"I train my colleagues in rural communities because I believe when it comes to accessing health care, women shouldn't have to cross mountains," notes Dr. Savita Ginde, PPRM Medical Director and lead trainer at AAP sponsored trainings in rural Colorado.

Dr. Ginde's commitment combined with AAP's organizing strategies yield unique outreach efforts into rural communities. After an AAP/PPRM training with Dr. Ginde in Alamosa in February 2007, Anne Devereux, an organizer for the AAP and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) collaboration in Colorado, provided individualized and ongoing technical assistance to two doctors from the training. The result of her efforts? A contract between two local physicians and a family planning clinic in the area to offer early abortion services in the small town. With nearly four hours drive between Alamosa and the capital of Denver, new services is a major step towards making abortion accessible to rural women in the surrounding community - a step not unlike moving mountains.