MSFC in the News
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 …
February 7, 2023
Student Doctor of the Year exemplifies D.O. philosophyJordyn Austin has known she’s wanted to be a doctor since middle school. “My mom is a pharmacist, my grandma was a nurse, my other grandmother was a nursing home …
January 21, 2023
Abortion restrictions limit training of future U.S. doctorsSunday marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion across the U.S. before it was overturned last summer. Since then, abortions …
January 15, 2023
Protecting reproductive rights: the importance of abortion training for medical traineesAs I was walking between classes as a pre-medical undergraduate student in 2018, I saw that the Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment was distributing hats that read “PROTECT ROE v. …
December 23, 2022
How Young People Shaped 2022[…] After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, current and prospective doctors began to worry about their ability to safely provide reproductive care. One nonprofit organization, Medical Students for Choice, …
December 2, 2022
Foster: OB/GYNs face legal uncertainties related to abortion bansAlana Carstens Yalom is a third-year OB/GYN resident at the University of New Mexico. She attended medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans and entertained the idea of returning …
November 28, 2022
Se está formando una generación de médicos que apoya el derecho a decidirMost Peruvian doctors graduate with circumstantial knowledge about abortion. Faced with this information gap in universities, Medical Students for Choice trains medical students interested in abortion management with a focus …
November 7, 2022
Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion — and a looming statewide voteThe night before her abortion, Melissa had to travel to another state. She drove overnight from Ohio to Michigan, and didn’t reach her hotel until 3 a.m. But just a …
October 19, 2022
Abortion access looms over medical residency applicationsStudents in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine — two of the most popular medical residencies — face tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access …
October 16, 2022
University of Washington students rally for reproductive rightsSixty people gathered on the University of Washington campus, October 16, to rally for reproductive rights. Called by Progressive Students Union (PSU), this protest was in response to the national …