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Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows
May 09, 2024 | By Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan in NPR
Featuring MSFC’s Chapter Leaders, Isabella Rosario Blum and Hannah Light-Olson
Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona.
Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access — and, by extension, abortion training — is likely to remain protected, like California, Colorado and New Mexico. Arizona has enacted a law banning most abortions after 15 weeks…
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Roundtable
Last week, MSFC members Danna Ghafir and Natalie Givens joined medical and undergraduate students across the country to participate in a virtual roundtable discussion with the United States Secretary of …
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Students, faculty advocate for reproductive care post-Dobbs
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