More than a clinical service:

A healthcare cooperative rooted in community and solidarity

  • Two young people in a sex education class learn about vibrators. An instructor points toward an anatomical drawing of the clitoris, urethra, and vagina.

    Our Members

    Our worker-members come from diverse backgrounds in art, education, public health research, and community organizing.

    Having worked inside and outside the Medical Industrial Complex, we are aware of the urgent need for alternative spaces to cultivate health and healing.

    We are committed to providing whole-person care, guided by racial, economic, reproductive, disability and LGBTQIA+ justice frameworks.

    Meet our cooperative members →

  • The quote “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced” --James Baldwin on a white background with teal shapes lining the bottom and decorative elements sprinkled throughout.

    Brittany she/her/ella

    Administrative Coordinator

    Brittany is originally from New Orleans, but she was first attended by a midwife while living in Ecuador, where she birthed her two sons. This experience propelled her to learn more about reproductive health, and also to recognize how many people lack access to this crucial care. Brittany believes everyone should be able to access healthcare we can afford, and feel at ease in the hands of providers we can truly trust.

  • The quote “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” - Dr Angela Davison on a white background with teal shapes lining the bottom and decorative elements sprinkled throughout.

    Erin
    she/her

    Midwife

    Erin is a Certified Nurse Midwife who came to clinical work after many years as a medical anthropologist, exploring the social, structural and cultural contexts of health. She brings this lens of providing whole-person, individualized and culturally humble care to her work as a provider. She is passionate about reimagining a healthcare system that centers those seeking care from a holistic perspective over the maximization of profit. She seeks to break barriers to healthcare access for all.

  • The quote “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” Audre Lorde on a white background with teal shapes lining the bottom and decorative elements sprinkled throughout.

    Kamil
    she/her

    Midwife

    Meet Kamil, a certified nurse-midwife whose journey into reproductive healthcare was ignited by her personal experience with pregnancy and a home birth attended by a midwife. This transformative experience steered her towards midwifery, forever altering her perspective on healthcare. Kamil's lifelong aspiration is to provide compassionate care, focusing on promoting peace and well-being, particularly among marginalized communities, through preventive healthcare.

  • The quote “If you have come to help me then you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson on a white background with decorative elements.

    Mo
    she/they

    Midwife

    Molly is a certified nurse-midwife from Washington DC. They came to midwifery following study and practice in comprehensive sexual health education, full spectrum doula work, and sexual violence advocacy. Molly strives to center trauma-informed healthcare grounded in an analysis of the ways that structures of oppression shape our lives. She is interested in liberatory and cooperative healthcare systems that share power and blur lines between those seeking and those providing care.

  • The quote “We have to understand that health must be attained in the context of our communities, of our families, where we are in our societies, and in relationship to the web of life.”  - Rupa Marya on a white background with decorative elements.

    Robin
    she/her/ella

    Midwife

    Robin is a certified nurse-midwife and EDSE certified sex educator who came to healthcare through experiences in art, popular education, and health promoter accompaniment in remotely rural and systemically marginalized communities. Her work is motivated by the common struggle for health and wellbeing despite conditions of injustice, and our capacity for transformation through collective action.

“Everything worthwhile is done with other people.”

— Organizer and educator Mariame Kaba

We Take Care of Us is working to shift the conventional power dynamics between providers and recipients of care. We’re moving beyond an individualistic approach to health and growing a community in which We Take Care of Us.

FAQ

  • We Take Care of Us currently offers: medication abortion, advanced provision of abortion pills, emergency contraception, contraceptive counseling & prescriptions. In addition, we provide care for vaginal and urinary infections, perimenopause and menopause care, sexual health consultation and education. We plan to expand our clinical services and programming in the near future, so keep checking back!

  • We are a fully virtual telehealth platform. We offer care in NY, NJ, PA and IL, with plans to add additional states in the future. (Due to Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, we are unable to offer medication abortion in PA. If you are a PA resident seeking abortion care, we invite you to schedule a free 15 minute consultation and we’ll be happy to help find the right care option for you.)

  • Intake forms are available 24/7. You can fill out an intake form at your convenience and indicate your preferred contact method for coordination of care. Options include: video visit, phone call, email or text message. Our staff will be in touch within 24 - 48 hours of receiving your intake request. If you would prefer to schedule a visit as your first point of contact, rather than utilizing an intake form, you can find available appointments using our self-scheduling app.

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  • Telehealth utilizes telecommunications to provide medical care without requiring an in-person visit. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare providers adapted to telehealth upon discovering how many common health concerns could be effectively treated virtually. Healthcare recipients have also come to appreciate the convenience and safety of accessing care from the comfort home, as well as the ability to seek out providers based on values-alignment and quality of care rather than geography.

    We Take Care of Us utilizes a secure and HIPAA-compliant Electronic Health Record, as well as secure communications technologies to ensure your privacy and safety.

  • At this time we are not accepting insurance. We are committed to making care accessible and fostering solidarity within our care community through a sliding scale fee structure. Our intake forms allow each person seeking care to indicate where they fall on our sliding scale. If additional assistance is needed to access our care, let us know and we’ll do our best to work with you!

    Some insurers may reimburse you for the cost of care you receive from out-of-network providers, such as We Take Care of Us. If you have private insurance, you can check to see if your policy includes reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. We will be happy to provide any documentation requested by your insurer.

  • We use sliding scale pricing, which differs by service. For example, emergency contraception ranges for $20-$60 and medication abortion ranges from $100-$580. We ask that each person honestly assess where they fall on the sliding scale based on factors such as income, wealth and relative privilege/marginalization. Our intake forms explain the sliding scale for each service, and you select the price that suits your personal circumstances. We have tools to help you assess where you are on the scale, if needed. If you find that you cannot afford the solidarity rate, please let us know and we'll do our best to work with you!

  • Certified Nurse Midwives are primary healthcare providers for individuals who have a uterus; from menarche, during the reproductive years and throughout menopause. CNMs focus on health promotion, wellness care, gynecologic and family planning services, as well as childbearing.

  • Yes! As Certified Nurse Midwives, we are licensed to prescribe a wide range of medications. Currently, we are able to prescribe abortion pills in NY, NJ and IL. Due to Pennsylvania's Abortion Control Act, we can prescribe only non-abortion medications in PA. If you are a PA resident seeking medication abortion, we invite you to schedule a free 15 minute consultation and we'll be happy to help you find the best option given your location and situation.

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  • Cooperatives are organizations owned, run and governed by and for their members, to meet common economic, social, and cultural goals. We Take Care of Us is forming as a cooperative to undo the traditional hierarchies of healthcare, replacing them with shared governance and solidarity among all members of our care community.

  • We Take Care of Us has formed as a worker cooperative. Currently, membership consists of our midwives and other staff. Over time, we plan to grow into a multi-stakeholder cooperative. This means recipients of care and other community stakeholders can also become members, and share in governance of the healthcare space we create together. To do this we need your input and guidance!

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  • No, membership is not required to access care and services with We Take Care of Us.

  • Yes! Although we are currently licensed to provide care in NY, NJ, PA, and IL, we welcome support and participation nationwide! We anticipate developing educational materials and other programming that will be open-access for all herestates. We also anticipate expanding to offer clinical care in additional states as We Take Care of Us grows. If you live outside NY, NJ, PA, and IL, and would like to make a contribution, or if you’d like to know more about membership, visit our Cooperative page.

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