MSFC in the News

July 30, 2025
Missouri’s Abortion Rights Amendment Fell Into the Fetal Viability Trap. Let’s Talk About It.“I’m not asking for perfect. I’m asking for justice. I don’t think asking people to consider the needs of Black people, and poor people, and undocumented people, and people under …

July 26, 2025
I’m a Texas-Born OB-GYN—But Abortion Bans Are Forcing Me OutEver since Texas became the first state in the country to pass the first abortion ban in 2021, doctors specializing in obstetrics and gynecology have been fleeing the state because …

June 10, 2025
UMich community reacts to expanded reproductive rights in MichiganOn May 13, the Michigan Court of Claims ruled in the case of Northland Family Planning Center v. Nessel that several of Michigan’s restrictions on abortion access are unconstitutional under …

May 21, 2025
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion AccessOn election night in 2024, Missouri voters became the first in the country to lift their state’s total abortion ban, with a ballot measure meant to enshrine in the state’s …

May 18, 2025
Recent student activism focused on endowment, Supreme CourtFor centuries, Yale students have participated in protests and social activism, ranging from a walkout over an instructional policy change to rallies against South African apartheid and the murder trials …

May 13, 2025
Court overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, mandatory counselingA Michigan Court of Claims judge has struck down state laws mandating a 24-hour waiting period for an abortion, requiring anyone seeking an abortion to receiving counseling and limiting the …

April 9, 2025
‘We are failing’: doctors and students in the US look to Mexico for basic abortion trainingOn paper, it should not be difficult for Dr Ramos to learn to perform abortions. As a family medicine doctor, Ramos works in a specialty that frequently provides the procedure. …

March 31, 2025
Opinion: Two states, one country – an unjust dividePacking up the last of my belongings in my Westwood apartment was a bittersweet moment. I was thrilled to return to my hometown of Louisville, KY, to attend medical school …

March 27, 2025
President’s Commission on the Status of Women names medical student and resident as Warriors of DistinctionTwo members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine community were named Warriors of Distinction by the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, a university-wide recognition given annually …

March 19, 2025
The Aspiring Doctors in Medical Students For Choice Are Fighting For Their Patients’ Abortion RightsVi Burgess was in her first year of medical school when Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, ending the constitutional right to abortion in the United States and paving …