MSFC in the News

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 …

March 25, 2023
As South Bans Abortion, Thousands Turn to Illinois ClinicsFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Dr. Colleen McNicholas. Dr. Colleen McNicholas is fresh off performing two abortions when a ringing phone quickly stops her. “Oh, ugh,” she said, eyes widened, before she …

March 17, 2023
How Dobbs Upended Med Students’ FuturesFeaturing MSFC’s Board Member, Rose Al Abosy. Rose Al Abosy was on the last day of their maternal-fetal medicine sub-internship last year when the Dobbs decision came down. The end …

March 15, 2023
Arizona ‘Medical Students for Life’ Chapter Threatens Patient Health: ‘This Contradicts What We Are Taught in Our Curriculum,’ Say StudentsFeaturing MSFC’s chapter members at Midwestern University COM. There’s misinformation afoot at Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. I spent four days on campus earlier this month talking to …

March 15, 2023
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023Sarah McNeilly is a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and MSFC’s chapter leader. For thousands of medical students, years of hard work …

March 13, 2023
Abortion Training in Texas Is Vanishing[…] Then in September 2021, Senate Bill 8 restricted abortions to the period before fetal cardiac activity can be detected (around five or six weeks gestational age), effectively banning most …

March 13, 2023
Penn Reproductive Justice to increase activity through new educational, political initiativesFeaturing . Penn Reproductive Justice, a student organization founded by three undergraduate students in June 2022, has been increasing its presence on campus over the last several months. […] The …

February 22, 2023
It’s time for Missouri hospitals to find their voice and fight backFeaturing MSFC’s alumna, Dr. Colleen McNicholas. As one of the last abortion providers in Missouri, I was part of the fight to preserve reproductive freedom, a fight that was siloed, …

February 21, 2023
As Restrictions Complicate Abortion Training in Medical Schools, Papayas Are Filling a Gap[…] During a manual vacuum aspiration, or MVA, a physician applies local anesthesia then inserts a small manual suction device into the uterus. Once safely inserted, the physician pulls back …