Advocacy
Our faculty and staff routinely participate in local, community, and national advocacy events. Below are only a few of what our staff are currently involved in.
- Conferences
- (representing New York and Bermuda)
- Vice Chair of ACOG’s District II, New York section 5 (Natalie Whaley)
- Organizes and participates in Annual District II Meetings (Natalie Whaley)
- New York State’s National Organization for Women Secretary and Rochester Vice President (Sarah Timmerman)
- Coordinate with Brigid Alliance, NYAAF, and NAF to increase patient access to funding for abortion care and travel to Rochester (Holly Pranaat, Sarah Betstadt)
- (Stacy Sun, Natalie Whaley)
- Member of Clinicians in Abortion Care (NAF APC cohort), Reproductive Health Access Project APC cluster, and Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health (Holly Pranaat)
- Media Advocacy
- Medical Students for Choice (University of Rochester)
- Faculty Advisor (Sarah Betstadt)
- Papaya workshops and provider panels
- Medical Students for Choice (Ben Gurion Virtual Training Institute)
- Papaya and LARC teaching workshops (Amy Harrington)
- Medical Student Education
- Medical Student Clerkship Director (Natalie Whaley)
- Second year medical student curriculum with the inclusion of reproductive justice component (Sarah Betstadt)
- Family Planning Clerkship Elective (Stacy Sun and Sarah Betstadt)
- Institutional Advocacy
- Expanding abortion access within the outpatient setting with
- Implemented contraception curriculum for neurology residents (Sarah Betstadt)
- Implementation of Outpatient Perinatal Loss Program (Ponnila Marinescu)
- Implementation of immediate postpartum LARC program (Amy Harrington)
- Expanded medication abortion services to the University Midwifery Group (Holly Pranaat)