Listed below are MSFC's policies on Abortion Training, Confidentiality, and Privacy.

MSFC Policy on Abortion Training

Every medical provider will have patients who have had, currently want, or someday will seek an abortion. And physicians who do not do abortions often have patients call them with questions following an abortion obtained elsewhere. They should know how to address the patients' concerns knowledgeably and comfortably.

MSFC encourages medical schools to include the following in their curriculum for all students:

• didactic instruction on the public health, social and historical context of abortion;
• medical and surgical abortion techniques;
• pre- and post-abortion management; and
• pregnancy-options and contraceptive counseling.

In addition, every medical school should provide students the opportunity to observe abortion procedures, including pre-abortion counseling.

MSFC Confidentiality Policy

Providers of abortion services live with the threat of oppositional violence every day. As a result, the identities of those involved in Medical Students for Choice must remain strictly confidential. Student names will only be given to other student activists and known pro-choice physicians, clinics, and organizations.

MSFC is committed to keeping the names and contact information of everyone in our database, including students, residents, physicians and supporters, private and confidential.

MSFC Privacy Policy

Medical Students for Choice is committed to preserving your privacy and safeguarding your information online. In fact, if you choose, you can visit our site without ever telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself.

The following statement provides a full disclosure of how we collect and use information on our website.

DONOR PRIVACY POLICY

Medical Students for Choice is committed to protecting the privacy of its donors, members, and staff. MSFC maintains records that include general information about its donors and which may contain names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, where provided. Any information gathered from donors is for internal use only and is used solely for fundraising purposes and for cultivating relationships with donors. Donor information is stored on a secure, password-protected internal server.

If you are a current donor and no longer wish to be publicly acknowledged, please contact the National Office by phone at (215)625-0800 or by emailing the Development Coordinator at erica@ms4c.org.

What information MSFC collects from you

When you enter our website, you can be assured that the only information we collect is that which is volunteered by you when you make a donation, send us feedback, sign up for our newsletter, or ask to be on our mailing list. We do not sell or trade any of this personal data, nor do we maintain any credit card information.

To further ensure your privacy, our site does not use any "cookies"-bits of information that a website can send to your browser for storage in order to present more tailored information.

How MSFC uses the information we collect

The information that we collect (names, addresses, and email addresses) is stored in our database of supporters. This helps us keep you updated on MSFC efforts, related issues, and special announcements.

If you do not want to receive materials from us, please contact us. What happens to your information when you make a donation at our website? Credit card donations are processed exclusively by Groundspring.org. When you make your donation, Groundspring shares only your contact information (name, address, and email address) with us, which we store in our database of supporters.

Like MSFC, Groundspring.org is committed to providing safe, secure, and private online transactions. Your account information is protected through data encryption; credit card data is not retained once the donation is processed. For further details about Groundspring's privacy practices, please consult their policy directly at http://www.groundspring.org/privacypolicy.cfm

What security measures MSFC has in place

Because we regularly deal with sensitive information, we have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected at our site.

How this Privacy Policy may be modified

From time to time, Medical Students for Choice may change this policy. If we do, we will not use any personal information we have already collected from you in any new manner without first obtaining your consent.