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Pledge A Picketer! Let Their Presence Raise $ For Us!

October 4, 2019 - 0 Comments

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… Read More

Better Access Through Technology

October 13, 2016 - 0 Comments

On Saturday, September 10, 2016, thousands came together to call for an end to abortion stigma. Locally, the first ever Abortion Access Hackathon was hosted by reproductive health clinic Women’s Health Specialists, California National Organization for Women, and the All Access Coalition, at UC Davis. A hackathon, a think… Read More

Women’s Health Specialists Featured in Rewire

October 4, 2016 - 0 Comments

Rewire, formerly RH Reality Check, featured Women’s Health Specialists in an article detailing how providers work around the Hyde Amendment. California covers abortions through Medi-Cal. Women’s Health Specialists’ Public Policy Director Eileen Schnitger, featured in the piece, shares how WHS offers services as well as help navigating insurance and reproductive… Read More

United for Abortion Access

September 29, 2016 - 0 Comments

Women’s Health Specialists is on six college campuses this week, talking to communities about ending abortion restrictions for folks with low-incomes. The Hyde Amendment, passed annually by Congress, restricts federal funds from covering abortion. This means women with federal health insurance, military, veterans and federal government employees do not have… Read More