MSFC in the News
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 …
January 21, 2024
The abortion activists who say bringing back Roe is not enoughFeaturing Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director Since the devastating loss of Roe v Wade, the abortion rights movement has seen historic levels of support for its cause, particularly through major …
January 16, 2024
Disputes over viability are dividing abortion-rights groups and complicating ballot measure effortsFeaturing Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest …
January 2, 2024
California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion trainingFeaturing Jessica Mecklosky, MSFC’s Board Member Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to …
December 26, 2023
Guest Column: The Danger of Abortion ‘Compromise’Featuring Pamela Merritt, MSFC’s Executive Director We all know the reproductive rights mantra that says we need to keep the government away from our bodies and out of abortion. But …