Hurricane Harvey has awakened the collective conscience of America to step up in extraordinary ways to serve and support those affected. As each day passes, we are confronted with more stories of victims being swept away by the currents and trapped in horrific conditions. At least 30 people lost their lives in this natural disaster,…
Recently, the Students for Life group at University of Idaho saw its pro-life chalking vandalized on Friday, August 25. The group chalked pro-life messages on Thursday, August 24, including “Pro-Woman, Pro-Life”, “Abortion hurts women”, and the names of pro-life feminists, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Wollstonecraft. The chalking was at the Commons Plaza on campus; the…
Reprinted from Human Life Review Written By: Kristan Hawkins We asked participants to respond to one or more of three questions: 1) Should people who defend the right to life of the unborn and the dying call themselves “whole-life” or “consistent-life” rather than “pro-life”? 2) Does defending the right to life today require particular political…
This is an article published by Ana-Maria Dumitru, sixth year MD-PhD candidate at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and National Chair, Med Students for Life, in Public Discourse on March 23, 2017. In the aftermath of the November election, there were several media reports that women across the country were scrambling to acquire birth control…
Written by Ana-Maria Dumitru, national chair, Medical Students for Life Have you ever felt like you were the only person in the room who had a different opinion? Have you ever been afraid to speak up about something you fundamentally disagreed with? Have you ever wondered whether there would be room for you in the…
By Ana Maria Dumitru, national chair for Medical Students for Life The media jumped all over a study this week that claimed to show abortion had no negative effects on a woman’s mental health – except if she was denied an abortion. Headlines like “Study: Abortion Doesn’t Harm Women’s Mental Health, but Denying One Does”…
The Fertility Appreciation Collaborative (FACTS) is looking for medical students and other health professionals across the nation to be part of its Student Ambassador Program, to work within their communities to educate about the science of natural or fertility awareness based methods of family planning (FABMs). Duties include event planning, teaching FABMs, public speaking opportunities,…
October Mon., Oct. 17 (1-2p.m.) Dr. Michael Egnor, M.D., pediatric neurosurgeon and Vice-Chairman of Neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Stony Brook will speak on Is Physician Assisted Suicide Ethical? at the newly formed Med SFL group at Rutgers (New Jersey) Medical School. Tues., Oct. 18 Dr. Egnor will speak on PAS…
Written by: Ana Maria Dumitru, new national chair for Medical Students for Life Maternal mortality rates are up in Texas, and according to abortion advocates, it’s the fault of pro-lifers who slashed family planning budgets. Before getting swept away in the current of modern liberal thought and reasoning (or lack thereof), there are several key…
A new study published in July of 2016 confirms that abortion is consistently associated with increased risk of mental health disorders and substance abuse in late adolescence and early adulthood. Dr. D. Paul Sullins of the Catholic University of America released the results of an analysis conducted on data collected from 8,005 women in the…