MSFC in the News

August 6, 2022

Should Doctors Break the Law? By Judith Levine in The Intercept

THE HORRIFIC STORIES are pouring in. A Texas woman’s water breaks at 18 weeks, leaving the fetus’s chance of survival “as close to zero as you’ll ever get in medicine,” …

August 4, 2022

University of Wisconsin medical students examine state’s future after reinstatement of 173-year-old abortion ban By Claire LaLiberte in The Daily Cardinal

Featuring MSFC’s chapter members from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health The Supreme Court’s controversial Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which was released on …

July 27, 2022

Many future doctors may lose access to abortion training as more states move to outlaw it By Rebecca White in Spokane Public Radio

Featuring MSFC’s chapter members from the Washington State University. Washington State University medical student Carmen Abbe has long been committed to reproductive healthcare access and hopes to one day become …

July 25, 2022

The Insidious Attack on the Training of Ob/Gyn Residents By Robert Kuttner in The American Prospect

Featuring MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD. The Dobbs decision of the Supreme Court is the culmination of half a century of insidiously successful efforts by anti-choice groups to add state restrictions …

July 25, 2022

With limited access to abortion comes limited access to medical training to perform abortions By Kristin Schwab in Marketplace

When Roe v. Wade was overturned last month, access to abortion became illegal or uncertain in nearly half the country. And with that, accessing abortion care training has become incredibly difficult for medical students …

July 10, 2022

Abortion Bans Are Limiting What Some Doctors and Med Students Are Taught By Ella Ceron in Bloomberg

Featuring MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD; and MSFC Executive Director, Pamela Merritt. Abortion care is one of the most common medical procedures in the US, yet even before the fall of …

July 8, 2022

‘It’s incredibly far-reaching’: medical students on the Roe reversal By Gray Chapman in The Guardian

Featuring MSFC chapter members Mackenzie Bennett and Laura Rush. Fourth-year medical student Mackenzie Bennett was on a conference call when news broke that Roe v Wade had been overturned. The …

June 30, 2022

Massive media fail: Abortion coverage ignores misogyny, theocracy, and so much more By Dan Froomkin in Press Watch

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is a shattering blow to women, as well as to anyone who believes that women should have the same rights and same autonomy …

June 27, 2022

La. ‘trigger law’ on abortion blocked by state court; abortion care to resume By Rachael Thomas and Destinee Patterson in WAFB Channel 9

Louisiana’s “trigger law” has been blocked by a state court in response to the lawsuit filed Monday, June 27, meaning abortion care will resume in the state. A hearing has …

June 27, 2022

Experts Encourage College Campuses to Prepare for Repercussions of Roe v. Wade’s Overturn By Mariah Bohanon in INSIGHT Into Diversity

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling that had protected reproductive rights in the U.S. for nearly half a century. While many were expecting the court to reverse …