Help Us Protect Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Today!
Dec 22
2021 is officially the most devastating year for abortion rights and reproductive freedoms. With over 100 abortion bans enacted in one year, as well as the continual risk of Roe v. Wade being overturned, and setting off a domino of devastation across the country, this year has set us all into a rollercoaster of emotions.…
Dec 15
We did it! We met our $10,000 match and raised a total of $57,000 on #GivingTuesday! Thank you! Missed out on Giving Tuesday? You can still donate to our year-end campaign. From now until the end of the year, RHAP is raising funds to provide our national network of clinicians with the resources they need…
Dec 01
Did you know RHAP has an online store? You can purchase birth control user guides, fact sheets, clinical tools, posters, and t-shirts through our store. RHAP’s user guides include information on various birth control methods such as emergency contraception, IUDs, condoms, pills, the ring, and so much more. Our fact sheets also cover many topics…
Nov 24
Give a gift this #GivingTuesday, November 30, to mobilize, train, and support primary care clinicians to expand access to abortion, contraception, and early pregnancy loss care for everyone. As the country continues to pass more draconian laws against abortion and reproductive health, we are seeing an ever-widening gap in access to necessary health care. Regardless…
Nov 17
Whew! The political landscape of abortion care and reproductive rights has been a whirlwind this past month. The attacks on our reproductive freedom seem to be never-ending, but thanks to advocates on the ground and the fortitude of abortion funds nationwide, we still have small wins to celebrate. Read through the list of political updates…
Nov 10
As RHAP continues to grow as an organization, so do our values, mission, and the scope of our work. One of RHAP’s values is the belief that everyone should be able to receive reproductive health care—including abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care—safely, easily, affordably, with dignity, and without judgment. To this end, we introduced the Advanced Practice…
Nov 03
Almost four years ago, RHAP finally moved into our very first standalone office. This was big for us – we had been working out of a space in a community health center in New York City since our inception, but we had officially outgrown it! Our move was a big deal – we had our…
Oct 27
Telehealth–providing health care services and health education remotely through digital and communication technologies–has been thrusted into the mainstream during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly all primary care clinicians in the US (97%) were using some form of telemedicine with patients by April 2020 (2) and telemedicine now accounts for 15 to 20% of health care delivery.…
Oct 20
We know that the past year has been brutal for access to abortion care, with legislative attacks at the state level reaching historic highs. However, there have been some crucial wins in the fight to protect access! Here are a few: On Wednesday, October 6th, a federal judge in West Texas issued a temporary injunction…
Oct 13
About 1 in 5 women* will experience early pregnancy loss, also known as miscarriage, and often in the first 12 weeks. Pregnant and birthing people face enormous and unacceptable stigma and shame when they experience a pregnancy loss, and are often not encouraged to talk about their loss. This stigma silences people’s voices, leads to…