Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Although no one will be profiled in our reproductive justice campaign this month, we want to emphasize how important it is within the reproductive justice movement to highlight this public health and human rights issue. Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual contact, ranging from sexual harassment to rape. Sexual…

April 2018

Spotlight on a Donor: Gayle Raskin “I’m so fortunate that I could choose when to start a family and had access to legal abortion when I needed it.” Gayle Raskin has volunteered with the Reproductive Health Access Project since 2015 after attending a screening of Vessel, a documentary about Women on Waves – a team of…

Getting Involved with RHAP

There are many ways to get involved with the Reproductive Health Access Project. Clinicians can sign up to receive our monthly Contraceptive Pearls, an evidence-based, free e-publication sharing the most up-to-date contraceptive information. For those of you who are clinicians and are looking to get more involved in RHAP’s clinical organizing, please join the Reproductive…

March 2018

Focus on a Cluster: Maine When Dr. Kohar Der Simonian moved to Maine from the Bay Area a few years ago, she found that she missed the organized, tight-knit community of reproductive health care providers and advocates back in California. While clinicians and advocates across Maine have always provided and advocated for reproductive health care,…

Providing Reproductive Health Care to Survivors of Sexual Violence

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual violence includes a range of actions and behaviors and happens to people of all ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and incomes. It happens every day. This is a gendered form of violence: in the U.S., one in five women and one in 71 men report experiencing rape at…

April 2017

Providing Reproductive Health Care to Survivors of Sexual Violence April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual violence includes a range of actions and behaviors and happens to people of all ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and incomes. It happens every day. This is a gendered form of violence: in the U.S., one in five women…

Providing Contraception to Trans People

March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility. This is a day of empowerment, a day to bring attention to the trans people around the world, and to spread knowledge of the trans community. In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, we are sharing with you our guide to clinicians on providing contraceptive care for LGBT…

March 2017

Women’s History Month International Women’s Day was first observed in 1911 as the industrial revolution heightened and women were being more vocal about the oppression and inequalities that they were facing in society. Observed on March 8th every year, it took 70 years before Congress authorized President Carter to recognize the entire week of March…

Contraception for patients with lupus

Systemic lupus erythematosus primarily affects women of reproductive age and often worsens during pregnancy. This issue covers contraceptive options for lupus patients who usually receive little contraceptive counseling.

March 2015

Newsletter/March 2015 Introducing Insights! Insights into abortion and miscarriage care is a brand new e-publication offering evidence-based, clinical advice on abortion and miscarriage care. Modeled on our popular Contraceptive Pearls, Insights are brief, evidence-based, clinical updates designed for busy primary care clinicians. Each edition of Insights contains one practical, clinical tip on abortion and miscarriage…