Health Alerts For Women
WHS’ Sex Kit Drive-Thru is back! We are back and better than ever! Drive, walk, or bike up and receive your free quarantine sex kit. Sex Kits include: CONDOMS LUBRICANT DENTAL DAMS LATEX GLOVES MASK INFORMATION WHS SWAG SELF CARE RESOURCES Join us Friday September 18th at our Redding location. From 10:00 am – 12:30 […] Read More
Taco or Beer Challenge 2020 Eat a taco, drink a beer, fund abortion! The Taco or Beer Challenge is here! From September 1st – September 20th We invite you to join our virtual Taco or Beer Challenge 2020 in partnership with the National Network of Abortion Funds. How do you join? It’s simple, eat […] Read More
Invest in Community Care! Women’s Health Specialists will be hosting a Sex Drive in Chico where we hand out important resources, safer sex supplies, and tools, remember this wouldn’t be possible without your support. We encourage you to donate or sponsor, help us help our communities. You can learn more about our event and how […] Read More
Chico is having a Sex Kit Drive-thru! Women’s Health Specialists will be hosting a Sex Kit Drive-thru in Chico! The event will be held at Women’s Health Specialists on August 28th, 2020. Our goal is to provide safer sex tools, safety supplies, and resources to the Chico community. We will be hosting a drive-thru in […] Read More
Women’s Health Specialists’ Sex Drive! Women’s Health Specialists will be hosting our first-ever Sex Drive-thru! The event will be held at Women’s Health Specialists on July 24th, 2020. Our goal is to provide safer sex tools, safety supplies, and resources to the community. We will be hosting a drive-thru in order to keep things COVID-19 […] Read More
Northern California activists, and community members participate in a Car-a-van protest to fight for the unsheltered and those hit hardest by the COVID pandemic in Sacramento. Donate to: www.safegroundsac.org Safe Ground Sacramento advocates for the decriminalization of homelessness and establishment of Safe Ground communities where those who are homeless may reside until they may obtain […] Read More
Women’s Health Specialists honors and celebrates the life and contributions of lesbian activist, journalist and gay rights pioneer Phyllis Lyon, 95, who died yesterday at her San Francisco home. Cofounder of Daughters of Bilitis and revered as a mentor throughout the lesbian community, Lyon and her partner Del Martin were instrumental in bringing marriage […] Read More
COVID-19 Women’s Health Specialists is closely monitoring the status of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Butte County Public Health, Shasta County Public Health and Nevada County Public Health for each of our locations. Please visit the links below for information and resources regarding COVID-19. CDC CDC Butte County […] Read More
TODAY IS #GIVINGTUESDAY! Supporting Women’s Health Specialists on #GivingTuesday is one of the most direct ways to take a stand and increase reproductive health care access and services to over 25,000 people in Northern California every year. Your donation provides core support for the only independent non-profit, women-run health center in Northern California. Make a […] Read More
PLEDGE A PICKETER The Pledge a Picketer campaign supports Women’s Health Specialists, an independent not-for-profit clinic that provides abortion, adoption, contraception and fertility services in rural northern California. Women’s Health Specialists is enduring daily protests organized by 40 Days for Life, a nationwide effort to keep people from receiving abortion care by picketing clinics. These […] Read More
Women’s Health Specialists will be hosting a Peer Educator Prevention Training Friday, August 30th, 2019. We welcome young people between the age 20-29 of all identities who would like to enhance their knowledge about reproductive and sexual health in a fun and exciting learning atmosphere. Each participant will receive a $100 stipend upon completion of […] Read More
Know Your Body, Own Your Body! Women’s Health Specialists Annual Dido Hasper Speculum Kit Giveaway Day! Honoring the life and legacy of our founder, visionary Dido Hasper, we invite you to stop by Women’s Health Specialists on Tuesday, July 30th to pick-up your free speculum kit. Know your body, own your body! Demystify your body […] Read More
Intertwined is a group led by Women’s Health Specialists’ Youth Peer Outreach Workers they organize an inclusive space where youth in our community can feel welcomed. Our goal is to create a space that allows us to talk freely and comfortably about topics that might otherwise not be a part of our daily conversations. Join […] Read More
Thanks to all who contributed so much to make our 5th Annual IWD Celebration such a success: our wonderful performers, speakers & crew — especially the amazing Loretta Ross! Special shout-out to the IWD 2019 crew for all their hard work on this extraordinary event. Dance, music, & speaking truth to power — all to […] Read More
Tickets available online or at Adoption Choices/Women’s Health Specialists, Chico or Blackbird in Chico! Also listen in for an adoption show on KZFR, 90.1 FM, on Thursday, November 9th from 6:00-7:00PM. Director at Adoption Choices, Marikathryn Hendrix, will be interviewing adult adoptees about their experiences with adoption.
Read MoreThe House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) released its draft appropriations measure for fiscal year (FY) 2018. The subcommittee will mark up the proposal this week and it is expected to head to the full House Appropriations Committee for debate and approval next week. For the sixth […] Read More
“SisterSong the National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective is celebrating 20 years of amplifying the voices of Indigenous women and women of color, and we are celebrating this milestone by hosting our third national Let’s Talk About Sex! conference October 5-8, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year, our theme […] Read More
This weekend in Sacramento, we’re bowling to strike down barriers for abortion by raising money for our Women in Need fund. The Women in Need fund provides folks coming for abortion care with financial help for medical services, transportation, motels, childcare or whatever they need to be able to come to the clinic. Donate to […] Read More