Join us to celebrate the Reproductive Health Access Network: 15 years & counting!
Apr 18
Updated April 18, 2023 Nearly three years ago, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of mifepristone and looked back on the history of this medication and how it expanded the options available for those seeking abortion care. French researchers developed mifepristone (also known as RU-486) in the 1980s to be taken with misoprostol for medication abortion…
Nov 29
A day to give support and expand access to reproductive health care. #GivingTuesday is a digital day of giving and leveraging the work of our favorite nonprofits – like RHAP! We hope you will consider giving to RHAP on this day and showing your support for our work! On Tuesday, November 29 , #GivingTuesday will…
Nov 29
Apply to Join RHAP’s Board of Directors! RHAP is currently recruiting people to serve on the organization’s Board of Directors. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to further support an organization working to increase access to abortion and reproductive health care in primary care! We are particularly interested in candidates who have: Legal experience…
Nov 22
Advocacy in Action in the AAFP! In late September, RHAP mobilized family physicians from across the country to advocate for progressive policy changes at the American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) annual Family Medicine Experience (FMX) conference in Washington, D.C. The AAFP is the country’s largest professional medical organization for family physicians, and is considered…
Nov 22
RHAP Seeks a New Executive Director As you may know, our beloved founder and 17-year executive director, Lisa Maldonado, stepped down in October. While we move forward with a highly capable interim director and exceptional team, the search for a permanent executive director is ON! The chance to lead RHAP is an opportunity of a…
Nov 15
Meet RHAP’s New Team Members! RHAP has a lot of new faces – please join us in welcoming our new team members! Hannah Cavendish-Palmer (she/her), Interim Executive Director Where are you located? The Seattle area. Why did you join RHAP? I am fired up about reproductive health and body autonomy. I love transition leadership and…
Aug 30
RHAP is excited to re-introduce Insights, a revival of our short, monthly e-newsletter offering primary care clinicians evidence-based education on abortion and early pregnancy loss care. Modeled after Contraceptive Pearls, Insights will share practice guidelines, clinical tools, and resources that reinforce and support evidence-based, person-centered abortion and early pregnancy loss care and counseling, including post-abortion and self-managed…
Aug 23
Join us in welcoming our new summer interns, Delaney and Aisha! Delaney House, Communications Intern Delaney (she/her) joined us this summer as our Communications Intern. Delaney recently graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Thought & Political Economy with a secondary major in Political Science. Delaney is…
Aug 16
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Health Women’s Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, states where abortion access is secure (aka “surge states”) have experienced an unprecedented rise in patients who have the privilege and resources to travel out of state to seek care. This increased demand has put enormous strain on existing…
Aug 09
RHAP lent its perspective and expertise to the research that resulted in two recently published studies that address access to medication abortion in family medicine. “Family Physicians’ Barriers and Facilitators in Incorporating Medication Abortion” highlights the role training and technical assistance play in supporting family physicians to provide medication abortion. “Exploring the impact of mifepristone’s…