We are Abide, a team dedicated to birth justice.
Our Mission
Abide Women’s Health Services exists to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care by offering healthcare and complimentary services that are easily accessible, holistic, evidence-based, and free from judgment.
Our Vision
Our vision is to build an inclusive, culturally affirming healthcare ecosystem centered on partnering with and empowering BIPOC communities through understanding and addressing systemic racism and biases that act as barriers to optimal care, resources and health outcomes. By fostering compassionate, trusting relationships and promoting community voices, we aim to provide high-quality, holistic, equitable, and accessible care that transforms experiences and improves access to preventive services, addresses social determinants of health, and develops innovative solutions to achieve health justice. Working together, we will advocate for and implement changes to policies, practices, and systems to eliminate inequities in traditional healthcare. We envision a future where all have the opportunity to achieve optimal physical, mental, and social health.
Our Goals
Our goals are purposefully guided by the sobering statistics on racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, and we are committed to implementing comprehensive, evidence-based strategies proven to improve these unacceptable realities.
Reducing infant and maternal mortality rates.
Reducing pre-term birth rates.
Increasing babies' birth weight.
Increasing breastfeeding rates.
Increasing the number of Black midwives and birth workers of color.