Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood For this assignment, I am choosing Planned Parenthood as my organization. ... Margaret Sanger founded the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. ... For nearly a century Planned Parenthood affiliates have offered family planning medical services and birth control instruction. Planned Parenthood is the world’s largest and oldest family planning organization with 142 affiliates operating more than 900 reproductive health centers located in 48 states- it has a national network of 7,000 clinics in the United States alone. The American Birth Control Leagues of Dallas and Fort Worth were the local forerunners to Planned Parenthood, renamed in 1941. After being established in the US, the International Planned Parenthood Federation was founded in 1952. Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual to manage his or her own fertility, regardless of the person’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin or residence. ... Based on their beliefs, Planned Parenthood’s Mission is as follows: o To provide complete and affordable health care services that protect confidentiality; o To promote public policies which support reproductive rights and ensure access to services; o To provide educational programs that help people understand individual and societal implications of ‘human sexuality’ the page states, such as child birth, sexually transmitted disease and abortion o To promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of bioethical, behavioral, and social implications.