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Mar 10
The ability to provide abortion care requires more than just being trained. RHAP also works with health centers and clinicians to help them navigate the logistical, bureaucratic, and legislative challenges that come with offering this care. We help them figure out how to schedule appointments, make sure their medical records are set up correctly, that…
Mar 10
Jaquelyn Yeh, MD is RHAP’s Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellow in Washington State. I was a medical student who loved every rotation – I didn’t know what I wanted to focus on, but I knew connecting and developing relationships with patients was really important for me. I knew Family Medicine was the specialty for…
Mar 03
On January 22, we co-hosted an event to celebrate the 47thanniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision with our allied organization RHEDI (Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine). More than 80 people joined us for a discussion exploring the reality of abortion access today. We heard from the Center for Reproductive Rights’ Lourdes Rivera,…
Feb 25
The Miscarriage Care Initiative (MCI) expands access to evidence-based, patient-centered early pregnancy loss (also known as miscarriage) care in primary care settings. Our vision is to support family physicians and health care organizations to integrate all three forms of early pregnancy loss management – expectant, medication, and manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) management – into their…
Feb 18
Three years ago, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that provisions in Texas House Bill 2 posed an undue burden on people seeking abortion care in Texas. HB2, which included a law requiring any clinician performing abortion care to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles…
Feb 11
Valentine’s Day is around the corner! Show your love for reproductive health care. We definitely are! On Valentine’s Day, we will share with you some of the reasons why we love doing this work. We’d also like to hear from you! Here a few ways to show your love for reproductive health care this Valentine’s…
Jan 28
Last month the Reproductive Health Access Project attended a screening of the film “Ask For Jane,” hosted by students from Barnard’s Introduction to Women and Health class. The film tells the story of the Jane Collective, a group of women who started out facilitating safe, but illegal abortion referrals in the late 1960s in Chicago…
Jan 21
2019 brought exciting changes and growth to the Reproductive Health Access Project and we are thrilled to announce the team members that joined us this fall. Lily Trotta earned her B.S. in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, where she also minored in Creative Writing. Her introduction to advocacy was sparked by her…
Jan 14
At RHAP, we strive to keep our resources current, evidence-based, and patient-centered. We update our materials regularly and are constantly taking in feedback from colleagues, clinicians, and the public. We also have a built in process to review one section of our resources – contraception, abortion, or early pregnancy loss – each year, to make…
Jan 08
Thanks to over 230 supporters, we raised more than $115,000 for our year-end campaign! Your support and the impact it has on clinicians and patients keep us inspired. Thank you for helping us raise our voices for reproductive health care and committing to expand access to reproductive health care. RHAP will now be able to…