Grant Program Reproductive Health

To collaborate with the American Medical Women’s Association and the National Abortion Federation in training physicians in the clinical use of mifepristone as an early, non-surgical abortion technique.

To conduct demonstration programs at three West Coast sites that apply social marketing and communication techniques to promoting the use of emergency contraceptives among teenagers.

To conduct a pilot program for identifying the most effective means of increasing awareness about emergency contraception among urban teenagers, an audience that is traditionally hard to reach with health messages. The program will focus on New York City’s Harlem…

To continue disseminating the Reproductive Health Model Curriculum to American medical schools, where training in abortion and family planning care has traditionally been poor or nonexistent.

To promote reproductive freedom in the United States through legal advocacy, policy development, public education and technical assistance to local reproductive health organizations.

To promote federal policy requiring private insurance plans that provide prescription drug coverage to include contraceptives obtained by medical prescription. The strategy for attaining this objective is centered on filing a petition with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming…

To continue support for the Clinic Defense Program, which provides technical support and training to improve security for approximately 350 affiliated clinics across the country.

To continue support for research on organizations opposed to reproductive rights, including publishing a journal about anti-choice activities and organizations, a series of in-depth reports on key organizations, and seeking increased media coverage for the center’s research information.

To provide support for the Ms. Foundation for Women’s work to improve reproductive health care for women and girls.

To establish the New England Midlevel Training Consortium, which will train midwives and nurse practitioners to perform first-trimester surgical abortion and then link them with medical practices in the states that allow midlevel health practitioners to provide these services.