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What Does Breaking Down Abortion Stigma Look Like to You? Win Cash & Get Published!

Call for Final Submissions to Summer 2025 Essay Contest Series Get Published & Win Cash Prizes – Open to All AMSA Members! Separate Competitions for Premeds & Medical Students  As we approach the three-year mark of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion care, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

June Essay Contest Med Student Honorable Mention – Under the Shadow of Dobbs: Are We Complicit or Complacent?

Summer 2025 Essay Contest Honorable Mention – Medical Student Category Under the Shadow of Dobbs: Are We Complicit or Complacent? Essay written by Amanda Moser I sat in Law auditorium on the first day of Penn Preview, almost a year ago to the day, fidgeting in the swivel chair, surrounded by unfamiliar faces, anxious to...

June Essay Contest Med Student Honorable Mention – Abortion Is a Decision You Make Out of Love

Summer 2025 Essay Contest Honorable Mention – Medical Student Category Abortion Is a Decision You Make Out of Love Essay written by Erin Silliman  She already had two children. She and her partner had never expected to become pregnant again, and they couldn’t afford another baby. When I met her during my women’s health elective...

2nd Prize Med Student June Essay – Building the World We Want to Practice In

Summer 2025 Essay Contest 2nd Prize Winner – Medical Student Category Building the World We Want to Practice In Essay written by Emma Weisner   In the world I want to practice medicine in, patients can trust not only my medical knowledge, but in the belief that I will prioritize their needs over politics. But...