MSFC in the News
May 19, 2024
Students, faculty advocate for reproductive care post-DobbsFeaturing MSFC’s Chapter at Yale University On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern …
May 16, 2024
Will Alabama’s IVF Mess Go National?Featuring MSFC’s Member, Nicholas Kummer, medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham In vitro fertilization (IVF) can be life-changing. I know, because it’s the reason I exist. My …
May 9, 2024
Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data showsFeaturing MSFC’s Chapter Leaders, Isabella Rosario Blum and Hannah Light-Olson Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she …
April 19, 2024
UConn Medical Students for Choice win activism awardFeaturing MSFC’s Chapter at the University of Connecticut University of Connecticut Medical Students for Choice received the Ellen Paradise Fisher Award for Activism in Action for their work in reproductive …
March 22, 2024
Will Missouri vote on abortion rights in 2024? As deadline looms, it’s getting complicatedFeaturing Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director With the clock ticking to get a measure enshrining the right to an abortion on a statewide ballot in 2024, Missouri abortion rights supporters …
February 27, 2024
Nessel supports nixing Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period on abortionEarlier this month, reproductive rights groups joined together for a lawsuit looking to throw out Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for receiving an abortion, as well as other rules, calling the …
February 13, 2024
Abortion rights group files lawsuit to expand access to reproductive care in MichiganMichiganders took decisive action when they voted to enshrine the right to reproductive freedom into the state Constitution in 2022. But according to a lawsuit filed against the state this …
February 6, 2024
U.S. Social Policy Is in Crisis. Academic Medicine Should Address ItBy MSFC Members Sarah McNeilly and Vivian Kim Almost everyone who is currently enrolled in medical school has only ever trained in the context of crisis. Since the moment we …
February 6, 2024
Abortion clinics, student group sue over Michigan’s 24-hour waiting periodA Michigan abortion provider and a pro-abortion rights student group have filed suit against the state in a challenge of longstanding state abortion regulations that they say violate the right …
January 25, 2024
California offers abortion training lifeline for medical residentsFeaturing Jess Mecklosky and Michael Belmonte, MSFC’s Board Members Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community – including …