MSFC in the News
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, …
December 2, 2022
Foster: OB/GYNs face legal uncertainties related to abortion bansFeaturing MSFC’s Chapter Leaders, Alana Carstensand Mary Rose Porter Alana Carstens Yalom is a third-year OB/GYN resident at the University of New Mexico. She attended medical school at Tulane University …
November 28, 2022
Se está formando una generación de médicos que apoya el derecho a decidirFeaturing MSFC’s Board Member, Patty Gonzales. Most Peruvian doctors graduate with circumstantial knowledge about abortion. Faced with this information gap in universities, Medical Students for Choice trains medical students interested …
November 7, 2022
Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion — and a looming statewide voteFeaturing MSFC Alumna, Dr. Audrey Lance. The night before her abortion, Melissa had to travel to another state. She drove overnight from Ohio to Michigan, and didn’t reach her hotel …
October 19, 2022
Abortion access looms over medical residency applicationsFeaturing MSFC’s Executive Director, Pamela Merritt. Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine — two of the most popular medical residencies — face tough choices about where to advance their training …
October 16, 2022
University of Washington students rally for reproductive rightsSixty people gathered on the University of Washington campus, October 16, to rally for reproductive rights. Called by Progressive Students Union (PSU), this protest was in response to the national …
October 10, 2022
On Pennsylvania’s campaign trail, the doctor will see you nowPhysicians across Pennsylvania are politicking in unprecedented ways with less than a month to go before the midterm election, making the case that the abortion restrictions proposed by Republicans would …