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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · Aug 28

📣 Registration for the 2025 Conference on Family Planning: Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health is now OPEN!⁠

➡️ Conference registration closes on Friday, October 31st. No late or on-site registration will be available.

Registration
NOW OPEN
for the

2025 Conference on Family Planning
Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health

December 6-7th, 2025
Portland, OR

To register, visit: msfc.org/conference

Registration closes on October 31st

WHY SHOULD You ATTEND?

Hear from our keynote speaker – Maria I. Rodriguez, MD, MPH.

Network with expert faculty and receive high-quality, evidence-based clinical education not typically offered in medical school curricula.

Share ideas and success stories as you engage with medical students from MSFC chapters in the US and globally.

Enhance your technical skills through interactive hands-on training simulations for Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Intra-uterine Device (IUD) Placement.

Connect with current abortion providers, residency programs, and pro-choice organizations at our speaker panels and exhibit booths.

Join us for student poster presentations showcasing MSFC member and alumni research in contraception, abortion care, and family planning.

Complete the conference post-survey to submit a raffle entry to win special prizes.

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 2d

📍 December 6-7th in Portland, Oregon!⁠
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➡️ Conference registration closes on Friday, October 31st. No late or on-site registration will be available.⁠ For more information, visit: msfc.org/conferences/...

2025 Conference on Family Planning - Medical Students for Choice

2025 Conference on Family Planning Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health Portland, Oregon | December 6 - 7 , 2025

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 2d

Join us at the 2025 Conference on Family Planning as we bring together MSFC members, alums, and expert faculty for an in-person gathering to address divides in reproductive health, equity, and justice through medical student education, training, and advocacy. ⁠
#ReproductiveHealth #MedStudents

2025 Conference on Family Planning:
Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health

WHEN: December 6-7th
WHERE: Portland, Oregon

Conference registration is open now until Friday, October 31st.

To register, visit: msfc.org/conference

TOP REASONS TO ATTEND

Hear from our keynote speaker – Maria I. Rodriguez, MD, MPH.

Share ideas and success stories as you engage with medical students from MSFC chapters in the US and globally.

Connect with current abortion providers, residency programs, and pro-choice organizations at our speaker panels and exhibit booths.

Complete the conference post-survey to submit a raffle entry to win special prizes.

Network with expert faculty and receive high-quality, evidence-based clinical education not typically offered in medical school curricula.

Enhance your technical skills through interactive hands-on training simulations for Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Intra-uterine Device (IUD) Placement.

Join us for student poster presentations showcasing MSFC member and alumni research in contraception, abortion care, and family planning.

HEAR FROM 2024 ATTENDEES

“The opportunity to meet so many other students across the country with similar interests as me. It was refreshing coming from a small MSFC chapter to be in this environment. I enjoyed the variety of sessions and professions of the speakers who gave those sessions.”

“I loved being able to network with other medical students, hear from abortion providers but also hear from people outside of the medical community. I feel like I learned so much and got a lot of insight on how to be a better doctor for my patients.”

“I enjoyed hearing from providers who provide abortion care and learning more about my options to become such a provider, especially considering that I live in a restricted state.”

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 3d

🌟 Want to bring these workshops to your campus? Email [email protected], and our team will help you get started, or visit: msfc.org/medical-stud...
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📷: MSFC Chapter at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Medical student activists are the foundation of the organization and integral to the success of MSFC: assessing campus needs; organizing fellow students

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 3d

🩺 In MSFC workshops, medical students can practice their skills in reproductive health with IUD insertion kits and learn the Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) technique for abortion training.

Medical students at an MVA and IUD insertion training workshop.

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 4d

📅 Don’t miss our next event: MSFC’s 2025 Conference on Family Planning happening December 6–7 in Portland, Oregon. Registration closes Friday, October 31st! 🎃

✨ Reminder: You can directly support students' access to this essential training by donating today: msfc.org/about-us/giv... #AbortionCare

Giving to MSFC - Medical Students for Choice

Your gift to MSFC will support future abortion care providers and allow them to advocate for reproductive justice globally. Help make reproductive

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 4d

Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, this training was inconsistently available. But MSFC organizes worldwide to provide the reproductive care training and education that medical students deserve.

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 4d

👻 Spooky fact: Thousands of medical students have to seek out their own training in abortion care because many medical schools still don’t cover the full spectrum of reproductive health.

You know what’s spooky?

The lack of abortion care training in medical schools.

Most students who seek out their own training are pursuing careers in OBGYN, family medicine, or emergency medicine.

BUT abortion care training is open to ALL interested medical students and residents!

Our next event is the
2025 Conference on Family Planning!

Network with expert faculty and receive high-quality, evidence-based clinical education not typically offered in medical school curricula.

Join us on December 6-7th in
PORTLAND, OREGON!

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 7d

Secure your spot today: msfc.org/conferences/...

2025 Conference on Family Planning - Medical Students for Choice

2025 Conference on Family Planning Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health Portland, Oregon | December 6 - 7 , 2025

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 7d

💙 Join us at the 2025 Conference on Family Planning: Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health on December 6-7th, in Portland, Oregon. Registration closes Friday, October 31st. No late or on-site registration will be available.⁠

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 7d

It's October 3rd, and conference registration closes this month! ⏳⁠
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Each year, MSFC organizes conferences and events that expand access to abortion and reproductive health education for medical students and residents around the world.⁠

Mean Girls Scene:

On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.

"It's 4 weeks until the 2025 CoFP registration closes."

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 9d

MSFC HQ can lend you supplies to host an NSV workshop, providing students with the opportunity to learn and practice essential techniques.

🩺 To request materials and resources for workshops, visit: msfc.org/medical-stud...

Event Resources - Medical Students for Choice

Event Topics These one-page guides contain slide decks, articles, workshop ideas, and other resources to host events. Don’t see what you’re looking for?

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 9d

A No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) is a safe and common method of permanent family planning that works by surgically interrupting the flow of sperm through the removal of sections of the vas deferens. ✂️

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Image: No-Scalpel Vasectomy Workshop

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 11d

💙 Start your abortion training at our 2025 Conference on Family Planning on December 6-7th, in Portland, Oregon. Register now: msfc.org/conferences/...

2025 Conference on Family Planning - Medical Students for Choice

2025 Conference on Family Planning Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health Portland, Oregon | December 6 - 7 , 2025

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 11d

💡 Informed decision-making and trauma-informed, person-centered patient care
📣 Medical student advocacy and community engagement
🌍 Global reproductive health disparities and abortion access

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 11d

🥼 Best practices in reproductive healthcare, screening guidelines, emerging technologies, and new treatment options
⚖️ Ethical and legal frameworks around sexual and reproductive health, plus policy changes needed to promote equitable access to services
🩺 Abortion as essential healthcare

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 11d

This year’s conference will focus on the theme of “Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health” ✨ and will feature interactive and didactic sessions highlighting:

Medical Student Advice

Blue - You should register for the 2025 Conference on Family Planning
Purple - You should register for the 2025 Conference on Family Planning but in purple

Image: A pie chart with blue at 90% and purple at 10% with an MVA kit, papaya, and IUD placement kit.

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 14d

We're celebrating 25 years of safe, effective medication abortion—a popular method of care that’s helped millions of people make their own healthcare decisions 🥂 #MifeInAll50

Medication abortion via telehealth is safe and now makes up 1 in 4 of all abortions in the U.S.

Defend mife in all 50 states.

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 16d

📅 Join us on December 6-7th in Portland, Oregon! Registration closes on October 31st.
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Conference registration is required to receive the pre-registration link for the hands-on training simulations. For more information, visit: msfc.org/conferences/...

2025 Conference on Family Planning - Medical Students for Choice

2025 Conference on Family Planning Empowering Choice and Centering Equity in Sexual and Reproductive Health Portland, Oregon | December 6 - 7 , 2025

msfc.org

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 16d

Medical students and advanced practice clinicians in training (including nursing students, NP students, and PA students) are invited to attend the limited enrollment, hands-on training workshops at MSFC's 2025 Conference on Family Planning.

HANDS-ON TRAINING
SESSIONS

Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Intrauterine Device (IUD) Placement

All hands-on training simulations will be limited enrollment sessions only open to medical students and advanced practice clinicians in training. Conference registration is required.

Saturday, December 6th
• Educational Program on Bayer
IUDs: An Overview for New
Learners
• Abortion Techniques: MVA
Hands-on Training #1

Sunday, December 7th
• The Liletta Levonorgestrel
52 mg IUD: An Overview and Hands-on Training
• Abortion Techniques: MVA
Hands-on Training #2

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 17d

As future providers, it's important to be informed about all the options available to patients to protect their health and make informed choices.

Explore MSFC’s resources on Reproductive Health Access and Advocacy: msfc.org/medical-stud...

Event Resources - Medical Students for Choice

Event Topics These one-page guides contain slide decks, articles, workshop ideas, and other resources to host events. Don’t see what you’re looking for?

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 17d

Abortion is an essential part of sexual health. 💜 At MSFC, we organize to support medical students with resources to plan workshops and host events on abortion and reproductive health care. #SexualHealthAwareness #SexualHealthAwarenessMonth

September is
Sexual Health Awareness Month

Sexual health is health care.

Everyone deserves access to the care and resources needed to make informed decisions on contraception, STI prevention, and abortion care.

Taking care of your sexual health means having the knowledge and access you need to make the decisions that are right for you.

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 18d

September 28th marks #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and your donation directly supports medical students and residents attending the 2025 Conference on Family Planning, making reproductive healthcare education and abortion training more accessible.

✨ Donate today: msfc.org/about-us/giv...

Giving to MSFC - Medical Students for Choice

Your gift to MSFC will support future abortion care providers and allow them to advocate for reproductive justice globally. Help make reproductive

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 18d

Every year, MSFC members, alums, and faculty come together at our annual conference to address divides in reproductive health, equity, and justice through medical student education, training, and advocacy.

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Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 22d

We're ready to expand reproductive health care! Are you ready?

💙 Start your abortion training and register for MSFC's 2025 Conference on Family Planning in Portland, Oregon, on December 6-7th! Register now: msfc.org/conferences/... #ReproductiveHealth #AbortionAccess #MedStudent

Medical Students for Choice @msfchoice.bsky.social · 23d

Email [email protected] for personalized help or visit: msfc.org/medical-stud...

Curriculum Reform - Medical Students for Choice

MSFC believes that abortion and family planning training should be a standard part of all medical school curricula. Many MSFC chapters have successfully

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