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Jun 09
Sterling Franklin was one of RHAP’s very first supporters. As a lawyer and trustee of the Morris F. Smith Foundation, Sterling has dedicated his career to improving access to reproductive health care. Sterling was introduced to RHAP in 2005 at a house party in Pasadena, California. He immediately connected with RHAP’s message of integrating abortion…
Jun 02
Mark your calendar! Saturday, September 26, 2015 the Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) is hosting “V to Shining V,” a night of comedy, music, and activism in New York City in celebration of our 10-year anniversary. RHAP is partnering with Lady Parts Justice to produce this amazing event. Lady Parts Justice is a “rapid response reproductive…
May 26
On March 25th, Dr. Erin Hendriks, a Miscarriage Care Initiative (MCI) grantee, hosted an IUD training for medical students in Detroit, MI. Through the MCI program, Dr. Hendriks is not only expanding access to miscarriage care but also increasing access to contraception training. The Miscarriage Care Initiative provided Dr. Hendriks a sophisticated uterine model that…
May 18
Last year the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine’s chapter of Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) hosted a bake sale to raise funds to support better training in reproductive health care. They decided to donate the $350 they raised to RHAP! This spring the students hosted a second bake sale and once again selected RHAP as…
May 11
This year RHAP celebrates ten years of expanding access to abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care throughout the United States. To highlight our growth and accomplishments over those ten years we’ve created the timeline below. Click on the arrow to the right the follow the Reproductive Health Access Project’s progress from 2005 to 2015!
Apr 21
RHAP’s Reproductive Health and Advocacy Fellowship aims to develop clinical leaders who will promote and teach full-spectrum women’s reproductive healthcare within family medicine. One of the way they develop these skills is through regional and national advocacy. Our Fellow, Zahra Virani, MD was recently part of a group of physicians who traveled to Washington, DC as…
Apr 14
Applications are now being accepted for our 2015-2016 Miscarriage Care Initiative. The Miscarriage Care Initiative expands access to evidence-based, patient-centered miscarriage care in primary care settings. Grantees will receive intensive support from RHAP to integrate and expand miscarriage treatment in their primary practice. Grantees become a part of a learning collaborative and receive clinical training,…
Apr 07
As part of Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP)’s 10th anniversary celebrations, we are proud to share with you the re-launch of our Reproductive Health Access Network! RHAP first launched the Network in 2007 as the Family Medicine Reproductive Health Network, a group of 125 family clinicians dedicated to expanding access to abortion care in family…
Mar 24
99% of sexually active American women will use contraception in their lifetime. As key providers of primary care to women and families across the country, family physicians need to be able to provide evidence-based, patient-centered contraceptive care. In 2014 the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education recognized the importance of family planning as a part…
Mar 10
March 10 is Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Abortion providers often face misunderstandings about the work they do and the environment they work in. To show our appreciation for abortion providers we are addressing one such abortion myth. At a recent organizational retreat RHAP’s Medical Director, Linda Prine, MD, fielded the following challenging question: “Do primary care clinicians…