Event held by MSFC – Medical Students for Choice on 12/08/2020: In this meeting, we got to chat with an abortion provider on her experiences in abortion provision and about her path to becoming an abortion provider. We also discussed barriers to access, stigma surrounding abortion care, and current…

Event held by MSFC – Medical Students for Choice on 10/15/2020: In our first meeting of the semester, OB/GYN intern and UFCOM graduate, Erika Wert, discussed her experiences providing women non-judgmental care and counseling on abortion. She also spoke with students about abortion stigma and how abortion fits into…

Event held by MSFC – Medical Students for Choice on 12/07/2019: MSFC attended the 2019 Conference on Family Planning in Philadelphia. We had the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of subjects related to reproductive healthcare, abortion, and how physician can be advocates for the pro-choice movement. We…

UF COM’s MSFC Chapter was honored to host a wonderful speaker and educator from the Planned Parenthood office here in Alachua County for a dinner meeting on Tuesday, February 11. She presented information on many types of contraceptives, and answered all of our questions and provided very relevant clinical information…

On Wednesday, September 25th, UF’s Medical Students for Choice Chapter hosted Dr. Nicole Farnajian, an abortion provider from Planned Parenthood in the Tampa area, for a lunch talk about abortion. Since medical and surgical abortion are often not discussed in our curriculum, she shared with about 35 medical students basic…