Linda Prine, MD is a founding member of the Reproductive Health Access Project and a family doctor. In addition to serving as RHAP’s Medical Director, Linda is faculty at the Beth Israel Residency Program in Urban Family Practice and works per diem for Planned Parenthood, New York City. She has published numerous academic articles about women’s reproductive health and family medicine and presents her work at national conferences, grand rounds, and workshops across the United States.
In a dismaying move, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has proposed changes to the guidelines for family medicine residency programs removing the requirement that residents learn to provide contraception.
I do love this work, and I learn new things every day from my residents and my patients. One of the comments a resident said to me a few years ago has especially stuck with me. She said, “being patient centered is being prochoice.” The more I thought about it since then, however, the more I think it is true.
Fourteen years ago, March 10 was chosen as the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers to honor those who continue our work despite the harassment meant to drive us away and to mourn those lost to violence.
