Committed to access to safe abortion

for all women ...

Organizational

Report

2008 - 2010

We work toward a different vision for abortion care ...

Guided by the belief that women should be able to access the care they need no matter where they live. Guided by the reality that many health care providers are committed, but do not have the support, to meet the full range of women’s reproductive health needs. Guided by the conviction that a strong system of abortion care is one that is diverse and integrated. Guided by the knowledge that safe access to abortion makes a significant contribution to women’s health and autonomy.

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We refuse to accept that any woman should be denied access to abortion, even if her community is too hostile, the services have never before been

put in place, or the needs seem too overwhelming.

Major contributions from 2008 to 2010 include …

� New recognition of rural women’s abortion needs with release of AAP’s 2009 report, Abortion Access and Opportunity in Rural Communities: A Survey of Clinicians, and 6 presentations to colleagues at reproductive and public health forums. � Recruitment of over 70 partner organizations in “least access” states working on improving access to reproductive health including abortion. � 346 clinicians trained to manage early pregnancy loss in AAP’s miscarriage management trainings, developing more accessible, patient-centered care for women experiencing early pregnancy loss and a stronger system of back-up for early elective abortion. � Training and placement of only provider living and working in rural mountain project state.* *Specific state not used by request.

The past three years have brought reminders that abortion must be approached with openness, compassion and, often, with bravery. As AAP’s work has expanded into more hostile and persistently underserved places - conservative Southern and Midwestern states, rural communities across the U.S. – we have grappled with the challenges of engaging people around the issue of abortion. Many of out programs now work explicitly in communities where there is a history of entrenched opposition to abortion, a culture of pervasive stigma and silence, and a troubled history with and subsequent distrust of “outsiders”, particularly concerning public health. As an organization, we are honing our ability to partner with these communities by approaching them with the same commitment, openness, and compassion we extend to women seeking abortion – and by honoring the bravery that our organizers, organizational partners, and women themselves exercise regularly. Our collective work is needed. Gains we experienced in 2008-2010 such as the expanded availability of early, medication abortion are offset by losses, some of which have come at a heavy cost. We lost Dr. Tiller. With health care reform and the persistence of the Hyde Amendment, we lost the opportunity to provide crucial supports for poor women. Independent clinics have closed or are facing the threat of closure, leaving women in those communities with diminished choices and drawing down on the diverse types of providers - private practices, clinics, hospitals - that a strong system of care needs. Expanding access to safe abortion care is the work we have to do. And this is AAP’s moment to do it. We have more resources than ever. We have a team of successful organizers and collaborative partners who bring innovation, experience and credibility. New, on-the-ground alliances are being formed where there are resources, interest and support. Capacity is being built in difficult places. We have established a significant presence for abortion-related work in some of the most politically and culturally hostile environments. As we take this moment to look back, we are awed and appreciative of the work of many, and poised to build on our shared successes and face the challenges ahead.

from

the Board President and the Executive Director

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BOARD of DIRECTORS

Current as of January 2011 Janet Singer, CNM

Susan Dickler, MPA, MSW Karen Edlund, RN

Stanley Henshaw, PhD Lisa M. Stone, JD

Joseph Speidel, MD, MPH Melanie Zurek, EdM

Emeritus Wyndi Anderson Traci Baird, MPH

Sacheen Carr-Ellis, MD Marlene Gerber Fried, PhD

Robert Kushen, Esq Lisa Levine, MPH

Maureen Paul, MD Ruth Pottee, MD

Mala Rafik, JD Susan Trotz

Jean Wassell Judy Weiss, PhD

Susan Yanow, LICSW

Our deepest gratitude to outgoing members

Karen Edlund and

Stanley Henshaw for their years of leadership

and service .

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Focused. Responsive. Collaborative. Since 1992, the Abortion Access Project has been a leading innovator in identifying and filling gaps in access to safe abortion care — partnering with local health care providers, organizations and advocates to meet the reproduc-tive health care needs of women. Through customized local support and the resources of our national office, AAP leverages community expertise to create

on-the-ground opportunities to increase access to safe abortion for all women.

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and how to build linkages through and how to build linkages through and how to build linkages through and how to build linkages through collaborative work."collaborative work."collaborative work."collaborative work."

AAP in numbers …

Working in 12 states

Collaborating with over

90 state and national

organizations

Assisting 494 trainees

“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."“AAP is entrepreneurial and nimble."

Focused

For most women living in rural America, accessing abortion care can be a near impossibility. Only 1 in every 600 doctors across the country is trained in and practicing abortion care, and most choose to practice in urban settings. Efforts to introduce abortion into rural areas face unique challenges. In 2009, AAP

responded to a dire situation in one of our Rural Abortion Provider Initiative project states. This state was facing

the retirement of its only physician offering abortion services – a doctor who had been flying in from a neighboring

state once a month for years.

AAP identified and recruited a clinician, Dr. Howard*, to participate in a medication abortion training. After the training, our state-based field organizer and partners followed up with the support and information she needed. AAP was there to counsel her when she began working in the state’s one abortion clinic. And, AAP was there several months later when she asked for additional surgical training.

Now, inspired, trained and supported, Dr. Now, inspired, trained and supported, Dr. Now, inspired, trained and supported, Dr. Now, inspired, trained and supported, Dr. Howard has become the only abortion Howard has become the only abortion Howard has become the only abortion Howard has become the only abortion provider working and living in her state provider working and living in her state provider working and living in her state provider working and living in her state ---- offering more regular and reliable access offering more regular and reliable access offering more regular and reliable access offering more regular and reliable access for women. for women. for women. for women.

*Pseudonym

Responsive AAP’s work with Advanced Practice Clinicians acts on the belief that more providers mean better access for women and that APCs are an important part of making this a reality. In fall of 2009, AAP

released Providing Abortion Care: A Professional Toolkit for Nurse-Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants, a comprehensive resource on professional scope of

practice as it pertains to abortion care for APCs. A collaborative effort of AAP, the National Abor-tion Federation and the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program at the University of California San Francisco, the Toolkit is available at www.apctoolkit.org. In 2009, the Toolkit has spurred new state-specific APC work in Oregon and West Virginia, a continuation of the collaboration between AAP, ANSIRH, and NAF.

“I feel like the AAP organizer is right there if I need something… or if any staff member needs something… she is a good place to go. I feel like I have an open phone I feel like I have an open phone I feel like I have an open phone I feel like I have an open phone line for access to her.”line for access to her.”line for access to her.”line for access to her.” –––– Nurse Practitioner Nurse Practitioner Nurse Practitioner Nurse Practitioner

Collaborative This year alone, legislation has been introduced or passed that seriously limits the ability to provide accessible abortion care in at least 13 states, including AAP’s Least Access States Initiative project states. The Least Access States Initiative (LASI) is actively developing and enhancing new support for

abortion services in the three LASI project states*. Since beginning work in these states, AAP’s organizers have formed collaborative relationships with over 70 state-level organizations to

improve information on and referrals for abortion. With a strategic focus on collaboration with social service providers, AAP’s work in LASI states will reach a broad spectrum of women.

“Through the partner we’ve worked with, the community is strengthening its understanding and approach to reproductive and sexual health issues. It is exciting and truly humbling to be It is exciting and truly humbling to be It is exciting and truly humbling to be It is exciting and truly humbling to be a part of a process where women are a part of a process where women are a part of a process where women are a part of a process where women are courageous enough to challenge courageous enough to challenge courageous enough to challenge courageous enough to challenge themselves, their beliefs, and at times, themselves, their beliefs, and at times, themselves, their beliefs, and at times, themselves, their beliefs, and at times, their families.their families.their families.their families. This is how movements This is how movements This is how movements This is how movements are built, and how change happens .”are built, and how change happens .”are built, and how change happens .”are built, and how change happens .” –––– LASI State Director LASI State Director LASI State Director LASI State Director

Catalytic Because of its political and clinical connections to elective abortion care, outpatient uterine evacuation management of early miscarriage has not been taught to the majority of physicians. Decades of research on uterine evacuation, generated through experience with elective abortion, has been excluded from clinical instruction on miscarriage management because of stigma associated with elec-tive abortion. Given that approximately 12 to 24 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage before the

first 20 weeks of gestation, this omission affects many women's ability to receive timely and appropriate care from their primary care providers. This gap in the health care delivery system

also affects abortion care: it limits the system's ability to respond to both self-induced and incomplete

abortion. In 2009, AAP launched its Miscarriage Management Training Initiative to address this

gap.

Because of this Initiative, a total

of four residency programs

have now incorporated management of early pregnancy loss into their family medicine residency programs, providing a permanent learning opportunity for hundreds of residents. To date, AAP has trained To date, AAP has trained To date, AAP has trained To date, AAP has trained 346 family medicine 346 family medicine 346 family medicine 346 family medicine residents and support staff residents and support staff residents and support staff residents and support staff members in just under two members in just under two members in just under two members in just under two years. years. years. years.

Drexel University Nursing Education Institute Using a Standardized Patient to Teach Reproductive Content

National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting The Role of Nurses in Abortion Care National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Self-Induced Abortion using Misoprostol Alone: Legal, Medical and Policy

Implications National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Reproductive Health Training Needs of Illinois Family Medicine Residents*

*A submission led by partner organization, the Midwest Access Project Training and Access Working Group Training Rural Abortion Providers, Colorado

Abortion Care Network Expanding the Abortion Training Community to Include Independent Providers

American Public Health Association Linking Scope of Practice with Public Health Goals: Advanced Practice Clinicians and Abortion Care

American Public Health Association State differences in abortion access: A new tool to understand access to care and capacity for change

American Public Health Association Understanding clinician perspectives on abortion care in rural communities: A quantitative and qualitative approach

Drexel University Nursing Education Institute Teaching Reproductive Content in the Classroom National Abortion Federation Advanced Practice Clinicians Take Their Seat at the Table: Applying a

Professional Scope of Practice Model to Periabortion Care National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Attitudes and Experiences of Clinicians Practicing in Rural Communities National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Women's Experience with Viewing the Ultrasound Image during

Gestational Dating National Abortion Federation, Preconference Unpacking the Advanced Practice Clinician Toolkit: Focusing on Clinical

Training National Abortion Federation, Social Science Meeting 50 State Access/Opportunity Analysis

Society for Applied Anthropology Abortion and Stigma

Abortion Care Network "Telemedicine" through the Lenses of Providers, Advocates and Women Abortion Care Network Self-Induced abortion: What providers need to know about legal, clinical

and social contexts American Public Health Association Abortion Provision, Occupational Stigma, and Abortion Access

Eastern Sociological Society Disparities and Delivery: the interaction between abortion care services and economic barriers

National Abortion Federation, Preconference APC training models for abortion care National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Occupational Stigma and Abortion Provision National Abortion Federation, Preconference The Politics of Scope of Practice National Abortion Federation, Annual Meeting Women's Experience with Decision-making with Medication Abortion: A

Qualitative Grounded Theory Study National Abortion Federation, Risk Management Telemedicine and Underserved Communities Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Women’s Experience with Decision-making with Medication Abortion

A Qualitative Grounded Theory Study

Presentations

2008

2009

2010

Financial Overview

Expenses Revenue

Grants, 86% $1,752,339

Interest, 5% $92,705

Individual Contributions, 8% $164,946

Program Service Fees, 1% $22,734

Program, 90% $3,746,506

Fundraising, 6% $250,855

Management, 4% $172,670

The information above reflects revenue and expenses from 2008, 2009, and 2010, combined. Figures from 2010 have not yet been confirmed by independent audit. Program expenditures were additionally supported by a $3.6 million grant that was received in 2007. Copies of the complete 2008 and 2009 audit reports are available from AAP upon request.

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Public Awareness

Many foundations and hundreds of individual donors are making generous investments in AAP’s work. We are grateful for their commitment to ensuring that women in the United States are able to access safe abortion, no matter where they live. We are proud to count the following individuals,

foundations, and institutions among AAP’s supporters in 2008—2010:

Randy Albelda Wyndi Anderson Ann Avery Traci Baird & Matthew Dalva Jerry Busch Professor & Mrs. M. Colyer Crum Barbara L. Cullen, Esq. Monica Dostal Karen Edlund Catherine England Ellen Paradise Fisher Marcus Gordon Marc Grella Jeanette Helfrich Elise Henricks & Anthony Dutzik Stanley Henshaw Lorinda Hohenbrink Lauren Kneisly Donald Kollisch & Patricia Glowa Gloria Kramer Robert Kushen Lisa & Kenneth B. Levine Brooke McConnell & Chris Hemstead

Generous Support

Anonymous (2) Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, UCSF Brush Foundation Compton Foundation Danco Laboratories, LLC Dickler Family Foundation Educational Foundation of America General Service Foundation girls just wanna have funD of Horizons Foundation Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Ibis Reproductive Health Irving Harris Foundation John Merck Fund Moriah Fund Ms. Foundation for Women* New Directions Foundation New Prospect Foundation OMA Fund of the Ms. Foundation for Women The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Prentice Foundation Samuel Rubin Foundation Steven B. Achelis Foundation Tides Foundation Mary Wohlford Foundation *as fiscal agent for the Training and Access Working Group

Judy Norsigian Jan Paradise Marsha Platt Dianne Reynolds Karen Rosen Kathy Rosenfield Ellen Ruell Helen Shin Janet Singer & Andrew Grad Jane Singer Judith Ellen Smith Joseph Speidel Lisa Stone Alice Stowell Debra Stulberg Deborah VanDerhei Lois Wessel NARAL Pro-Choice Wyoming Sherry Zitter Melanie Zurek

Many more anonymous donors. Our list reflects our commitment to not print a donor’s name

without express permission to do so. If you do not see your name on this list and would like to be publicly acknowledged, please contact bm@abortionaccess.org.

AAP Staff

Melanie Zurek, Executive Director Wyndi Anderson, Senior Director of Programs

Maggie Baker, Office Manager Sera Bonds, Senior Director of the Least Access States Initiative

Joyce Cappiello, Director of the ROE Consortium for Nursing

Brooke McConnell, Development Officer

Jenny O’Donnell, Deputy Director

Talented people … As of January 2011

… deeply held commitment

Field Organizers

Nancy Foss Kathleen Lane Deborah VanDerhei Anita Wilson LASI State Directors (3)

LASI State Organizers (12)

MMTI Organizers (2)

MMTI Trainers (6)

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Our Mission

The Abortion Access Project is committed to access to safe abortion for all women in the U.S. We believe that by being clearly focused on abortion within the context of our broader values we will make a significant contribution to women’s health and autonomy. To this end, AAP:

Looks for gaps in abortion access that no one else is addressing and seeks to create and support innovative responses to these gaps;

Seeks to catalyze changes within health care and reproductive health activism that increase the participation of a wide range of health care providers in providing and connecting women to safe abortion care; and Works with local partners to achieve locally-driven, locally-relevant goals and connects this work to national organizations also interested in expanding access.