Advocacy Belongs in Medical Training
Policy shapes patient care long before we ever enter the room. As medical students, we see what treatments are accessible, what resources are available, and what barriers stand in the ...
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February 16, 2016 | By
My Battle for Buckeye Women
By Tiffany Stainfield, MSFC Chapter President at Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine After four consecutive near-sleepless nights, tons of research into economic and social implications for Ohio, hours of …
January 22, 2016 | By
Grieving for the Loss of My Rights, and How I Recovered
By Carolyn Miller, Development & Communications Manager If you’ve had a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach since the beginning of the New Year, you might be like …
December 21, 2015 | By
Keeping Choice (and Women) Alive in Uganda
You have surely heard of the constant barrage of legal attacks on abortion in the US. At MSFC, we are known for working to battle this onslaught of legislation by …
December 1, 2015 | By
Statement on the Attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs
In the field of abortion care the isolation and targeting of physicians is nothing new. We have seen these terroristic attacks take the form of picketing providers’ homes and children’s …
November 3, 2015 | By
MSFC Announces 2015 Alumni Award Winners
Each year at MSFC’s Conference on Family Planning, Medical Students for Choice presents the MSFC Alumni Award to former MSFC members in recognition of the positive impact they have had on abortion …
October 29, 2015 | By
The Reproductive Health Externship: Creating an Active Advocate
By Oliver Reagan, second year medical student and current MSFC member I have always been a passive supporter of a woman’s right to choose—an ally who would quietly affirm my …
August 31, 2015 | By
Abortion: The Choice Is Not About Me
I assert my pro-choice beliefs in public. As a result, I often get questions. As a future doctor and as an advocate I want to provide honest and accurate answers …
August 21, 2015 | By
Donor Spotlight: Arthur Lieber is “Focusing on the Real Issues, Not the Distractions”
Longtime MSFC supporter Arthur Lieber recently shared his opinions about abortion in an article titled “Abortion: Focusing on the Real Issues, not the Distractions” on the progressive blog Occasional Planet. …
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 …