Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH)
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Headquarters Location: New York, NY
Founded: 1992
Mission: PRCH is a doctor-led national advocacy organization. We use evidence-based medicine to promote sound reproductive health policies. We believe in reproductive choice for everyone. Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health unites the medical community and concerned supporters. Together, we work to improve access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion.
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national, women's reproductive health, advocacy, policy, resource services, medical education, contraception, abortion, adolescent sexual health, community organizing, leadership development, 2010
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Leadership
Jodi Magee.
Jodi Magee is the CEO and founding executive director of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), a doctor-led national advocacy organization based in New York City. Before joining PRCH, she worked for such leading nonprofit organizations as Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Big Apple Circus. She has served on political campaigns and community boards.
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
19.83%
Total Revenue:
$2,068,865
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Contact Info
Address:
55 West 39th Street, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10018, USA
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Story:
Facing an anti-choice federal government, in 2004, PRCH compiled personal accounts from physicians across the country that underscore the importance of fighting to preserve reproductive rights. This is the story of one physician:
My experience goes back to my residency training at Boston City Hospital. I was appalled by the intermittent but steady stream of otherwise healthy young women dying in front of my eyes from septic shock due to unsterile, botched procedures. There was one young woman, dying from septic shock, who had to submit to the interrogation of three police detectives, 'invited' to see her by the chief resident in order to find out who the perpetrator was. Even though she was dying from a botched procedure, her commitment to other women who might need these services was so strong that she refused to name the provider before she died. I resolved that, at a woman's request, the most modern, safe and sanitary abortion services must be made available."
(Read more personal accounts from physicians across the country at: http://www.prch.org/why-i-provide-abortions-1)
Expert Reviews of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH)
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health were heralded for their history of raising awareness and educating the public about reproductive health needs. Their lobbying efforts and public awareness campaigns were the primary examples of their efforts.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
The organization receives high marks for the quality of its leadership and staff. Other elements like program design and advocacy were noted as strengths.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
Experts seem to think that this organization would do well to expand their programming and thus increase their national recognition.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Evidence of Impact
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They do an outstanding job of presenting science facts about abortion to media from physician view. | ||
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They have mobilized physicians in an unprecedented way to contribute scientific expertise and commitment to patients' needs to advocacy efforts they have multi-pronged effort - with effective activities and programs inside medicine, inside the women's health movement and with state and national legislators. | ||
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They have rich advocacy and media training background. They help facilitate dissemination of information about reproductive health topics to the public at large, so that the information can get more easily to everyone who needs to know the truth about abortion and contraception. | ||
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They organize pro-choice doctors for political and media action. They help them use their clinical expertise for public enlightenment in the area of reproductive health. Their lobbying and general activism gets the medical perspective as part of the agenda. | ||
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They have high impact. | ||
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They serve a somewhat different, but similarly important role as NAF; their membership is made up of both abortion providers and non-providers alike. What they have done, through their focus on advocacy and training physician members to speak out publicly in print and electronic media, is create a community of non-abortion physicians who are willing and educated to defend abortion rights, and abortion providers. This has been very important step in normalizing abortion care. | ||
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They have raised their visibility over the past few years. The organization has started routinely bringing its physicians and health professionals to Capitol Hill to put a professional face on the issue of reproductive health. They have a government relations staff that is participatory in the various women's health and choice coalitions and have increased the provider perspective in the reproductive justice and rights discussions. | ||
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They have been instrumental in organizing and empowering those on the front lines of providing reproductive health care. | ||
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They have been essential in expanding awareness and education among physicians of women's reproductive health needs. | ||
Expert Comments: Organization Strengths
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Their CEO is superb --both as visionary and as a manager and many of the senior staff and creative and effective. | ||
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They provide excellent resources for interacting with the media, including background checks for reporters and talking points for various topics. They also have a media training course to improve media skills for those of us who want to/have to interact with the media on abortion and contraception related topics. | ||
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It is an effective public voice because it represents doctors. | ||
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I think the voice of actual health professions in the reproductive health policy work that we do day-to-day is apparent in how we approach access issues and problem solving. It is important to work with health professionals to know what are the barriers to care they experience in seeing patients on a daily basis. I think they would be better served by a more grass roots organization. Policy makers need to hear from actual health professions and insurance providers about the benefits and drawbacks of doing reproductive health. There are many financial incentives that drive reproductive health and it would be important to hear from the providers who handle those issues. | ||
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Their doctors are very influential, especially in communities of color. It has had extraordinary success in organizing this very busy group of professionals to be an important voice for reproductive justice. | ||
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Several years ago they created some "best practices" awards which were brilliant marketing for residency training programs to attempt to win by improving their programs. Secondly, they have an awards dinner every year which is a wonderful supportive environment for all of us who do this high stress work and who rarely get any recognition for it. | ||
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They have a strong staff. They keep documents to inform lobby efforts and they have good training programs. | ||
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The government relations staff is in frequent communication with participating health professionals in the organization and provides insight on how policy changes might impact health care practice on the ground. The real world impact is often missing from the reproductive choice discussions. | ||
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They have wonderful staff and leadership with physicians from around the country coming together to serve as provider leaders on reproductive health advocacy. | ||
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They advocate at all political levels; they link abortion providers to other members of medical community. | ||
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They are a great advocacy organization that has a strong belief in what is right. | ||
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It has offered invaluable role models for medical students considering the field of women's health. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They had been growing until the financial collapse and are now undergoing lean times; they need financial stability. | ||
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Sometimes there's not good coordination between all these organizations and education efforts should be well defined to there's not duplication of efforts. | ||
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The culture of this organization is open and friendly, but they are difficult to collaborate with. In fact, they have developed programs in direct competition to other organization's work. | ||
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They could provide information in Spanish for outreach. | ||
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It would be great if they could expand their focus to include more health professionals and not just physicians. | ||
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I believe it could make a tremendous impact on changing the discourse around abortion/family planning/reproductive health by hiring a consultant to improve and shift the discourse/language used. Such a person should be expert in translation of medical facts, personal, and public health concerns to the general public. | ||
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Despite recent increases in their visibility, I think they could be even more visible. I think they would be well served by doing more Capitol Hill visibility work to raise the profile of its members. I also think they should hire more government relations staff particularly individuals who have an organizing background to help organize their members around different policy priorities. | ||
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They need to bring back their best practices awards for residency programs and do them on a regular basis. They need to raise their profile by becoming active in mainstream professional associations. | ||
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More funding to expand its reach into every medical school and ob-gyn/family practice residency program in the country would be ideal. This may require recruiting semi-retired providers who are in a position to travel, do grand rounds, etc. (I don't know how fiscally well managed PRCH is, but its work is vital and not duplicated that much elsewhere.) | ||
Leadership
Jodi Magee
CEO and Founding Executive Director
CEO and Founding Executive Director
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