MSFC in the News
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 …
October 7, 2022
Medical students rally to support reproductive rightsUMass Chan Medical School students came together Thursday, Oct. 6, to advocate with medical students nationwide for safe, legal, accessible abortion; gender-affirming care; comprehensive access to sex education and contraception; …
October 6, 2022
With ‘Roe’ Overturned, How Will Medical Students Receive Abortion Training?Hanna Amanuel recalls observing a second-trimester abortion at a hospital, in part because her work allowed her to shadow the doctor. Outside of medical school classes and pro-abortion groups such …
October 3, 2022
Abortion Doctors Under the MicroscopeFeaturing MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD. When Jody Steinauer was growing up in the ’80s in Nebraska, Roe v. Wade had been decided less than a decade earlier. The important women …
September 25, 2022
OU medical students fear state legislation will further restrict access to comprehensive reproductive educationFeaturing MSFC’s chapter members form the OU College of Medicine. When longtime Oklahoma resident Christen Jarshaw joined the OU College of Medicine’s class of 2023, she knew the limitations she …
September 2, 2022
Post-Roe, some areas may lose OB/GYNs if medical students can’t get trainingFeaturing MSFC’s chapter leader from the LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine When Andrea Soto was 10 years old, her family immigrated to Texas from Mexico. Her grandmother, who …
August 30, 2022
‘Like walking on glass’: Anxious post-Roe era for Tulane’s Medical School[…] A recent Washington Post report found doctors across practices are turning down offers from conservative states. Abortion providers are rushing to relocate. In Louisiana, 25 parishes lack an OB-GYN …
August 24, 2022
Cities Funding Abortion Access Battle State Leaders Against ItFights between state officials and local governments are escalating after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, as cities start to use their own funding to support abortion access. …