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Jan 30
A couple of years ago, when the Reproductive Health Access Project celebrated its 5th anniversary, we created a special tagline to mark the occasion: making choices real. I loved it. I still love it. It telegraphs the fact that, even though abortion and contraception are legal, many women still face tremendous barriers in accessing this…
Jan 16
Thank you! We met our year end fundraising match, and then some! Supporters like you gave more to the Reproductive Health Access Project in 2012 than ever before. This means we’ll be able to do even more in 2013. We have lots of plans in store: expanding our clinical training opportunities, creating new clinical tools…
Dec 21
Dec 12
It’s often difficult for doctors who received abortion training while in residency to integrate the service once they are in practice. They face many barriers including resistant staff members, malpractice costs, and the need for additional clinical training. An experienced mentor can be helpful in developing strategies for overcoming these barriers. Each spring the Reproductive…
Dec 04
Name: Gabrielle deFiebre, but I go by GG. Hails from: New York, NY Why are you passionate about reproductive health? When I first started classes for my master’s of Public Health at Hunter College, I was introduced to the concept of health disparities and how access to quality care is often determined by income…
Nov 28
Around this time every year we ask all our friends and supporters to make a donation to support our work. This support enables us to expand our work to new places in great need. So far this year, donations from supporters like you has already increased by 70%! But, there is so much more we…
Nov 07
Each spring, starting in 2007, RHAP conducts an annual survey of graduating 3rd year family medicine residents who have received abortion training. We use information from the survey to help connect with newly trained family physicians and to build our Family Medicine Reproductive Health Network. As of this spring, the Network had 429 members across…
Oct 10
The medical students and residents we train are often surprised at the emphasis we put on language in the exam room. Take this recent story from a family doctor in our practice who was working with a medical student: While examining the patient she [the medical student] used phrases like, “Scoot your bottom down until…
Sep 26
Parental consent laws can be a barrier to young women with an unwanted pregnancy. Although most young women choose to tell their parents, in 37 states a minor MUST get parental consent or go to a judge for permission to have an abortion. Getting a judicial bypass takes time but is usually successful. Many states…
Sep 05
This year, as we were thinking about how best to tell you about our work in 2011, we wanted to demonstrate that a small organization like ours can really make a difference. As you read through our 2011 annual report, we hope you’ll see how our work reaches across the country and even across the…