March 2017

Women’s History Month International Women’s Day was first observed in 1911 as the industrial revolution heightened and women were being more vocal about the oppression and inequalities that they were facing in society. Observed on March 8th every year, it took 70 years before Congress authorized President Carter to recognize the entire week of March…

Contraception for patients with lupus

Systemic lupus erythematosus primarily affects women of reproductive age and often worsens during pregnancy. This issue covers contraceptive options for lupus patients who usually receive little contraceptive counseling.

March 2015

Newsletter/March 2015 Introducing Insights! Insights into abortion and miscarriage care is a brand new e-publication offering evidence-based, clinical advice on abortion and miscarriage care. Modeled on our popular Contraceptive Pearls, Insights are brief, evidence-based, clinical updates designed for busy primary care clinicians. Each edition of Insights contains one practical, clinical tip on abortion and miscarriage…

Five Years Later: Assessing the Impact of Reproductive Health Clinical Training and Post-Graduate Support Services

We at RHAP have always known that just because clinicians are trained in abortion care doesn’t mean they will provide abortion care.  Whether or not clinicians can provide this care rests on many factors including:  where the individual practices are located, the support of their colleagues, the ability to access the right equipment and supplies,…

Hot Off the Presses! RHAP in the New York Times

We’re kicking of the fall with some great news – on September 18th, 2012 The New York Times highlighted the Reproductive Health Access Project’s work in an article about how to safely switch between contraceptive methods. In the article RHAP’s Education Director, Dr. Ruth Lesnewski, outlined some of the most common reasons why women switch…

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Emergency Contraception

Look what Natasha Miller, an awesome HealthCorps worker, created for us!  It’s a great tool that lays out in an easy to read way everything you ever wanted to know about Emergency Contraception. Emergency Contraception Clinician Guide This chart was featured in this month’s edition of the Contraceptive Pearls, our monthly e-publication that promotes clinical…

Reflecting Back in Gratitude

2020 has been a difficult year. Like so many others, the RHAP community was deeply impacted by COVID-19. In addition to the personal impact of this pandemic, our organization faced a number of new challenges. We moved our office to be 100% remote at the beginning of the pandemic. We had to learn new rhythms,…

Working Toward Equitable Reproductive Health Care Access During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inequities in reproductive health care, including abortion, have long existed in the United States. State legislatures have sought to erode Roe v. Wade by enacting policies that restrict or delay access to and provision of abortion services. This has primarily impacted Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), adolescents, and families living below the federal…

December 2020

December 2020    Give the Gift of Access We did it! We met our $10,000 match and raised a total of $33,000 on #GivingTuesday! Thank you! Missed out on Giving Tuesday? You can still donate to our year-end campaign.  From now until December 31st, RHAP is raising funds to mobilize, train, and support clinicians to…

July 2020

July 2020 Breaking Medication Abortion Care News On July 13th, a federal judge in Maryland suspended a FDA rule that requires people seeking medication abortion care to visit a hospital or clinic in-person to obtain mifepristone, one of two medications used in a medication abortion. This ruling allows providers around the country to mail or…