Why All Employers Should Provide Insurance Coverage for Birth Control

alexandra — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:56:04 -0800

Some religious institutions are objecting to new federal rules requiring their employees' health insurance policies to cover contraception. Below, PRCH physicians remember patients whose stories show the importance of affordable birth control for all women, no matter where they work. The patients' names have been changed.

George Tiller, MD: Video

alexandra — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:47:28 -0800

In these never-before-seen videos of George Tiller, MD, he explains why he became an abortion provider and why he remained in the field. The clips are outtakes from the interview Dr. Tiller gave in 2001 in Wichita for our documentary Voices of Choice. He was murdered on May 31, 2009, for performing abortions.

Clip 1: “I’m a woman-educated physician”—George Tiller, MD, on becoming an abortion provider

The Reproductive Health Consequences of Being Uninsured

alexandra — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:24 -0700

The stories below were collected from PRCH physicians. The patients’ names have been changed.

Christopher Estes, MD, MPH

alexandra — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:15:58 -0700

Christopher Estes, MD, MPH, does not tolerate misinformation about reproductive health care. “Whenever I hear a conversation about contraception or abortion, I work my way into it to be sure that the truth is heard.”

Veenod Chulani, MD

Amanda Doreson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:44:15 -0800

Pediatrician Veenod Chulani, MD, chose to specialize in adolescent medicine because “I have always rooted for the underdog.” He explains, “Although we have made tremendous gains in the areas of child and adult health, there remain these gap years during which many adult health behaviors are formed. Adolescence profoundly influences health outcomes yet gets very little attention.”

Linda Prine, MD

sperez — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:02:47 -0700

“I chose to be a family doctor because I like so many areas of medicine, and family practice gives me the ability to have as broad a scope as I want,” says Linda Prine, MD, a practicing physician at the Institute for Urban Family Health in New York City. But when she had her training more than twenty years ago, Dr. Prine was troubled to find that many family doctors didn’t provide abortions.

Erica Gibson, MD

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:23:15 -0700

Erica Gibson, MD, is an adolescent medicine physician and Medical Director of School-Based Health at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Mary Bagan Dratman, MD

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:38 -0700

Mary Bagan Dratman, MD, is an adjunct professor in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. On the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, she spoke to a group of pro-choice physicians, medical students, and supporters about her experiences as a clinician before abortion was legal. Dr. Dratman is retired from clinical practice, but continues to do research and helps former patients and friends with advice, reassurance, and referrals.

Steven Sondheimer, MD

amaloney — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:52:17 -0700

Steven Sondheimer, MD, is professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist with a subspecialty in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. On the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Dr. Sondheimer spoke to a group of pro-choice physicians, medical students, and supporters about the dangers of illegal abortion he witnessed as a medical student.

Willie Parker, MD, MPH, MSc

amaloney — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:57:17 -0700

“What will happen to these women if we don’t serve them?” That is the question Dr. Willie Parker asked himself as he grappled with the decision to become an abortion provider. He had already spent more than a decade as an obstetrician/gynecologist, and struggled for many years with the morality of offering abortions. Dr. Parker could see that abortion was an integral part of many women’s reproductive lives.