MSFC in the News
‘We need to dig in and really hold the line’: Wisconsin, abortion and trying to get a medical education
Sep 12, 2024 | By Amanda Becker in Yahoo! NewsThis article was originally published in Yahoo! News] on September 12, 2024. You can access the original article here: www.yahoo.com/news/dig-really-hold-line-wisconsin-133758178.html
Featuring Daphne Blount, MSFC’s Chapter Leader at the Medical College of Wisconsin
On April Fool’s Day, Daphne Blount and several of her friends headed to Red Arrow Park, a pocket of open space in downtown Milwaukee, across the street from City Hall and a block from the river.
The day was chilly, windy and gray.
Blount handed out blankets from her car and they bundled themselves up in what she called “burrito style.” They’d probably be there for a while — and it wasn’t for pranks. Their excursion that Saturday felt existential: In just three days, there would be a state Supreme Court election that could eventually determine the future of abortion access in Wisconsin…