Med school approves pro-life group over objections from pro-abortion students

A new chapter of the student organization Medical Students for Life will be allowed at Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine after university administrators overrode resistance from the student government association and others on campus.

The student government said it “was dangerous to establish an organization notorious for disseminating medical misinformation” and Medical Students for Choice told the administration the club “contradicts what we are taught in our curriculum and … could directly put patients in our community at risk as students are on rotations and enter residency,” according to Ms. Magazine.

“When we refuse to provide abortions, which are considered essential health services by the World Health Organization, it’s a violation of human rights,” one student told Ms. Magazine. “Sarah,” the pseudonym used for a medical student at Midwestern University, says the university’s decision goes against students’ desires and may harm patients.