MSFC in the News

September 12, 2024

‘We need to dig in and really hold the line’: Wisconsin, abortion and trying to get a medical education By Amanda Becker in Yahoo! News

Featuring Daphne Blount, MSFC’s Chapter Leader at the Medical College of Wisconsin On April Fool’s Day, Daphne Blount and several of her friends headed to Red Arrow Park, a pocket …

September 11, 2024

New Plan B vending machine installed at BU Medical Campus By Samantha Genzer in The Daily Free Press

Boston University Medical Campus installed a Plan B vending machine, marking an advancement in the accessibility of emergency contraception for students. The initiative was led by Anisha Patel, a third-year …

August 15, 2024

By Vowing to Codify Roe, Kamala Harris Ensures Continued Government Meddling in Abortion Care By Jordan Smith in The Intercept

Featuring Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director […] The new abortion policy memo tackles these limitations head on. In addition to Villavicencio, the memo’s authors include Dr. Colleen McNicholas, an OB-GYN …

August 14, 2024

Kentuckians Sound the Alarm: Abortion Bans Are Driving Doctors Out of State By Roxana Behdad in MS Magazine

Featuring Lilly Deljoo, MSFC chapter president at University of Louisville […] In a recent interview with Ms., Lilly Deljoo, University of Louisville medical student, chapter president of Medical Students for …

August 6, 2024

Roe v. Wade Didn’t Go Far Enough For Abortion Rights, Hundreds Of Health Care Providers Tell Biden And Harris By Alanna Vagianos in HuffPost

More than 400 health care providers called on the Biden administration to “actively and unequivocally” support an abortion rights policy that goes further than Roe v. Wade and restores access …

June 28, 2024

Milwaukee rally on the 2-year anniversary of Dobbs v Jackson By Staff in Fight Back! News

Maya Seshan, a member of Medical Students for Choice – Medical College of Wisconsin, noted the difficulties doctors have been facing in this climate. “Since the Dobbs decision, physicians across …

June 25, 2024

No mandatory 24-hour waiting period for abortion, rules Michigan Court of Claims By Samuel Dodge in MLive.com

Michigan’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period for abortions is no more for now after a Tuesday decision by the Michigan Court of Claims. The state court approved on June 25 a …

June 24, 2024

Inside the $100 million plan to restore abortion rights in America By Alice Ollstein in Politico

Featuring Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director When Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, received word of the launch of Abortion Access Now, she said she “immediately was …

May 19, 2024

Students, faculty advocate for reproductive care post-Dobbs By Emily Khym in Yale News

Featuring 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? By Madeleine Aitken in Rewire News

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 …