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May 20
Last week was tough. Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri passed legislation effectively banning abortion in their states. Eight states–Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah–now have anti-abortion laws that criminalize clinicians and patients. Several more states, including Louisiana, have similar bans that are likely to pass in the coming weeks. These cruel and unconstitutional…
Nov 19
In July of 1981, activists at the first Feminist Encentro for Latin America and the Caribbean declared November 25th the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day was originally selected to honor the Mirabal sisters, three Dominican feminists assassinated in 1960 for defying the Trujillo dictatorship, and to bring international attention to…
May 18
Pramila Jayapal is the former senator of Washington state, and the first Indian-American woman elected into the House of Representatives. Born and raised in India, along with being raised in Indonesia and Singapore, Jayapal’s personal journey has strengthened her advocacy for immigrants’ rights, with a focus on women and children. While in senate, Jayapal has…
Apr 25
Since the election, our Reproductive Health Access Network has grown by over 300 people and we’ve seen an uptick in the number of clinicians who want to engage in clinical advocacy now more than ever. This month, we are highlighting Dr. Sharon Liner, a family planning and abortion provider in Ohio. In addition to providing…
Apr 21
Today is Earth Day. Environmentalists, clinicians and scientists are marking the day around the world in different ways. Earth Day began in 1970, before Roe v. Wade and in a time before “going green” and protecting the planet was a widely promoted idea. Population control was a popular solution, widely promoted on a global scale…
Mar 31
Our final day of #WomensHistoryMonth coincides with Transgender Day of Visibility. We want to shed light to the importance that trans activist Miss Major has contributed to LGBT rights and her work with the transgender community. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, best known as Miss Major is a formerly incarcerated, black trans woman and pioneering activist in…
Mar 21
In response to a call for more advocacy post-election and post-Women’s March, we have created a new page on the website under the “Get Involved” section–“Mobilize.” This page will serve as a resource for RHAP’s supporters to engage in advocacy in various ways. The “Active Campaigns” section lists actions our allies are organizing at the…
Feb 28
The past few months have been an exciting time for the Reproductive Health Access Network, RHAP’s community of pro-choice primary care clinicians from across the country who work locally and nationally to expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care in their clinics and teaching practices. Since the election, at least 200 more pro-choice clinicians have…
Feb 07
“…if you look at our country’s history, change doesn’t come from presidents. Change comes from large groups of angry people. And if Day 1 is any indication, you are part of the largest group of angry people I have ever seen.” Aziz Ansari, Saturday Night Live Monologue Ever since the election, the Reproductive Health Access…
Jan 24
In 2016, with all our staff and board, the Reproductive Health Access Project thought deeply about two inter-related topics: 1) reproductive justice and 2) policy and advocacy. We agreed that while our organization is dedicated to issues of reproductive health, the principles of reproductive justice underlie our mission, inform our work, and shape our organizational…