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My Battle for Buckeye Women

February 16, 2016

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 proofreading and editing testimony, and two hours driving to Columbus, I spoke to the Ohio Senate on January 27, 2016 in opposition to House Bill …

Grieving for the Loss of My Rights, and How I Recovered

January 22, 2016

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 me and have read or heard about how 2015 was a terrible year for women’s reproductive health. Maybe today, on the anniversary of Roe v. …

Keeping Choice (and Women) Alive in Uganda

December 21, 2015

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 helping to create the next generation of abortion providers. Our efforts are especially important because women in the US are facing challenges to accessing abortion …

Statement on the Attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs

December 1, 2015

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 schools, clinic arsons and bombings, and most horrifying, the murder and attempted murder of abortion providers. As we look back on 2015, the landscape is …

MSFC Announces 2015 Alumni Award Winners

November 3, 2015

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 care for the women in their communities. This year’s recipients are Dr. David Eisenberg and Dr. Debra Stulberg. Dr. David Eisenberg is an Assistant Professor …

The Reproductive Health Externship: Creating an Active Advocate

October 29, 2015

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 support if asked but who would not go out of my way to engage in discourse about abortion and family planning. This past spring I …

Abortion: The Choice Is Not About Me

August 31, 2015

Notes titled "Abortion Training Institute", with a sticky note that has "if not you, who?" scrawled on it in black pen.

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 to people who come to me for information. I know that if I’m unable to answer their questions other sources will step in and spread the myths …

Donor Spotlight: Arthur Lieber is “Focusing on the Real Issues, Not the Distractions”

August 21, 2015

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. He argues that despite distractions, we must continue to speak out for abortion access and maintain empathy for women who face unplanned, unwanted pregnancy. Thank …

Why We’re Fighting Florida’s Abortion Restrictions

August 4, 2015

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 where she sought an abortion had asked. According to Florida’s new abortion waiting-period statute, the answer would be “no.” The state recently passed a law …