parenthood, said the most important issue is abortion clinic accessibility.

“There are archaic laws that surprise me,” the CAS junior said.