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Empty Obstetrics classroom representing the affects of abortion bans on medical training

How abortion bans are reshaping medical training and  practices Fact checked by Jim Lacy The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022 paved the way for states to ban abortion. On the day of the June ruling, Wisconsin’s four abortion clinics closed their doors. Yet, it wasn’t only the […]

3D Printing: A model for a better future

3D Model

Pictured above: Students use the models to practice performing complicated minimally invasive procedures to repair rare birth defects. Photo courtesy of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.   By Kate Silver On the counter sits a realistic leg, from the knee down, with a crimson gaping wound to the outer ankle. Nearby is a pair of […]