who we are
who we are
about us
about us
Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare is a national leader in abortion training and curriculum innovation, with a mission to cultivate the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions.
Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare is a national leader in abortion training and curriculum innovation, with a mission to cultivate the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions.
purpose
purpose
TEACH cultivates the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions through abortion training, mentorship, curriculum innovation and advocacy.
TEACH cultivates the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions through abortion training, mentorship, curriculum innovation and advocacy.
vision
vision
TEACH envisions a world where every person has access to the type of abortion care they choose, no matter where they live.
TEACH envisions a world where every person has access to the type of abortion care they choose, no matter where they live.
history
history
TEACH (Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare) is an academic community partnership that started in 2003 as a national initiative to address the need for skilled providers.
TEACH (Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare) is an academic community partnership that started in 2003 as a national initiative to address the need for skilled providers.
TEACH (Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare) is an academic community partnership that started in 2003 as a national initiative to address the need for skilled providers.
We partner with Planned Parenthood affiliates, telehealth medication abortion providers, Family Medicine residency programs, and physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) in practice, to train the next generation of clinicians in comprehensive reproductive healthcare. TEACH graduates learn to provide patient centered first-trimester aspiration and medication abortions, pregnancy options counseling, contraceptive choices, prenatal care and miscarriage management, and engage in reproductive health advocacy.
We partner with Planned Parenthood affiliates, telehealth medication abortion providers, Family Medicine residency programs, and physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) in practice, to train the next generation of clinicians in comprehensive reproductive healthcare. TEACH graduates learn to provide patient centered first-trimester aspiration and medication abortions, pregnancy options counseling, contraceptive choices, prenatal care and miscarriage management, and engage in reproductive health advocacy.
We develop innovative curriculum informed by reproductive justice principles that empower clinicians to provide compassionate, trauma-informed abortion care that centers patients’ autonomy and dignity and advances access to equitable healthcare. This curriculum was adapted and utilized in the foundational state-sponsored research (HWPP #171) that validated APC competence and led directly to landmark policy authorizing APCs to provide abortion care (AB 154). Since our founding, TEACH has been the sole provider of an academic curriculum in abortion provision for Family Doctors and APCs and is used nationally by family medicine residencies and nursing and midwifery programs.
We develop innovative curriculum informed by reproductive justice principles that empower clinicians to provide compassionate, trauma-informed abortion care that centers patients’ autonomy and dignity and advances access to equitable healthcare. This curriculum was adapted and utilized in the foundational state-sponsored research (HWPP #171) that validated APC competence and led directly to landmark policy authorizing APCs to provide abortion care (AB 154). Since our founding, TEACH has been the sole provider of an academic curriculum in abortion provision for Family Doctors and APCs and is used nationally by family medicine residencies and nursing and midwifery programs.
TEACH is developing a new generation of diverse reproductive health champions, with over 1,200 graduates and counting, including family physicians and APC's who are uniquely poised to help expand abortion access in their communities and across the nation. Champions who are trained not just to provide abortions, but also teach the next generation of providers, and resist attacks on reproductive justice.
TEACH is developing a new generation of diverse reproductive health champions, with over 1,000 graduates and counting, who are uniquely poised to help expand abortion access across the nation. Champions who are trained not just to provide abortions, but also teach the next generation of providers, and resist attacks on reproductive justice.
TEACH is developing a new generation of diverse reproductive health champions, with over 1,000 graduates and counting, who are uniquely poised to help expand abortion access across the nation. Champions who are trained not just to provide abortions, but also teach the next generation of providers, and resist attacks on reproductive justice.
TEACH-trained providers care for patients near and far, especially in underserved communities. They provide abortion care in California, travel to high-need states like Kansas, and provide medication abortions through Telehealth to patients from all over the country.
Graduates leave prepared to lead efforts destigmatizing abortion by engaging in public discourse, advocacy and policy development within our professional organization, the American Academy of Family Physicians.
TEACH-trained providers care for patients near and far, especially in underserved communities. They provide abortion care in California, travel to high-need states like Kansas, and provide medication abortions through Telehealth to patients from all over the country.
TEACH-trained providers care for patients near and far, especially in underserved communities. They provide abortion care in California, travel to high-need states like Kansas, and provide medication abortions through Telehealth to patients from all over the country.
Why the Papaya & Dragonfruit?
Why the Papaya & Dragonfruit?
The papaya simulation lab was originally created by the TEACH Program’s first Director (Dr. Maureen Paul), and is now used globally by new providers learning the skill of uterine aspiration.
The papaya simulation lab was originally created by the TEACH Program’s first Director (Dr. Maureen Paul), and is now used globally by new providers learning the skill of uterine aspiration.
The dragonfruit simulation lab was innovated by TEACH’s second and third Directors (Dr. Suzan Goodman and Dr. Sarah McNeil), and can be used by providers to prepare for management of complications.
The dragonfruit simulation lab was innovated by TEACH’s second and third Directors (Dr. Suzan Goodman and Dr. Sarah McNeil), and can be used by providers to prepare for management of complications.
2025 TEACH Annual Report
2025 TEACH Annual Report
In the 2024-25 academic year, TEACH planted the seeds of resilience to nurture the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions.
In the 2024-25 academic year, TEACH planted the seeds of resilience to nurture the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions.
trained in comprehensive abortion care, including options counseling and provision of aspiration and medication abortion.
trained in comprehensive abortion care, including options counseling and provision of aspiration and medication abortion.
of advanced residents intend to integrate medication for abortion and miscarriage management after residency
of advanced residents intend to integrate medication for abortion and miscarriage management after residency
of advanced residents would recommend CREATE to other residents
of advanced residents would recommend CREATE to other residents
of advanced residents plan to advocate for reproductive health and justice post residency
of advanced residents plan to advocate for reproductive health and justice post residency
of advanced residents feel competent to provide early abortion services via aspiration abortion
of advanced residents feel competent to provide early abortion services via aspiration abortion
RHSC
Reproductive Health Service Corps Consortium — Leading California’s Reproductive Health Workforce Expansion
Reproductive Health Service Corps Consortium — Leading California’s Reproductive Health Workforce Expansion
In 2023, in recognition of the outsized role that California-trained abortion providers are playing in a fractured national landscape, TEACH led the creation of the Reproductive Health Service Corps. The RHCS is a groundbreaking state-funded abortion training initiative that will exponentially expand abortion access in California, creating training opportunities across the entire healthcare team. Visit the RHSC website to learn more.
In 2023, in recognition of the outsized role that California-trained abortion providers are playing in a fractured national landscape, TEACH led the creation of the Reproductive Health Service Corps. The RHCS is a groundbreaking state-funded abortion training initiative that will exponentially expand abortion access in California, creating training opportunities across the entire healthcare team. Visit the RHSC website to learn more.
program areas
program areas
Clinical Training Programs
Clinical Training Programs
Advanced Training & Leadership
Advanced Training & Leadership
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development
abortion in primary care
abortion in primary care
Policy, Advocacy, & Communications
Policy, Advocacy, & Communications
our supporters
our supporters
Our programs are made possible thanks to the support
and generosity of the following foundations.
Our programs are made possible thanks to the support and generosity of the following foundations.
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
Rapidan Foundation
Rapidan Foundation
Women's Foundation California
Women's Foundation California
TEACH cultivates the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions through abortion training, mentorship and curriculum innovation and advocacy.
TEACH
PO Box 720189
San Francisco, CA 94172
TEACH is fiscally sponsored by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports small organizations like ours.
TIN: 95-4116679
© 2026 TEACH. All rights reserved.
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TEACH cultivates the next generation of diverse reproductive health champions through abortion training, mentorship and curriculum development.
TEACH
PO Box 720189
San Francisco, CA 94172
TEACH is fiscally sponsored by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports small organizations like ours.
TIN: 95-4116679
© 2026 TEACH. All rights reserved.
Website by lover studio