Help Us Protect Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Today!
Oct 23
Providing abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care in the United States shouldn’t be political, but it is. More and more local, state, and national laws and policies are being proposed and passed that affect nearly every aspect of the work we do. While we are not a policy making organization, we do collaborate with other groups…
Oct 12
Luz Alvarez Martinez’s name is synonymous with Latina women’s reproductive health activism. Yet even this understates her influence as a leader in fostering and prioritizing the health and well-being of minority women across the United States. Born in California in 1943 to a family of farmworkers, Martinez began her life of activism as an early…
Oct 05
Gloria Malone is not one to live within the confines of others’ expectations. At age 15, Malone became pregnant and her life kicked into high gear – and she has not slowed down since. Today Malone works to reduce the stigma around teen pregnancy, particularly as it negatively impacts teens’ access to quality healthcare, education,…
Oct 02
RHAP’s team is the largest that it has ever been! We are excited to be joined by new team members who expand our capacity and perspectives within our Program, Development, and Operation departments. Get to know our new RHAPers: Jordan Silverman, Program Manager Jordan E. Silverman is a public health practitioner with a focus on…
Sep 25
September 28 has been recognized as the International Safe Abortion Day since 1990, when Latin American and Caribbean activists banded together on that day to call for the decriminalization of abortion. Now, 28 years later, organizations around the world will mark this day by calling attention to the need for safe and legal abortion. Here in the United…
Sep 21
“We must fight for our reproductive rights and our human rights now more than ever before. Too many women in history fought for us to have the ability to have control of what we do with our own bodies. This is not just a fight for women we need men to also stand with us and…
Sep 18
Every quarter, we like to give you a short update on the activities of the Reproductive Health Access Network, our community of reproductive health care primary care clinicians who work nationally and locally to integrate abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care into their primary care settings. Currently, there are 2,100 Network members who live and work in…
Sep 14
“The fight for reproductive justice is inextricably linked to the fight for racial justice and black liberation, quality and affordable health care, equal access to education, LGBTQ liberation, and immigrant rights. Now more than ever before, we need a movement that recognizes and addresses all our lived experiences and intersecting identities, centers the voices of…
Sep 11
On September 16, during Global Female Condom Day, advocates from around the world will be taking action to increase awareness and accessibility of internal condoms. What is an internal/ “female” condom? While external condoms (also known as “male” condoms) have been in use for over 150 years, an internal barrier method exists as well. The…
Sep 04
On September 15, 1821, five Central American nations – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua – declared independence from Spanish colonial rule. Fast forward to 1988, when the date was chosen as the starting point of Hispanic Heritage Month to commemorate those anniversaries. The Latinx community is the fastest-growing community in the United…