Above: Megan King poses for a portrait on the campus of Saint Marys College on Oct. 22 in Notre Dame, Indiana. Credit: Evan Cobb for HuffPost

Two years ago, when Megan King enrolled at Saint Marys College, a private Catholic womens liberal arts school in Indiana, she quickly noticed the colleges official anti-abortion club. It was hard not to.

The student group Belles for Life, which stands against abortion, infanticide, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia, had posters in the hallways promoting its events, and handed out stickers for students to affix to their laptops. Online, the group recruited volunteers for the annual March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.

Walking around on campus, there was so much of one side being represented, said King, 20, who was raised Catholic in Joliet, Illinois.

She had thought college would be a place of self-discovery, where students could test out ideas and challenge each other. But at St. Marys, she found, a womans right to an abortion wasnt open to intellectual debate. King, who is a neuroscience major and calls herself pro-choice, wondered how many other students shared her views on abortion but were afraid to say so.

This semester, King decided to act. She, along with a few friends, are now fighting to start an official pro-choice club on campus the first in Saint Marys history.

The club is intended to represent students who have differing views from the majority and dont feel seen, King said. Its members include women who are no longer religious, such as King, and those who are deeply committed to their faith, like her roommate Isabella Dugas, 20, who identified as pro-life as recently as this summer. I dont necessarily like abortion, and Im sure a lot of my friends who are pro-choice would agree, but we do support women making choices for themselves, Dugas said.