MSFC in the News
March 15, 2023
Arizona ‘Medical Students for Life’ Chapter Threatens Patient Health: ‘This Contradicts What We Are Taught in Our Curriculum,’ Say StudentsFeaturing MSFC’s chapter members at Midwestern University COM. There’s misinformation afoot at Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. I spent four days on campus earlier this month talking to …
March 15, 2023
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023Sarah McNeilly is a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and MSFC’s chapter leader. For thousands of medical students, years of hard work …
March 13, 2023
Abortion Training in Texas Is Vanishing[…] Then in September 2021, Senate Bill 8 restricted abortions to the period before fetal cardiac activity can be detected (around five or six weeks gestational age), effectively banning most …
March 13, 2023
Penn Reproductive Justice to increase activity through new educational, political initiativesFeaturing . Penn Reproductive Justice, a student organization founded by three undergraduate students in June 2022, has been increasing its presence on campus over the last several months. […] The …
February 22, 2023
It’s time for Missouri hospitals to find their voice and fight backFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Dr. Colleen McNicholas. As one of the last abortion providers in Missouri, I was part of the fight to preserve reproductive freedom, a fight that was siloed, …
February 21, 2023
As Restrictions Complicate Abortion Training in Medical Schools, Papayas Are Filling a Gap[…] During a manual vacuum aspiration, or MVA, a physician applies local anesthesia then inserts a small manual suction device into the uterus. Once safely inserted, the physician pulls back …
February 7, 2023
Student Doctor of the Year exemplifies D.O. philosophyFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Jordyn Austin. Jordyn Austin has known she’s wanted to be a doctor since middle school. “My mom is a pharmacist, my grandma was a nurse, my other …
January 21, 2023
Abortion restrictions limit training of future U.S. doctorsFeaturing MSFC’s Executive Director, Pamela Merritt and MSFC’s Board Member, Ian Peak. Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion …
January 15, 2023
Protecting reproductive rights: the importance of abortion training for medical traineesAs I was walking between classes as a pre-medical undergraduate student in 2018, I saw that the Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment was distributing hats that read “PROTECT ROE v. …
December 23, 2022
How Young People Shaped 2022[…] After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, current and prospective doctors began to worry about their ability to safely provide reproductive care. One nonprofit organization, Medical Students for Choice, …