The Blue Mountain Clinic Arson: March 29, 1993 By allowing more clients and conversations through our doors with additional space we can further succeed in moving these values forward to touch significantly more people.Īt Blue Mountain Clinic, we truly live and breathe reproductive justice and advocate for health care for all every single day. We continue to train resident doctors within our choice-based model of care in the hopes that they will eventually practice medicine in rural areas of Montana currently lacking services, and ultimately spread this knowledge. We are providing pathways to social justice for young activists through our Entrust You(th) program. We believe this will improve their ability to make informed choices. We see our work as a fundamental piece within the greater social justice movement to empower and educate individuals. It is proven that low-income individuals are more likely to experience health problems and unexpected pregnancies which make it nearly impossible to overcome poverty. It is our belief that healthcare should be a basic human right. Our advocacy efforts are driven by the realities that race, class, and gender intersect at the core of oppression and are directly linked to the cause of inequality. Our beliefsīMC is devoted to the belief that access to quality healthcare vastly improves the quality and dignity of life. In 2012, after receiving a grant from the Pride Foundation, we further strengthened our transgender care through training, advocacy and marketing.
In addition to our primary and reproductive care clients, we have been providing care to transgender patients throughout the Northern Rockies for over 16 years. This is evidenced by the fact that 25% of our clients are traveling 50 miles or more to receive care at BMC. This status does allow us to have complete autonomy in how we provide care while staying committed to our mission.īMC directly impacts the lives of over 10,000 patients per year who access a wide range of health services within our choice-based, primary medicine model. While such programs can be beneficial, we have always held the belief that we do not want federal regulations to influence how we care for our patients. Because of this we are not eligible for many programs that offer amenities such as discounted birth control, sliding scales and large government grants. We are not subsidized by any government money, are not a title X organization and do not offer a sliding fee scale for services. Located at 610 N California Street in Missoula, MT, we are the only independent, non-government funded primary and family medicine clinic in the United States that has fully integrated family medicine, mental health counseling, reproductive care, and comprehensive transgender care into our daily practice. BMC todayīlue Mountain Clinic is a mission-driven 501(c)3 non-profit corporation organized in the state of Montana and is governed by a volunteer board of directors. To reflect these changes, the name was changed to Blue Mountain Clinic. Services migrated from strictly reproductive to offering care to the entire family. By 1991, the community had spoken and BMC listened. One year later it moved into a more suitable office on Kensington Avenue. In 1977 Blue Mountain Women’s Clinic opened its doors as the first and only clinic providing abortions in the state of Montana in a small office located on Front Street. After abortion became legalized in 1973, a group of strong, feminist, women realized the need for an abortion clinic in Missoula.
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