Contraception

November 19, 2009, Marco Eagle

Contraception education is now officially part of Collier County School District’s sex education policy.

The Collier County School Board approved changes to the district’s health education policy by a 3-2 vote Thursday night. Board members Pat Carroll and Steve Donovan dissented.

October 18, 2009, The Miami Herald

Caring for women

Local health centers are where many people turn for trusted healthcare. Community health centers, like Planned Parenthood, often serve as an entry point for essential healthcare needs.

September 14, 2009, FSView

Planned Parenthood customers across north Florida are getting a chance at lower-priced birth control, thanks to a recent merger.
“Birth control and family planning are basic health care,” said Staci Fox, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of North Florida, Inc. “We are always working to make reproductive health care more accessible to men, women and teens.”

The lower prices were made feasible thanks to the joining of Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida and Planned Parenthood of North Central Florida. The newly created Planned Parenthood of North Florida, or PPNF, now serves 25 counties across Florida, including Leon County and the Tallahassee area.

August 23, 2009, Orlando Sentinel

Everything that was tied up in the previous presidential administration is quickly coming undone. Congress passed a provision in its massive omnibus spending bill that allows pharmaceutical companies to reinstate discounts on birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives that they had previously offered to family planning clinics and college campus health clinics.

June 19, 2009, Naples Daily News

NAPLES — Planned Parenthood of Collier County will have volunteers handing out free condoms on Friday in the parking lot of two Publix stores in protest of the Publix at Ave Maria deciding not to carry condoms.