Reproductive Justice is Black History
In 1994, Black women coined the term “reproductive justice” as a way to fold their lived experiences and intersections of identity into a framework for justice, not just abortion access. ...
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March 13, 2019 | By MSFC Staff
Canadian Medical Students Take Abortion Education Into Their Own Hands
After the 2017 Conference on Family Planning in Philadelphia, I received an email from one of my Canadian students, Stephanie. In the email she said what an amazing time that …
November 2, 2018 | By Rachel Weinstock, Student Leader
Fighting To Make New York a Safe Place for Abortion
Under a siege of anti-choice rhetoric at the national level, New York has felt like a ‘safe place.’ Abortion was legalized here in 1970 before Roe V. Wade, a provider …
October 10, 2018 | By Lois V. Backus
What If There Are No Doctors? A Different Perspective on Kavanaugh and the Possible Loss of Legal Abortion
On Saturday, the US Supreme Court gained a clear majority of members prepared to overturn nearly 50 years of legal abortion in the US. No matter how you may feel …
September 19, 2018 | By Cara Coren, Student Leader
Reproductive Justice in the Bronx
Coming from a background in sociology and anthropology, I chose medicine as a career because I believe that health is foundational to all other social justice work. I am pursuing …
June 21, 2018 | By MSFC Staff
MSFC Stands for Our Future Patients….and Against the Gag Rule
For 25 years, Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) members in medical schools around the country and the world have fought for the education they will need to provide a full …
May 17, 2018 | By MSFC Staff
Today’s Activists, Tomorrow’s Providers: Repealing the 8th Amendment
In 1983, Ireland held a referendum on what became the 8th amendment to their constitution. This vote determined that the fetus’s right to life was equal to that of the …
May 8, 2018 | By MSFC Staff
New Report Finds Abortion Is Safe
You may be looking at the title and thinking, “yeah, duh.” But there are two things you should remember. The first is that good medicine relies on scientific evidence. Think …
April 30, 2018 | By J. Pavel Rwamiye, Student Leader
Mobilizing Youth to Address Unsafe Abortions at the University of Gitwe, Rwanda
By RWAMIYE J. Pavel, University of Gitwe This February, over 250 students in multiple medical fields all over Rwanda (and abroad as well) gathered for a joint 3-day conference at …
March 23, 2018 | By Adrian, Mika, Rachel and Bryna, co-presidents of the MSFC Buffalo chapter
Bringing Contraceptive Counseling to a Student Run Free Clinic
Hello from Buffalo, NY! We are second year medical students at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and co-presidents of the MSFC Buffalo chapter. One of the unique …