Reproductive Health Access Project
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| name = Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc.
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| abbreviation = RHAP
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| formation = 2005
| type = 501c(3)
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| purpose = Reproductive Health
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
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| region_served = United States
| website = {{URL|reproductiveaccess.org}}
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}}The Reproductive Health Access Project, Inc. (RHAP) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to integrate abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care into mainstream medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/betty-gilpin-ali-stroker-more-perform-at-voice-choice-gala-1227885|title=Betty Gilpin, Ali Stroker and More Perform at Voice for Choice Gala|last=Evans|first=Suzy|date=30 July 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/rhap_ar2016-2017.pdf|title=Reproductive Health Access Project 2016-2017 Annual Report|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} It is well known for its [https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/programs/network/ 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 [https://nf.aafp.org/Directories/Fellowship/Detail/09eadd50-184d-4c70-8f6e-689699b2cf47 fellowship] and [https://www.whijournal.com/article/S1049-3867(18)30158-0/fulltext hands-on clinical training programs].
Activities
The organization has garnered press coverage for its papaya workshops,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-to-do-an-abortion-with-manual-vacuum-aspiration-papaya-workshop/|title=I Learned How to Do an Abortion on a Papaya|last=Solis|first=Marie|date=2019-07-24|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/the-new-abortion-underground-starts-with-information|title=The New Abortion Underground Starts With Information|last=Racklin|first=Meghan|date=22 January 2019|website=Glamour|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}} where a papaya (resembling a uterus) is instrumented with a manual vacuum aspirator, a syringe-like device commonly used in abortion procedures.{{Cite web|url=https://papayaworkshop.org/|title=About Papaya Workshop|website=Papaya Workshop|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}} The organization was the subject of an [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/04/26/178863728/family-doctors-consider-dropping-birth-control-training-rule 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 [https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/resources/ 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Srinivasulu|first1=Silpa|last2=Maldonado|first2=Lisa|last3=Prine|first3=Linda|last4=Rubin|first4=Susan E.|date=2019-09-01|title=Intention to provide abortion upon completing family medicine residency and subsequent abortion provision: a 5-year follow-up survey|url=https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(19)30174-X/abstract|journal=Contraception|language=English|volume=100|issue=3|pages=188–192|doi=10.1016/j.contraception.2019.05.011|issn=0010-7824|pmid=31150603|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Pierce|first1=Carrie|last2=deFiebre|first2=Gabrielle|last3=Prine|first3=Linda|date=2015-06-01|title=Employment Accommodation Assessments for Pregnant Patients|url=https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0601/p750.html|journal=American Family Physician|language=en|volume=91|issue=11|pages=750|pmid=26034846|issn=0002-838X}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/about/publications-press/|title=Publications & Press|website=Reproductive Health Access Project|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}
History
RHAP was founded in 2005 by Linda Prine, Lisa Maldonado and Ruth Lesnewski.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/about/staff/|title=Staff|website=Reproductive Health Access Project|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/linda-prine|title=Linda Prine {{!}} Mount Sinai - New York|website=Mount Sinai Health System|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}} Lisa Maldonado is currently RHAP's executive director and previously worked with family planning programs in Latin America, Africa, and New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/lisa-maldonado|title=Lisa Maldonado - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center|website=www.womensmediacenter.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/ruth-f-lesnewski|title=Ruth Lesnewski {{!}} Mount Sinai - New York|website=Mount Sinai Health System|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}