Help Us Protect Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Today!
Aug 29
“I was born into a family of activists – I am the daughter of an albino war refugee from El Salvador and an indigenous mother with a 4th grade education. I learned at a very early age that the community came first and sacrificing for the greater good wasn’t the exception but the norm. I also learned…
Aug 22
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship, a training program established to expand the number of clinicians teaching and providing abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. Join us in New York City on October 26th to celebrate. The celebration will be held on October 26th from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm…
Aug 15
The Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship is now accepting applications! This one-year fellowship is open to family physicians and aims to develop leaders who will promote and teach full-spectrum reproductive health care within family medicine. We are recruiting for fellowship positions in New York City at the Institute for Family Health-affiliated residencies and one in Boston…
Aug 11
We are excited to announce that 33 of the Reproductive Health Access Project’s patient education materials are now available in Vietnamese and our Hindi materials will be available by August 11th! By providing our patient education materials in multiple languages, we hope to reach as many populations as possible, ensuring accessibility to important reproductive health care knowledge. Comprehensive and…
Jul 25
Did you know that Hawaiian papayas serve as excellent, inexpensive uterine models for teaching procedures like IUD placements and manual vacuum aspiration? The Papaya Workshop has been used for many years as a clinical teaching tool for students, residents, and clinicians training in reproductive health care. RHAP has found that an adapted version of this workshop…
Jul 18
Debora Jacques was connected to RHAP more than ten years ago through her sister-in-law, Elisa, a longtime RHAP friend and supporter. Knowing that Debora was passionate about reproductive health and looking for an organization to become involved with, Elisa forwarded her a fundraising appeal, sparking what would become a decade-long relationship with RHAP. Not only has…
Jul 11
Ten years ago this month we launched the Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship in New York City. Dr. Honor MacNaughton was our very first fellow. Since then, the fellowship has gone on to train 21 fellows, and added two more fellowship training sites in New York City, as well as one in Boston. Expanding the fellowship…
Jul 06
The Reproductive Health Access Project has had the wonderful opportunity to expand our team by two! With our new program associate and Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps (RRASC) summer intern, RHAP’s ability to approach and fulfill our mission is growing in both capacity and experience. Get to know our new team members: Natalie Kopke, Program…
Jun 20
Reproductive health is an important component of overall health for everyone. Males, however, are often overlooked in discussions of sexual and reproductive health, especially discussions around contraception. This June, in honor of Men’s Health Month, we are highlighting resources that focus on birth control options for men. Your Birth Control Choice Fact sheet highlights all…
Jun 13
The Shrill Collective is a group of female-identifying artists striving to affect positive change in their community through the performing arts. They seek to create space for women’s voices and issues to be heard while raising funds for charitable organizations through intimate readings and stagings of contemporary, classical, and original works. The six founding ladies…