MSFC in the News

June 24, 2024
Inside the $100 million plan to restore abortion rights in AmericaWhen Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, received word of the launch of Abortion Access Now, she said she “immediately was worried that it would be Roe …

May 19, 2024
Students, faculty advocate for reproductive care post-DobbsOn June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, thus eliminating the …

May 16, 2024
Will Alabama’s IVF Mess Go National?In vitro fertilization (IVF) can be life-changing. I know, because it’s the reason I exist. My parents met later in life, so they knew starting a family might be challenging—and …

May 9, 2024
Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data showsIsabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained …

April 19, 2024
UConn Medical Students for Choice win activism awardUniversity of Connecticut Medical Students for Choice received the Ellen Paradise Fisher Award for Activism in Action for their work in reproductive justice. The UConn Medical Students for Choice is …

March 22, 2024
Will Missouri vote on abortion rights in 2024? As deadline looms, it’s getting complicatedWith the clock ticking to get a measure enshrining the right to an abortion on a statewide ballot in 2024, Missouri abortion rights supporters appear to be split on strategy …

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 ItAlmost everyone who is currently enrolled in medical school has only ever trained in the context of crisis. Since the moment we submitted our applications in 2020, the United States …

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 …