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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August 4, 2015 | By
Why We’re Fighting Florida’s Abortion Restrictions
By: Kristen C. Prewitt Undocumented, 11-years-old, and raped by her mother’s boyfriend, she had never filed a record of the sexual assault. “Was she even raped?” administrators at the hospital …
July 30, 2015 | By
What’s Really at Stake in the Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Debacle?
Targeting physicians who provide abortion care is nothing new. The extreme wing of the anti-abortion movement began deliberately targeting physicians in the early 1990’s, leading to a horrifyingly long string …
July 9, 2015 | By
The Scarcity of Abortion Training in America’s Medical Schools
MSFC member Dr. Mara Gordon, a current resident in family medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, recently wrote a piece published in The Atlantic about the dire shortage of training …
June 30, 2015 | By
State Court Blocks Harmful Florida Law
A state court judge just temporarily blocked a new law that forces women to wait 24 hours or more and make at least two trips before accessing safe, legal abortion care. …
June 11, 2015 | By
MSFC Contests Florida’s New Waiting Period Law in Partnership with CRR and the ACLU
Medical Students for Choice is a plaintiff in a lawsuit just filed by Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union against the State of Florida. The suit …
May 12, 2015 | By
Resident Stands Up: Without Training There is No Choice
By: Dr. Michelle Brown As I reflect back on the 4 years of medical school that I just completed, MSFC has been an integral part of my experience here. …
April 6, 2015 | By
Extern Experience: Many Options for Providing Choice
By: Taylor Stanton Since I only discovered MSFC after my first year of medical school, I thought I had already missed my chance at taking part in the Reproductive Health …
March 9, 2015 | By
Provider Profile: Dr. Shannon Connolly
I’m not sure that many people grow up thinking, “When I grow up, I want to be an abortion provider,” but I do think that a lot of people can …
February 19, 2015 | By
Success Spotlight: Queen’s University Belfast
Despite being part of the United Kingdom, abortion is treated differently in Northern Ireland. While abortion has been declared legal in Northern Ireland on certain health-based grounds, the guidelines for …