Join us to celebrate the Reproductive Health Access Network: 15 years & counting!
Jan 21
The Reproductive Health Access Project supports the reproductive health, rights, and justice work that our sister organizations do whenever we can, so that we can all move forward together in our allied mission to expand access to reproductive health care. One of the ways that we do this is by signing on to and participating…
Jan 15
The relationship between religion and medical practice has created a strange environment within which I provide medical care. Talk of religion happens early and often. Every staff meeting starts with religious reflections and my clinic has been blessed by a nun. I had to sign an employment contract that said I would uphold Catholic ethics.…
Jan 14
2015 was an exciting year for the Reproductive Health Access Network! In the past twelve months, the Network grew from approximately 650 members across 35 states to 925 members in 41 states, Washington D.C., and Canada. To reflect the current reproductive health care landscape, in late 2014 we broadened the scope of the Network to…
Jan 05
There is a lot at stake for reproductive health in 2016. In the spring the Supreme Court will hear two cases, Whole Women’s Health v. Cole and Zubik v. Burwell, the outcomes of which will either further limit or expand access to abortion and contraceptive care. And, this year’s presidential election will certainly boil down…
Dec 29
Did you know that when it comes to reproductive health, many family physicians do not receive the training necessary to provide the full spectrum of care? The Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship addresses this gap in training. This one-year program aims to develop leaders who will promote and teach full-spectrum reproductive health care within family medicine.…
Dec 22
As a life-long feminist, Virginia Sobol has always supported reproductive rights, but working full-time throughout her career in marketing and corporate communications, she had very little time to pursue this passion. Then in 2012, she decided to work part-time, consulting for small real estate firms. This opened up a lot more time to focus on…
Dec 16
The Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship is a 1-year clinical training program that develops and fosters clinical leaders who will promote and teach full-spectrum reproductive health care within family medicine. Fellows spend the year as teachers in training, learning to perform and teach reproductive health care procedures. This year, RHAP is sponsoring 4 fellows, three in…
Dec 10
The Texas state legislature has passed laws that are severely restricting access to abortion in the state. A recent study estimates that between 100,000 and 240,000 women in Texas have attempted self-induced abortions as a result of these strict restrictions on abortion provision. The Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) medical director, Dr. Linda Prine has…
Dec 03
On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, the Reproductive Health Access Project participated in the fourth annual #GivingTuesday campaign. This is a global day for giving back to the nonprofits you love and we are so grateful to everyone who helped make RHAP’s #GivingTuesday a success. This year, we nearly doubled our number of #GivingTuesday supporters and raised over $3,000…
Dec 01
Today is #GivingTuesday, a global day for giving back to the nonprofits you love. The Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) is very proud to be participating for the fourth year in a row. This year, please make a gift to RHAP to help expand safe access to reproductive health care. These are difficult times for…