For 34 years, Aradia Women’s Health Center honored and respected women
The painful closing of Aradia Women’s Health Center on Jan. 31 was a deep loss for women, reproductive rights, and reproductive health, and a dramatic sign of our times. The federal government has not funded abortion care since 1978. Our state Medicaid fiscal reimbursements have been far too low. Costs for medical supplies, insurance, security, and staff health insurance have skyrocketed. Abortion care is on the decline in the U.S., except in the cases of poor and low-income women. So, as they increasingly came to our doors, our financial situation grew weaker. ...