MSFC in the News

February 25, 2025

New York State Abortion Advocates Rally in Albany to Champion Landmark Clinical Training Program Amid National Abortion Access Crisis By Liz Krueger in The New York State Senate

Featuring members of MSFC-NYC, a coalition between seven NYC-area medical school chapters of MSFC. In a powerful display of solidarity, abortion advocates from across New York State joined Senator Liz …

February 24, 2025

Almost 19,000 items collected through drive led by OUWB Student-Run Free Clinic By OUWB News in OUWB News

Featuring the MSFC at OUWB Chapter For the sixth year in a row, several student organizations at OUWB collaborated to make a lasting impact for women in metro Detroit, collecting …

December 19, 2024

Abortion Is Heading to the Supreme Court—Again By Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day

Featuring Pamela Merritt, the Executive Director of MSFC In the Courts The Supreme Court has announced that they’ll weigh in on South Carolina’s efforts to prevent Medicaid patients from visiting Planned …

December 16, 2024

More than 140 Diverse Nonprofit Organizations Call on President to Act for Publication of Equal Rights Amendment By League of Women Voters in League of Women Voters

Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and more than 140 nonprofit organizations leading in women’s, reproductive, LGBTQIA+, civil, and human rights sent a letter to President …

November 27, 2024

8 Impactful Nonprofits to Support in Philadelphia this Giving Tuesday By Stacy Rounds in The Keystone

[…] The post-Dobbs atmosphere can be daunting for students seeking a career in reproductive medicine. Medical Students for Choice is dedicated to ensuring that future physicians are equipped to provide comprehensive reproductive …

November 25, 2024

For activists who wanted more from Missouri abortion amendment, the work is far from over By Anna Spoerre in Missouri Independent

Featuring Pamela Merritt, the Executive Director of MSFC […] The term reproductive justice was coined in 1994 when 12 Black women joined together to voice concerns that reproductive rights were not extending …

November 7, 2024

Five Things You Can Do Right Now By Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day

Over the next few days, Abortion, Every Day will be sharing advice from legal, medical and activist experts about what a Trump presidency will look like for abortion rights and what we …

October 22, 2024

Primary care physicians should receive abortion training By Christine Dehlendorf and Jody Steinauer in STAT News

By MSFC’s Founder, Jody Steinauer, M.D., Ph.D. Abortion restrictions spreading across the county have upended people’s ability to make decisions about their lives, families, and futures. While the overall number …

October 21, 2024

There’s Now a New Low-Cost Emergency Contraception Vending Machine on the Medical Campus By Alene Bouranova in BU Today

Featuring MSFC’s Chapter at the Boston University Medical Campus Students on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) now have access to low-cost emergency contraception, courtesy of a collaboration among students, …

October 8, 2024

‘A crisis’: Medical students from abortion ban states turn to papayas to practice lifesaving procedures By Alexandra King in CNN

Recorded at MSFC’s 2024 in-person Abortion Training Institute Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion training at medical schools in more than a dozen states with near-total abortion bans has …