MSFC in the News
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. …
August 23, 2022
Hickenlooper meets with women’s health advocates, will help protect accessFeaturing MSFC’s resident member Samuel Raine. Colorado needs to brace for a surge in demand for abortion services as surrounding states shut down access. That was the consensus earlier this …
August 12, 2022
Medical education in a post-Roe world: student advocacy is patient advocacyOpinion piece written by MSFC’s chapter members from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. It was a shot heard around the world—the announcement earlier this summer declaring the dreaded …
August 10, 2022
Medical schools, students review training amid abortion bansGhazaleh Moayedi credits many of her strengths as a Texas-based obstetrician-gynecologist to training related to abortion. Outpatient abortion training builds bedside manner and teaches practical technical skills outside of a …