MSFC in the News

November 24, 2023

Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee targets crisis pregnancy centers in Wisconsin By Fight Back! News' Staff in Fight Back! News

Nearly two dozen people gathered in front of the Farwell Women’s Care Center on Milwaukee’s East Side on the morning of Saturday, November 18, to raise awareness of local crisis …

November 20, 2023

Time Sensitive: Missouri abortion petition efforts remain in limbo By Barbara Shelly in The Pitch

The evening of November 7 was beautiful in Ohio. As polls closed and votes rolled in, it became apparent that reasonable access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health …

November 7, 2023

‘Sex in Medicine’ provides inclusive sex education for all By Abby Jenkins in The Post

Sex education often gets dismissed as a topic of conversation. However, two organizations aim to change this narrative. At a workshop Tuesday night, Ohio University medical students had the opportunity …

October 13, 2023

Abortion bans complicate medical training, risk worsening OBGYN shortages By Sara Hutchinson in The Hechinger Report

The journey to Boston was more than 1,500 miles. The plane ticket cost about $500. The hotel: another $400. She felt a little guilty about going, knowing that not everyone …

October 6, 2023

Reproductive justice activists continue the fight for abortion access in Wisconsin By Fight Back! News Staff in Fight Back! News

Roughly 40 people gathered at the Sunburst Statue off Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee on Saturday, September 30, to call for equitable access to abortion. Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee (RJAM) …

September 12, 2023

Look Up! Roe Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling By Amy Littlefield in The Nation

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, abortion opponents weren’t the only ones ready to embrace a world beyond it. Dr. Colleen McNicholas, for one, had presided …

September 11, 2023

Restore Roe, or Go Beyond It? The Question Is Fracturing the Abortion Rights Movement By Madison Pauly in Mother Jones

Not long after Election Day last November, Pamela Merritt joined a call with other abortion-rights activists in Missouri to discuss a daring proposal: sidestepping the state’s ruling Republicans by directly …

June 15, 2023

Abortion care training is banned in some states. A new bill could help OB-GYNs get it By Pien Huang in NPR

Sami Stroebel, an aspiring obstetrician-gynecologist, started medical school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison last summer within weeks of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to …

May 31, 2023

Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picks By Sandhya Raman in Roll Call

When Rose Al Abosy began weighing which obstetrics and gynecology residencies to apply to, she spoke to advisers, considered programs’ academics and evaluated how state laws would affect her ability …

May 26, 2023

Abortion remains key to OB-GYN medical education at UMass Chan By Susan E.W. Spencer in UMass Chan Medical School News

While 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 …