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…

Five Years Later: Assessing the Impact of Reproductive Health Clinical Training and Post-Graduate Support Services

We at RHAP have always known that just because clinicians are trained in abortion care doesn’t mean they will provide abortion care.  Whether or not clinicians can provide this care rests on many factors including:  where the individual practices are located, the support of their colleagues, the ability to access the right equipment and supplies,…

Hot Off the Presses! RHAP in the New York Times

We’re kicking of the fall with some great news – on September 18th, 2012 The New York Times highlighted the Reproductive Health Access Project’s work in an article about how to safely switch between contraceptive methods. In the article RHAP’s Education Director, Dr. Ruth Lesnewski, outlined some of the most common reasons why women switch…

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Emergency Contraception

Look what Natasha Miller, an awesome HealthCorps worker, created for us!  It’s a great tool that lays out in an easy to read way everything you ever wanted to know about Emergency Contraception. Emergency Contraception Clinician Guide This chart was featured in this month’s edition of the Contraceptive Pearls, our monthly e-publication that promotes clinical…