Hayward Reproductive Clinic Opens Under New Management

A Hayward reproductive health clinic recently slated for closure will reopen under Monday new management, Planned Parenthood officials have announced. 

The B Street office was to have been consolidated with a clinic in Oakland's Eastmont Mall. The move could have hit the local unincorporated community, which leads the county for teen pregnancies, particularly hard.

Instead, the Hayward clinic is one of several reproductive health clinics Bay Area to reopen under management by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.

The regional provider took over service in Alameda County after Golden Gate Community Health—formerly Planned Parenthood Golden Gate—folded at the beginning of March. 

Golden Gate Community Health had operated former Planned Parenthood clinics across the Bay Area since last summer, when the chapter was disaffiliated from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America over administrative and financial woes.

Beginning Monday, April 4, the Hayward clinic will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an eye toward expanding service to additional days. 

"Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the nation, with 560,000 client visits annually in our 33 health centers and 23 satellite sites,"  said Guadalupe Rodriguez, director of public affairs for the provider, in a press release. 

The clinic will offer family planning and reproductive health services, breast and cervical cancer screenings and sexuality education services. It is located at 866 B Street in Hayward. Appointments can be made through the resource center by calling 510-300-3800 or toll free 1-877-855-7526.