MSFC in the News
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, residentsBrowse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of standard physician education. But for many U.S. medical school students …
March 22, 2022
Fewer medical students trained for abortion procedures[…] 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 bans,” said Pamela Merritt, executive director …
March 8, 2022
Amid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with support“There’s no question of the huge adverse effect of the movement of abortion into clinics,” Bixby Director Jody Steinauer said. “You go see your OB-GYN if you want to continue …
January 28, 2022
With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of Ruling[…] Long before the fracas over Mississippi and Texas, schools tiptoed gingerly around abortion, with more than half declining to offer any clinical training, according to one survey. Even MED’s …
January 25, 2022
Yale medical students rally for abortion rights on 49th anniversary of Roe v. WadeThe Yale chapter of the Medical Students for Choice organization rallied Saturday in support of the protection of reproductive care, as the Supreme Court seems poised to dismantle Roe v. …
December 12, 2021
‘Tool of white supremacy’: Abortion-rights activists discuss reproductive justiceUC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute hosted a panel discussion on the fight for reproductive justice Thursday, with panelists focusing on the role of white supremacy in anti-abortion activism and …