Women's Health Specialists staff answer the question: "What do women want from Health Care Reform?"
Become a Volunteer through ACCESS Reproductive Justice in Action
Oakland Training is Saturday February 20, and the Sacramento Training is at Women's Health Specialists clinic. The training will enable individuals interested in volunteering to learn about reproductive justice and barriers in California. For more information visit the ACCESS website at: www.whrc-access.org or contact (510) 923-0737.
Abortion Speak Out Campaign
"...if you have had an abortion; please talk about it, give others the opportunity to ask you about it. Take the opportunity to tell them that it has not destroyed your life. The decision was neither tragic or trivial. Peel off the stigma and shame. Openly discuss that all facets of reproductive health are part of every woman’s life." from Zoe Nickolson's story. Click here to read more of her story, or click here join the campaign.
Terror in Charlotte, NC where "Wanted posters" have appeared.
Using the real names of the doctors, and the addresses of their private practices, these posters have recently shown up in Charlotte, N.C. They are terrifying, and that is precisely their intention, as they invoke comparison to the notorious Old West-style wanted posters of abortion doctors that were circulated by two militant anti-abortion groups in the early 1990s. Three abortion-providing doctors—whose faces appeared on WANTED or unWANTED posters were, in fact, murdered by anti-abortion zealots. Read more from Ms. Magazine...
Women's Health Specialists of Northern California
Women's Health in Women's Hands for 34 years
Philosophy
Women's Health Specialists promotes positive images of women and provides clients with a new perspective on their bodies and health. We give women the tools to evaluate their real health care needs and regard their bodies and life stages as normal. Our goal is to empower women through support, education, self-help, and services to be able to make the best health care decisions for themselves. We put women's health in women's hands.
Our Mission
We have a vision: A world where women control their own bodies, reproduction and sexuality. The Feminist Women's Health Center / Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women-controlled health care and advocating for all options for all women.
Women's Health Specialists is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. Our tax ID number is : 94-2259357