MSFC in the News
May 5, 2022
A leaked Supreme Court brief has Roe v Wade in jeopardy. What would criminalizing abortion mean?
May 3, 2022
Looming Roe Decision Increases Urgency for Scaling Up Abortion Training[…] Limited Abortion Care Training Opportunities The opportunities to learn about abortion in medical school are limited. Even at institutions that provide some abortion education, students are oftentimes responsible for …
April 28, 2022
Standing strong: youth health workers from Benin share lessons from sexual and reproductive health and rights workshopFrom 9–11 March 2022, in Cotonou, Benin, FIGO’s Advocating for Safe Abortion Project worked with the National College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Benin (CNGOB) to organise a capacity building …
April 24, 2022
Medical students and doctors fear they can no longer perform abortions for those in needOur Executive Director, Pamela Merritt was interviewed by USA TODAY for this article about the current state of abortion training in medical schools in the US and the prospect of …
April 11, 2022
Abortion training under threat for med students, residentsMSFC Board Member and Oklahoma University medical student, Ian Peake. Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of …
March 22, 2022
Fewer medical students trained for abortion proceduresFeaturing MSFC Medical Director, Pamela Merrit. […] The anti-abortion movement knows it’s important to abortion rights advocates to maintain the pipeline of providers, “and that’s why they’re focused on travel …
March 8, 2022
Amid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with supportFeaturing MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD. “There’s no question of the huge adverse effect of the movement of abortion into clinics,” Bixby Director Jody Steinauer said. “You go see …
January 28, 2022
With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of RulingFeaturing MSFC Board Member, Rose Al Abosy. […] Long before the fracas over Mississippi and Texas, schools tiptoed gingerly around abortion, with more than half declining to offer any clinical …
January 25, 2022
Yale medical students rally for abortion rights on 49th anniversary of Roe v. WadeThe Yale chapter of the Medical Students for Choice organization rallied Saturday in support of the protection of reproductive care, as the Supreme Court seems poised to dismantle Roe v. …
December 12, 2021
‘Tool of white supremacy’: Abortion-rights activists discuss reproductive justiceUC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute hosted a panel discussion on the fight for reproductive justice Thursday, with panelists focusing on the role of white supremacy in anti-abortion activism and …