Reproductive Health Access Project

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Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc.
AbbreviationRHAP
Formation2005
Type501c(3)
Purpose Reproductive Health
Headquarters
Region served
United States
Website reproductiveaccess.org

The Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc. (RHAP) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to integrate abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care into mainstream medicine. [1] [2] It is well known for its network that organizes over 3,500 primary clinicians into local groups called "clusters" which work to include reproductive health care in primary care practice, and for its fellowship and hands-on clinical training programs.

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Activities

The organization has garnered press coverage for its papaya workshops, [3] [4] where a papaya (resembling a uterus) is instrumented with a manual vacuum aspirator, a syringe-like device commonly used in abortion procedures. [5] The organization was the subject of an NPR story after it led a petition campaign to ensure that contraception and abortion remain part of the core curriculum in family medicine training. RHAP's resources and materials on contraception, abortion and miscarriage have been translated into several languages. The organization also publishes in academic journals such as Contraception and American Family Physician . [6] [7] [8]

History

RHAP was founded in 2005 by Linda Prine, Lisa Maldonado and Ruth Lesnewski. [9] Linda Prine is a practicing family physician affiliated with Mount Sinai in New York, and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine; she is RHAP's medical director. [10] Lisa Maldonado is currently RHAP's executive director and previously worked with family planning programs in Latin America, Africa, and New York City. [11] Ruth Lesnewski is currently an attending physician at the Mount Sinai Downtown Family Medicine Residency Program in Urban Family Practice; she is also RHAP's educational director. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Suzy (30 July 2019). "Betty Gilpin, Ali Stroker and More Perform at Voice for Choice Gala". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  2. ↑ "Reproductive Health Access Project 2016-2017 Annual Report" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Solis, Marie (2019-07-24). "I Learned How to Do an Abortion on a Papaya". Vice. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  4. ↑ Racklin, Meghan (22 January 2019). "The New Abortion Underground Starts With Information". Glamour. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  5. ↑ "About Papaya Workshop". Papaya Workshop. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  6. ↑ Srinivasulu, Silpa; Maldonado, Lisa; Prine, Linda; Rubin, Susan E. (2019-09-01). "Intention to provide abortion upon completing family medicine residency and subsequent abortion provision: a 5-year follow-up survey". Contraception. 100 (3): 188–192. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.05.011 . ISSN   0010-7824. PMID   31150603.
  7. ↑ Pierce, Carrie; deFiebre, Gabrielle; Prine, Linda (2015-06-01). "Employment Accommodation Assessments for Pregnant Patients". American Family Physician. 91 (11): 750. ISSN   0002-838X. PMID   26034846.
  8. ↑ "Publications & Press". Reproductive Health Access Project. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  9. ↑ "Staff". Reproductive Health Access Project. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  10. ↑ "Linda Prine | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  11. ↑ "Lisa Maldonado - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  12. ↑ "Ruth Lesnewski | Mount Sinai - New York". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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