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University Health Service (UHS)
Health Promotion Office

Pregnancy

University Services

University Health Service (UHS)
Phone: 275-2662
Location: UHS Locations & Hours
Services: Appointments with UHS primary care providers, confidential care and services, referrals to specialists, pregnancy testing.
Payment:  The cost of visits to UHS is covered by the mandatory health fee paid by full-time students. For other patients, visits are on a fee-for-service basis. A fee is charged for pregnancy testing. Confidential billing is available.

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UHS Health Promotion Office
Phone: 273-5775
Location: UHS Locations & Hours
Services: Events and programs to raise awareness about pregnancy and support services for UR students.
Payment: No charge for services.

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University Counseling Center (UCC)
Phone: 275-3113
Website: www.rochester.edu.ucc
Locations: UCC Locations & Hours
Services: Individual, couples, and group therapy. For couples therapy, only one person needs to be a student.
Payment: The mandatory health fee covers the cost of visits to UCC.

 

Community Medical Services

Highland Family Planning
Phone:      585.279.4890
Website:    www.familyplanning.urmc.edu
Services: Highland Family Planning offers affordable and confidential birth control and reproductive health services for men and women, including teens. Our program is LBGTQ friendly. We offer birth control, pregnancy testing, HIV testing and counseling, STD screening and treatment, annual exams, and physicals.
Payment: Highland Family Planning accepts all major health insurance including Medicaid. For those without coverage services are available on a sliding scale. Our staff can also help clients apply for the Family Planning Benefit Program to help cover costs of services.

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Planned Parenthood
Phone: (585) 546-2771
Websites: www.pprsr.org
Address: 114 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14605
Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region protects and supports every person's right to make voluntary, informed decisions about sexuality and reproduction in order to lead a healthy and fulfilling life.
Services: Low cost birth control; pregnancy testing and counseling on all options including adoption, parenting, and abortion; diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; HIV/AIDS testing and counseling; Pap smears and breast exams; pre-natal care; 24 hour rape crisis services; education programs and advocacy for reproductive rights.

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Pregnancy Loss Support Service (PLSS)
Phone: (585) 275-3160
Address: Strong Obstetrics, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 619-12, Rochester, NY 14642
Strong Beginnings Pregnancy Loss Support Service, operated by Strong Memorial Hospital's Obstetric Service, is a comprehensive program staffed by registered nurses with intensive training who assist families experiencing a pregnancy loss.
Services: Education and support for immediate needs and decision making; anticipatory grief counseling, grief education, and continued support; in-patient services for families whose babies have died. Services are free.

 

Community Services

Birthright of Rochester
Phone: (585) 385-2100 (East), (585) 328-8700 (West)
Website: www.birthright.org
Address: 3380 Monroe Avenue, Suite 103, Rochester, NY 14618
Our mission is to foster love and respect for both mothers and babies by showing non-judgmental love and support to the pregnant woman. We demonstrate our values by: providing encouragement and support to assist pregnant women to mobilize their own resource and those of the community to bring their babies to birth.
Services:  Self-administered pregnancy testing; assistance finding prenatal care, adoption counseling, maternity clothing, childbirth classes, infant clothing and supplies; and friendship and support.

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Monroe County Department of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Division
Phone: 585-753-5437 (toll free number: 1-877-316-1314)
Address: 691 St. Paul Street, 4th Floor, Rochester, NY 14605
Web site:  http://www.monroecounty.gov/health-family.php
We strive to ensure healthy births and optimal development of all children, including those with special needs.
Services include: WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), Perinatal Home Visiting Program, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Nurse-Family Partnership, Family Bereavement, Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program, and Special Children's Services (Early Intervention and Education for Children with Disabilities).

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