Nevada County Citizens for Choice

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The Clinic! Reproductive healthcare for women, men, and teens. No appointment necessary!
120 Richardson St., Suite A, Grass Valley --- Mondays 10:30 to 5 & Wednesdays noon to 6
Thank you WHS for keeping The Clinic! open

Who are we? Why are we needed? Citizens for Choice was founded in 1989 to support reproductive freedom for women.Today, we support reproductive freedom for everyone -- women, men, and teens. We envision the day when everyone has access to affordable, confidential family planning services, current medical knowledge, and reproductive healthcare. We work to attain this goal through The Clinic!, our reproductive healthcare clinic for women, men, and teens; through our Outreach program; our advertising; and our Public Policy team. The Clinic! serves many under- or uninsured clients and gives them the accessibility to reproductive healthcare that they can't afford elsewhere.
Nevada County Citizens for Choice is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. We are funded by personal donations, grants, and foundation gifts.

As a member organization of the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (CCRF, a statewide reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice coalition of more than 30 independent organizations), Public Policy Director Elaine Williams (shown below in front row, second from left) is the representative from Citizens for Choice at the CCRF meetings in Sacramento. Following the latest meeting, some of the members went on s a tour of the Women's Health Specialists' clinic. Elaine says that the young women pictured below are incredibly inspirational -- look for Elaine's article in the next issue of Voices.

eed information on birth control, STIs, abortion? Visit our Links page.

History of Citizens for Choice Nevada County Citizens for Choice, Inc. was founded in 1989 as a coalition of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Business and Professional Women (BPW), and the League of Women Voters (LWV). Our initial purpose was to support reproductive freedom for women, including family planning and choice as an absolute right for all. In 1992, in order to educate the public about political candidates' views on choice, we became an independent organization. We were incorporated as a California 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational corporation in 2001. All Contributions to our organization are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

Citizens for Choice is a member organization of the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (CCRF), a statewide reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice coalition of more than 30 independent organizations. We are partners with Women's Health Specialists for The Clinic!, our reproductive healthcare clinic in Grass Valley.

Meet newly hired Outreach Education Coordinator Keli Steinhoff.
The Clinic! has mammogram referrals, and they could be free or low-cost! Info on mammograms.

Teens, visit Coalition for Positive Sexuality. Visit our links page for the description.
Read the review for Carole Joffe's book, Dispatches from the Abortion Wars.

Fake clinics, or "crisis pregnancy centers" give you one choice - theirs. NARAL has just completed a two-year study on CPCs, Unmasking Fake Clinics. You really need to read this.
Read about our local CPC
Comprehensive Sex Education California law says it's mandatory that schools teach HIV/AIDS classes twice and if they choose to teach sex education, it must be comprehensive and must follow the guidelines in the California Education Code. How is Nevada County holding up to this legal requirement?
.Are you pregnant and need a ride to your counseling or abortion appointment? ACCESS can help!
Questions about HPV (human papillomavirus)? This Nantional Cancer Institute Fact Sheet is a good source!
Abstinence-only education still doesn't work.