Make sure to read this excellent, though depressing, post at RHRealityCheck about the history of feminist health care and how we are letting it slip away.

The feminist women's health movement gave birth to feminist health centers and, at its zenith in the mid-eighties, there were over 50 such centers around the United States. Over the last twenty or so years, an estimated thirty-five of those clinics have closed their doors forever. Clearly, something dramatic is happening.

The post is writen by Amie Newman, who works at the soon-to-be-shut-down Aradia Women's Health Center (AWHC) in Seattle.

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January 3, 2007 3:16 PM

[0+|0-]  Tyler LePard said:

Thanks for the link, Jessica. We're sorry to see Aradia go, but Amie will still be writing with us weekly. And this may be wishful thinking, but perhaps the new Congress will recognize the importance of family planning funding and take action to support the feminist health centers that are left.

Cheers,
Tyler

Tyler LePard, RH Reality Check
tyler@rhrealitycheck.org

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