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One of the best-kept secrets in NYS and nation-wide is the existence of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), facilities that often provide more comprehensive healthcare for women, including pregnancy testing and birth control, than Planned Parenthoods (PPs). With the recent Covid-19 crisis, 11 PPs were physically closed in NYS, and 22 more have severely cut back. The need for alternatives is urgent. Most FQHCs throughout NYS are open and continuing to provide vital healthcare to women. Services may include STD testing and treatment, family planning and similar medical services. Below is a list of such centers near closed or limited PPs. We expect to update the listing as we find changes or when people notify us of updates. Be sure to check the websites or call each center for exact hours and services. It is important to note that FQHCs accept Medicaid and Medicare. FQHCs also offer language translation services. If you know of additional alternatives, or have feedback to offer about the ones listed, please send it to info@fclny.org. FQHCs are in all capital letters; clinics which were found through web searches, with a view to being good for low-income people, are in lower-case. Information last revised April 23, 2020. Amsterdam Planned Parenthood (PP) Limited Alternative- HOMETOWN HEALTH CENTER, 67 Division Street, Amsterdam, NY 12010-4099 Tel: 518-370-1441. Bronx PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: The BRONX COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK has many locations in the Bronx. MORRIS HEIGHTS HEALTH CENTER has many locations in the Bronx. Clifton Park PP Limited Alternatives: Clifton Park Family Practice, 1 Tallow Wood Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Tel: 518-373-4500. Ellis Medicine – Medical Center of Clifton Park, 103 Sitterly Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Tel: 518-579-2800. Clifton Park Family Medicine, 1783 US 9, Suite 202, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Tel: 518-383-2366. CareNet Medical Group – Gynecology Office in Clifton Park, 2 Chelsea Place Clifton Park, NY 12065. Tel: 518-381-1121. Mondragon McGrinder Stier OB-GYN Associates, 3 Halfmoon Executive Park Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065. Tel: 518-371-4614. Cobleskill PP Limited Alternative- Bassett Healthcare Network, 136 Parkway Drive, Cobleskill, NY 12043. Tel: 518-234-2555. Corning PP Limited Alternatives: Guthrie Corning Centerway, 130 Center Way, Corning, NY 14830. Tel: 607-973-8000. AOMC Family Medicine, 8 Pulteney Street, Corning, NY 14830. Tel: 607-936-8459. Elmira PP Limited Alternatives: Twin Tier Women’s Health, 1005 Walnut Street, Elmira, NY 14901. Tel: 607-734-3968. AOMC Health Care for Women, 600 Fitch Street, Elmira, NY 14905. Tel: 607-737-8141. AOMC Eastside Family Medicine, 200 Madison Avenue, #2B, Elmira, NY 14901 Tel: 607-732-1310. Glen Cove PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternative- Z Medical Care, 128 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542. Tel: 516-802-5562. Goshen PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: MIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, 21 Orchard St. Middletown, NY 10940. Tel: 845-343-7614. HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE WILLIAM J. THAYER ALAMO, 888 Pulaski Highway, Goshen, NY 10924-6034. Tel: 845-651-2298. Hempstead PP Limited Alternatives: HEMPSTEAD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, 135 Main St. Hempstead, NY 11550-2414. Tel: 516-572-1300. ROOSEVELT FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, 380 Nassau Road, Roosevelt, NY 11575-1343. Tel: 516-571-8600. Hornell PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternative- OAK ORCHARD HEALTH, 20 Elm Street, Hornell, NY 14843-1933. Tel: 607-590-2424. Huntington PP Limited Alternative- HRHCARE - HUNTINGTON, 55 Horizon Drive, Huntington, NY, 11743-4436. Tel: 631-760-7746. Ithaca PP Limited Alternative- None has yet been found. Anyone with good information on one can contact. Johnstown PP Limited Alternative- HOMETOWN HEALTH CENTER, 67 Division Street, Amsterdam, NY 12010-4099. Tel: 518-370-1441. Kingston PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: OB/GYN AND SPECIALTY CARE CENTER OF KINGSTON, 1 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401-5107. Tel: 845-338-8444. KINGSTON FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, 1 Family Practice Drive, Kingston, NY 12401-6449. Tel: 845-338-6400. Massapequa PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternative- HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE - 1080 Sunrise Highway, Amityville, NY 11701-2526. Tel: 631-716-9026 Monticello PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternative- HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE MONTICELLO, 23 Lakewood Ave., Monticello, NY 12701-2021. Tel: 845-794-2010. Newburgh PP Limited Alternatives: CORNERSTONE FAMILY HEALTHCARE: THE KAPLAN FAMILY PAVILION, 147 Lake Street, Newburgh, NY 12550-5263. Tel: 845-563-8000. CORNERSTONE FAMILY HEALTHCARE: CENTER FOR WOMENS HEALTH, 91 Blooming Grove Tpke. New Windsor, NY 12553-7757. Tel: 845-220-2074. HRHCARE COMMUNITY HEALTH – THE BEACON HEALTH CENTER, 6 Henry Street, Beacon, NY 12508-3058. Tel: 845-831-0400. New Rochelle PP Limited Alternatives: MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER,107 W. 4th St. Mount Vernon, NY 10550-4002. Tel: 914-699-7200. OPEN DOOR MAMARONECK, 689 Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543-5910. Tel: 914-632-2737. MORRIS HEIGHTS HEALTH CENTER AT 233RD STREET, 825 E. 233rd Street, Bronx, NY 10466-3203. Tel: 718-716-4400. Oneida PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: Oneida Healthcare, 321 Genesee Street. Oneida, NY 13421. Tel: 315-363-6000. Bassett Health Care Oneida, 2031 Dream Catcher Plaza, Oneida, NY 13421. Tel: 315-231-5400. Mary Rose Center, 1081 Northside Shopping Center, Oneida, NY 13421. Tel: 315-280-0855. Patchogue PP Limited Alternative- HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE PATCHOGUE, 365 E. Main St. Patchogue, NY 11772-3145. Tel: 631-866-2030. Poughkeepsie PP Limited Alternatives: HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP, 29 N. Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-2541. Tel: 845-454-8204. HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE - POUGHKEEPSIE, 75 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-2303. Tel: 914-734-8600. Queens PP Limited Alternatives: ODA QUALITY HEALTH CENTER, 432 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11249-6588. Tel: 718-260-4600. BETANCES HEALTH CENTER ON HENRY STREET, 280 Henry St. New York, NY 10002-4816. Tel: 212-227-8408. ODA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER ON RUTLEDGE STREET, 54 Rutledge St. Brooklyn, NY 11249-7814. Tel: 718-260-4600. ODA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE NETWORK ON HEYWARD STREET, 14 Heyward St. Brooklyn, NY 11249-7823. Tel: 718-260-4600. Queensbury PP Limited Alternative- HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK is the network of Community Health Centers for this area. Riverhead PP Limited Alternative- HEALTH CENTER AT RIVERHEARD, 300 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901-3393. Tel: 914-734-8600. Rome PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: UPSTATE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, 205 W Dominick Street, Suite A. Rome, NY, 13440-5811. Tel: 315-624-9470. Mohawk Valley Women’s Health Associates, 107 E. Chestnut Street, Rome, NY 13440. Tel: 315-797-8661. Women’s Health Associates, 8080 Turin Road, Rome, NY 13440 Tel: 315-336-4721. Saratoga Springs PP Limited Alternative-Saratoga Community Health Center, 24 Hamilton Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Tel: 518-886-5600. Schenectady PP Limited Alternative- HOMETOWN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER - SCHENECTADY, 1044 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12307-1508. Tel: 518-370-1441. Smithtown PP Limited Alternative- CHARLES EVANS CENTER - SUFFOLK COUNTY, 305 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY 11788-3607. Tel: 631-524-5290. Spring Valley PP Limited Alternatives: HRH CARE AT SPRING VALLEY, 2 Perlman Drive, Spring Valley, NY 10977-5245. Tel: 845-573-9860. REFUAH HEALTH ON TWIN AVENUE, 5 Twin Avenue, Spring Valley, NY 10977-3950. Tel: 845-354-9300. REFUAH HEALTH CENTER ON N. MAIN STREET, 728 N. Main Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977-8916. Tel: 845-354-9300. Staten Island PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternatives: BAY STREET HEALTH CENTER, 57 Bay St. Staten Island, NY 10301-2510. Tel: 718-681-8700. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF RICHMOND ON CANAL STREET, 135 Canal St. Staten Island, NY 10304-2059. Tel: 718-924-2254. EZRA MEDICAL WOMEN’S AND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, 1260-78 60th St. Brooklyn, NY 11219-4976. Tel: 718-686-7600. JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER AT RICHARDS STREET, 120 Richards St. Brooklyn, NY 11231-1635. Tel: 718-945-7150. Utica PP Limited Alternative- MOSAIC HEALTH, 1651 Oneida St., Utica, NY 13501. Tel: 315-793-7600. Watkins Glen PP Closed: The PP center is physically closed, at least for the duration. Alternative- Arnot Medical Services, 104 Porter St., Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Tel:607-535-7873. West Islip PP Limited Alternative- HRH CARE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HEALTH CENTER, 1556 Straight Path, Wyandanch, NY 11798-3213. Tel: 516-214-8020. White Plains PP Limited Alternatives: GREENBURGH HEALTH CENTER, 295 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10607-1822. Tel: 914-699-7200. OPEN DOOR FAMILY MEDICAL SLEEPY HOLLOW, 80 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591-2503. Tel: 914-631-4141. Yonkers PP Limited Alternatives: YONKERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, 30 S. Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701-3712. Tel: 914-968-4898. HRH CARE PARK CARE HEATLH CENTER, 2 Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703-3402. Tel: 914-964-7862. HRH CARE VALENTINE LANE HEALTH CENTER,503 S. Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10705-6201. Tel: 914-965-7551. MORRIS HEIGHTS HEALTH CENTER AT 233RD STREET, 825 E. 233rd Street, Bronx, NY 10466-3203. Tel: 718-716-4400. MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER, 107 W. 4th St. Mount Vernon, NY 10550-4002. Tel: 914-699-7200. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of all medical services available to women New York. It is provided for informational purposes only. It is not meant or intended to be an endorsement of the healthcare centers or the services provided.

My children value me for my ability to tie their shoes, read them a book, or comfort them after a difficult day. My husband values me for my ability to manage our household of six and have his favorite chicken chili on the table after a long day. My clients value my ability to analyze data and pull out insights. Yet, regardless of whether or not anyone values my abilities or my relationships, my rights as an individual remain the same. In this “enlightened” age, the idea that rights are not related to how others value us is certainly not a revolutionary or novel idea. We acknowledge the inherent worth of all. We know that race, religion, or sexual orientation should not determine our self-worth and certainly not our rights. As women, touting the sentiment: “a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle” seems archaic. It’s obvious that a woman can stand on her own and has rights and values irrespective of her value as a wife or mother. Yet, this is exactly what we have done to our unborn children. Their most basic right—the right to life—is predicated on whether or not they are valued by another. It is incomprehensible to imagine any other group of people’s rights being denied because they were considered inconvenient or unwanted. Would we deny the elderly in our lives access to decent housing and medical care even though their needs may be burdensome to us at this point in our life? Would we tell our LGBTQ friends that it is acceptable to discriminate against them in the workplace and in housing because some people will not be able to see past their sexual orientation and value their contributions as individuals? Would we tell a woman candidate that she is less qualified to run for President because she is a member of the “fairer sex”? To suggest that any of these scenarios would be acceptable or just would suggest a lack of morality. Yet, each time we uphold a woman’s right to choose we reveal that we truly believe that rights are malleable and dependent on how another person values our self-worth. A recent ad promoting Planned Parenthood goes so far as to explicitly call out that a child should be wanted. The ad shows a picture of a smiling baby girl, saying, “She deserves to be loved. She deserves to be wanted. She deserves to be a choice.” How has it come to be that supposedly pro-woman activists and organizations would deny this baby girl the right to life if she is not wanted or loved? Throughout history women have clamored for rights separate from their husbands—rights defined by their individual self-worth—not based on whether or not we were wanted or loved by another. When talking about her marriage at age 66, Gloria Steinem said, “If I had got married when I was supposed to have in my 20s, I would have lost almost all my civil rights. I wouldn't have had my own name, my own legal residence, my own credit rating. I would have had to get a husband to sign off on a bank loan, or starting a business. It's changed profoundly.” If feminism is about civil rights that are not connected to another, how is it that this baby girl can only have her life protected if she is desired by another person? Does this not stand at odds with the basic tenets of feminism—that we recognize the equality and full humanity of females and males? At this moment in history, we are watching a caravan of migrants press on to the United States. While we may disagree about what should happen once these men, women, and children reach the US border, as a mother it is hard not to find compassion for the mothers in this caravan who are risking everything to give their children a better future. It is hard to argue with the notion that a child’s future should not be determined by the circumstances of her birth. According to the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, thousands of girls and women are fleeing Central America to escape violence. The lives of these women and girls are threatened by rape and forced prostitution. The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies outlines countless stories of women who have been raped and beaten and suffered violence at the hands of gangs and who have come to the US seeking asylum. Unfortunately, for these women, they have not been able to find protection in their own countries and many believe that if they do not leave their homes they will be murdered. One El Salvadoran woman recounts being raped by two men and becoming pregnant as a result, then being forced to pay her rapists “renta.” Another 13-year-old girl fled gang violence in El Salvador only to be kidnapped in Mexico, used for sex, and forced to be a drug mule. A Honduran woman was raped by more than a dozen gang members. After reporting the gang rape to the police, her family began to receive death threats. These young women are looking to the future—a future where they are free from violence, where they can turn to the police for protection, where they have civil rights. These young women were born in a country that did not value them as women—that saw them as only tools of the sex trade—and did not protect their rights. Yet, at no time did these young women stop fighting for their lives. Despite being devalued by the gangs in their home country and by law enforcement, these young women sought a better life, knowing that their lives should be protected. And, isn’t that what we want for our daughters? For them to know their own self-worth. To know that they are not simply sex objects to be used by men? To never stop fighting for their rights, regardless of whether or not they are valued by others or deemed worthy of protection? Yet, this is what we have done to our unborn children. We have declared that they are only worthy if they are loved. They are only protected if they are born at the “right time and right circumstances.” The rights of our unborn children are dependent on whether they are wanted. This is not the feminism I seek—where women declare our rights are subject to whether or not we are wanted. Where is the equality and humanity in such a stand? #Unborn #Prowoman #Feminists #Feminism #ProLifeFeminist

Women have a long history of leading the way in calling for an end to the many injustices in the world. We have marched with the abolitionists. We have marched for the right to vote. We have marched with the great civil rights leaders. We have marched for an end to violence against women. And, just like we have done every year since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision we march for life. We gather in at state capitols, cities, and towns across the U.S, including in Washington, DC to protest abortion and to advocate for a world in which women have life-affirming choices that do not involve destroying our children. While those that advocate for abortion will call us anti-woman and anti-choice, we know that there is no better way to advance the cause of women than to protect our unborn children. Those demanding a woman’s right to abortion are bolstering the notion that this will forever be a world dictated by the needs of men. If we do not need to accommodate pregnancy, then we do not need to provide health care to pregnant women, we do not need to find ways to care for our children, we do not need to create changes that will allow a woman to succeed as a mother. When abortion is offered as a “solution” to pregnancy, the needs of women and children have pushed aside. Planned Parenthood itself has fallen prey to putting this philosophy into action. In a New York Times article, pregnant women came forward to share their stories of how Planned Parenthood discriminated against them when they were pregnant. Women who worked at Planned Parenthood reported that Planned Parenthood would not accommodate their need for additional breaks that were recommended by their health care providers; Planned Parenthood was accused of making hiring and employment decisions based on pregnancy, and pregnant workers said that Planned Parenthood created an environment that was hostile to pregnant women—some of whom were afraid to even announce their pregnancy at work because of the repercussions. The NY Times interviewed Ta’Lisa Hairston, a medical assistant who had wanted to work at Planned Parenthood because she believed in Planned Parenthood’s mission and wanted to help women have autonomy over their bodies. Hairston expected that “there would be no better place to work than a clinic that dealt with expecting mothers every day.” Yet, she was wrong. When Hairston provided notes from her nurse recommending additional breaks because her high blood pressure was threatening her pregnancy, Planned Parenthood managers ignored the notes. “I had to hold back tears talking to pregnant women, telling them to take care of their pregnancies when I couldn’t take care of mine,” said Hairston. While Hairston’s story is sad, it is not surprising. As an abortion provider, Planned Parenthood sees pregnancy as a barrier to be removed, not a life to be embraced. According to the 2016-2017 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, PPFA performed 321,384 abortion procedures (a number which does not include the over 730,000 emergency contraception kits provided by PPFA). Yet, PPFA only provided prenatal services to 7,762 women, and adoption referrals were only provided to 3,889 women. These numbers make it clear that the only choice Planned Parenthood wants to offer women is the choice to abort their children. What would have happened if those 321,384 children were not aborted? What if Planned Parenthood had instead worked with those women to address the underlying problems that were bringing them to their doors looking to end the lives of their unborn children? Would we have started to tackle problems associated with the poverty that single mothers face? Would we have tried to figure out ways to portray the women who place their children in adoptive homes as heroes and address the legal and financial barriers to adoption that exist? And, how much more beauty and wonder could those 321,384 children have brought to this world? As pro-life women, we know that we cannot make gains for ourselves while aborting our children. We will continue to march against abortion and for women. We will continue to shout out against the injustice that says decrees that pregnancy is a problem to be terminated. And we will not stand for a women’s movement based on the premise that our children must be sacrificed to advance women’s equality. #MarchforLife #WomensMarch #Abortion #PlannedParenthood #ProLifeFeminist

December 28, 2018, the editorial board of the New York Times published the opinion piece “A Woman’s Rights.” The board of Feminists Choosing Life of New York submitted six letters to the editors in response. We are pleased that the letter submitted by Sarah Mullen was accepted for publication. Below are the unpublished FCLNY response letters. The Reproductive Health Act (RHA) referenced in, A Woman’s Rights Part 3: The Cost of Complacency About Roe, potentially endangers women’s lives and completely disregards humans in utero. While every person’s heart must extend to Ericka Christensen for the difficult pregnancy that led her to Colorado to abort, the RHA goes well beyond Roe. To be clear, the RHA permits fully viable infants born alive during an abortion to die, in anguish, without any treatment, whatsoever. The RHA also permits persons other than ‘duly licensed physicians’ to perform late-term surgical abortions. In addition, the bill also allows late-term abortions to occur in facilities other than hospitals. According to, Risk Factors for Legal Induced Abortion-Related Mortality in the United States, published by Obstetrics & Gynecology, the "risk of death" for "women obtaining legally induced abortions" "increase[s] exponentially by 38% for each additional week of gestation." As a feminist, I wonder how removing these safeguards for women can be considered a right. It smacks more of exploitation. Submitted by Michele Sterlace-Accorsi, JD, LLM Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Executive Director ………………………………………………………………………………………………… According to research conducted out of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at UCSF and published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, most late-term abortions are not performed for medical reasons. In “A Woman’s Rights” the NY Times editorial board argues for the passage of the RHA and legalized late-term abortion in NYS by citing rare cases like Erika Christensen’s. However, any honest discussion of the RHA must recognize that fully viable, healthy fetuses of healthy mothers would become legal to abort in NY for essentially any reason. Even in rarer circumstances like Ms. Christensen’s, a resolution is possible without late-term abortion access. It is within a woman’s right to request an induction or c-section following such a diagnosis. Late-term procedures can take hours or days before the child dies. It is hard to argue this is a kinder end than palliative care. Cecelia Hayes Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Vice President ……………………………………………………………………………………………… “A society that embraces a legal concept of fetal personhood would necessarily compromise existing ideals of individual freedom”. What? By that logic, granting full personhood to enslaved Blacks compromised individual whites’ freedoms! How absurdly ludicrous. Until the inherent worth of every human being is recognized and valued, America can hold no claim on the “ideal(s) of individual freedom”. Amy Crossed-Rieck Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Member- Board of Directors ………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Reproductive Health Act is more complicated than portrayed in, “The Cost of Complacency About Roe”. Formally known as the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act and later, part nine of Governor Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act, the bill, despite its ever-changing title, failed not only because the Republicans were the senate majority but because New Yorkers expressed consistent opposition to the bill’s content. The opposition was strong enough, in fact, to cause the much-praised WEA package to fail until the RHA component was removed entirely. One point of opposition is the heinous legalization of abortion during the second and third trimester of pregnancy through the inclusion of a broad health exception allowing women to abort viable fetuses for essentially any reason; including economic or familial health. The vast majority of Americans, including in New York, oppose these late-term abortions. As a New Yorker, Democrat and feminist, I can’t help but wonder what history will say about a people who allowed the legalized killing of fully formed human beings for the sake of exerting political dominance. Kelly Brunacini Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Member- Board of Directors …………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Cost of Complacency About Roe fails to mention that the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) potentially re-victimizes victims of sex trafficking as well as domestic violence. Something Roe surely never intended. The RHA completely guts abortion from NY’s penal laws. And while this appeals to some feminists who claim abortion is self-care, health-care, and has no place in any criminal statues, the consequences of this blanket removal are discriminatory and devastating. The RHA repeals key statutory provisions that allow for the prosecution of individuals who coerce abortions, and for the prosecution of abusers who kill or cause the death of wanted unborn fetuses. Studies consistently show, including, Acknowledging a Persistent Truth: Domestic Violence in Pregnancy, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, that domestic violence escalates during pregnancy, with significant consequences for women and their unborn children, including death. Studies also reveal, including, Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence and Termination of Pregnancy, and The Health Consequences of Sex Trafficking, Their Implications for Identifying Victims in Healthcare Facilities, respectively, that victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking undergo coerced abortions. Women’s rights are supposed to empower not deprive women of justice. Candice Renaldo Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Member- Board of Directors