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During my Ob/Gyn rotation last February, I met a pregnant patient in clinic. She was healthy and everything looked good for her anticipated delivery in a couple months. However, there was one fear this patient couldn’t overcome. She was terrified she was going to die during this delivery. Every day she woke up anxious that ...
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March 17, 2017
Fighting Abortion Restrictions in a Hostile State: My Experience Testifying at the Texas Legislatureby Katie Hansen MS1 at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin The 2017 legislative session in Texas has been a disheartening one for women and the pro-choice movement. State lawmakers have already proposed 17 bills that would make it more difficult for women to access abortion. On February 15th, I testified at …
March 8, 2017
The Global Gag Rule: Impact on Physicians-in-Training in AfricaOn January 23rd, shortly after taking office, President Trump reinstated and strengthened the “Global Gag Rule” which prohibits US funding to any organization outside the US that counsels women about abortion, refers women for abortions, or works in any way to promote access to abortion. MSFC reached out to its chapters in Africa to assess …
January 10, 2017
Happy New Year?…only the passing of time will answer that question. If you have become both obsessed and disgusted with political news, I share your pain. I desperately want to turn everything off, but I can’t help myself. There is a lot…a LOT…of work coming our way in the next few years. One of the reasons I …
November 9, 2016
Post Election ThoughtsToday we are living in a country in which more than 59 million people voted for a man who ridicules women, belittles racial and ethnic minorities, and threatens long-standing partners across the world. That is shocking in so many ways. I have spent the past 30 years working toward ensuring that people can have the …
October 19, 2016
From Interest to LeadershipBy Lindsey and Cyra, M2 Student Leaders While neither of us came into medical school dead-set on OB/GYN or a career providing reproductive healthcare, both of us took for granted that a woman’s right to choose was something that all physicians should respect, regardless of their personal beliefs. However, as first year medical students it …
September 8, 2016
How the Conference on Family Planning Changed My EducationBy Kari Stausmire, Experienced Student Leader at the University of Toledo College of Medicine’s MSFC Chapter As a first year medical student, I let my doubts get in the way of my education. I was intrigued by the idea of abortion education, but I missed out on Medical Students for Choice’s 2014 Conference on Family …
August 17, 2016
An RHE in Mexico City: Safe Abortion Access is a Human RightBy Brooke Bachelor, RN, BSN, OMS-II My interest in exploring and working within various health care systems has led me around the world. In each country I visit, I strive to understand the intricacies of each unique health care system, and more specifically, the cultural components of reproductive health care. Having worked with many patients …
July 20, 2016
After WWH in Texas: A Clinic and a CommunityBy Liza Brecher In June, I started my Reproductive Health Externship (RHE) at Houston Women’s Clinic in Houston, Texas. Houston Women’s Clinic (HWC) is a standalone abortion clinic (not an ambulatory surgical center) and is one of eleven clinics left in the state. When I was setting up my externship with Kathy, the clinic manager, …
June 29, 2016
A Lack of Abortion Providers & ChoiceOn Monday morning, the Supreme Court made the momentous decision to overturn Texas’s HB2 law. The highest court in the country decided that Texas’s TRAP laws placed an undue burden on women seeking an abortion. However, there is still work to be done in Texas and many other states. One of the biggest obstacles facing …