MSFC in the News
May 31, 2023
Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picksFeaturing MSFC’s Board Member, Rose Al Abosy. When Rose Al Abosy began weighing which obstetrics and gynecology residencies to apply to, she spoke to advisers, considered programs’ academics and evaluated …
May 26, 2023
Abortion remains key to OB-GYN medical education at UMass ChanWhile abortion restrictions are on the rise in many states and the legal debate escalates over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of abortion drug mifepristone, students and …
May 23, 2023
OB-GYN Residents Are Required to Receive Clinical Abortion Training. They Can’t Do That in Texas.Featuring MSFC’s Board Member, Danna Ghafir. Danna Ghafir doesn’t want to leave Texas. The 27-year-old was born and raised here, part of a tightly connected Arab American community spread throughout …
May 1, 2023
Abandoned at birth, medical student fights for reproductive justiceFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Jennifer Marino. Third-year medical student Jennifer Marino was abandoned at birth, left in a basket on a doorstep in Newton under a porch light. She was rescued …
April 26, 2023
Part Two: Residency programs and medical practices drew them to Tennessee. Then came Dobbs.Featuring MSFC’s Executive Director, Pamela Merritt. Recruiting residents to Tennessee is critical to the state’s health care workforce. In Tennessee, 46% of residents training in the state stayed to practice …
April 26, 2023
Post-Dobbs, WashU Med Students Fight for Reproductive Education, Healthcare, and JusticeFeaturing MSFC’s chapter leaders, Caroline Cary and Paula Valiño. Caroline Cary, a first-year at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Medicine, decided to go to medical school because of …
April 4, 2023
PHOTOS: The Rally for Our Rights unites community members at the Wisconsin State CapitolThe Rally for Our Rights gathered community members to stand up for transgender and women’s rights on Sunday, April 2 at the Wisconsin State Capitol. This rally was organized by …
April 4, 2023
Democrats want to restore Roe. They’re divided on whether to go even furtherFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Dr. Colleen McNicholas and MSFC’s Executive Director, Pamela Merritt. The abortion rights movement is split over how to restore access to the procedure as it prepares for …
March 29, 2023
Medical students’ abortion training is stifled in a post-Dobbs nation: Hannah Ahrendt and Eija KentBy MSFC’s student leaders, Hannah Ahrendt and Eija Kent. Medical school is like drinking from a fire hydrant – too much to learn in a limited amount of time. But …
March 26, 2023
Abortion rights rally hosted at UW-La CrossePro-choice organization Women Win Wisconsin has partnered with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, Fair Wisconsin, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Progress, Medical Students for Choice, SEIU, Human Rights Campaign, and …