MSFC in the News

July 30, 2025

Missouri’s Abortion Rights Amendment Fell Into the Fetal Viability Trap. Let’s Talk About It. By Imani Gandy in Rewire News Group

“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 Out By Bonnie Fuller in Ms.

Ever 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 Michigan By Kaelyn Sourya in The Michigan Daily

On 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 Access By Melissa Gira Grant in The New Republic

On 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 Court By Baala Shakya and Olivia Cyrus in Yale News

For 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 counseling By Matthew Miller in MLive

A 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 training By Carter Sherman in The Guardian

On 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 divide By Lilly Deljoo in LINK nky

Packing 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 Distinction By Wayne State University School of Medicine News in Wayne State University School of Medicine News

Two 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 Rights By Fortesa Latifi in Teen Vogue

Vi 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 …