MSFC in the News
May 12, 2022
Advocates say more Black women will die if abortions are banned[…] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are more than three times as likely to die while giving birth as white women. Banning abortions also …
May 11, 2022
The Potential End of Roe Won’t Stop This Abortion Provider-in-TrainingInterview to Sherry Reddix, 2022 graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and member of Unmuted MSFC. I’m from Mississippi, and my whole family is in the field of medicine. …
May 9, 2022
Missouri Abortion Ban Would Hit Marginalized Communities the HardestAsk any pro-choice advocate if they were surprised by the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, and they’ll most likely say no. Pamela Merritt, executive director of …
May 7, 2022
Protesters gather at Ohio Statehouse in support of LGBTQ, abortion rights[…] “A pregnant person’s body has to change so much to support a fetus,” said Perryman, 22, of King-Lincoln/Bronzeville, who also is a member of Medical Students for Choice. “There …
May 5, 2022
A leaked Supreme Court brief has Roe v Wade in jeopardy. What would criminalizing abortion mean?
May 3, 2022
Looming Roe Decision Increases Urgency for Scaling Up Abortion Training[…] Limited Abortion Care Training Opportunities The opportunities to learn about abortion in medical school are limited. Even at institutions that provide some abortion education, students are oftentimes responsible for …
April 28, 2022
Standing strong: youth health workers from Benin share lessons from sexual and reproductive health and rights workshopFrom 9–11 March 2022, in Cotonou, Benin, FIGO’s Advocating for Safe Abortion Project worked with the National College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Benin (CNGOB) to organise a capacity building …
April 11, 2022
Abortion training under threat for med students, residentsMSFC Board Member and Oklahoma University medical student, Ian Peake. Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of …
March 22, 2022
Fewer medical students trained for abortion proceduresFeaturing MSFC Medical Director, Pamela Merrit. […] The anti-abortion movement knows it’s important to abortion rights advocates to maintain the pipeline of providers, “and that’s why they’re focused on travel …
March 8, 2022
Amid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with supportFeaturing MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD. “There’s no question of the huge adverse effect of the movement of abortion into clinics,” Bixby Director Jody Steinauer said. “You go see …