Family Planning

Our view: Rights at risk

akimmell — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:02:57 -0500

Orlando Sentinel
August 3, 2008

Shelve arrogant White House push to redefine birth control as abortion

Countless Space Coast women every day make private decisions about bearing children, including choosing to use contraception.

The vast majority of American women use a contraceptive method at some point in their lives.

And 62 percent of the 62 million women nationwide of childbearing age are currently using one, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Letter: Birth control allows Americans to make responsible decisions

Judderwocki — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:13:36 -0600

Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D., TCPalm.com
March 4, 2008
Anne C. Lotierzo (“Official at Guttmacher Institute should ‘check his own Web site’,” Feb. 26) attempts to use a Guttmacher Institute statistic (half of women having abortions used contraception in the month they became pregnant) as evidence that birth control “paves the way” to abortion. That argument may come as a surprise to the millions of American couples who have successfully used contraception for years, or even decades.

It also shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the math involved.

Planned Parenthood picks Oneco for clinic

Judderwocki — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:01:26 -0600

Donna Wright, Bradenton Herald
March 4, 2008

Planned Parenthood of Southwest Florida announced Monday that its first health clinic in Manatee County will be located in Oneco.

"The lease has been signed," said Barbara Zdravecky, chief executive officer and president of the Planned Parenthood Southwest and Central Florida. "It has been my goal to help reduce the high teen pregnancy rate and high teen, repeat-birth rates in Manatee County ever since I joined Planned Parenthood 14 years ago."

Hillsborough In Study Of High Rate Of Black Infant Mortality

Judderwocki — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:14:55 -0600

Nicola White, The Tampa Tribune
February 27, 2008
Black babies in Hillsborough County are four times more likely to die in infancy than white babies.That's far too many deaths, health care and social services advocates say. Thursday, a committee of doctors, social services agencies and politicians will meet at the Stetson University College of Law to investigate why black babies here die and what can be done to prevent it.

Planned Parenthood Comments on Holly Benson Appointment

akimmell — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:19:01 -0600

2.12.08

Putting prevention first leads to healthy Florida families

Sarasota, FL – Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates looks forward to working with newly appointed Holly Benson in her role as the Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to put prevention first. AHCA oversees health care facilities and providers, as well as the Medicaid program, which provides reproductive health care and family planning services to thousands of Florida women.

President's Backwards Budget Cuts Family Planning Programs

akimmell — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:27:13 -0600

Planned Parenthood Calls for Full Funding of Family Planning

WASHINGTON, DC — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today roundly criticized the president’s budget for putting politics over women’s health; proposing devastating cuts to funding for Medicaid family planning, which provides access to contraception and other family planning services to low-income women; failing to appropriately fund Title X, America’s family planning program; and increasing funding for ineffective abstinence-only programs.
“The president has this budget backwards,” said PPFA President Cecile Richards. “He’s increasing funding for programs that don’t work, and decreasing funding for programs that are proven effective.

Staci Fox: Women's rights struggle

akimmell — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:43:47 -0600

By STACI FOX
Special to The Gainesville Sun
4:43 pm, January 21, 2008

The 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is a powerful reminder that the struggle for women's health and safety continues. Deciding whether and when to become a parent is one of the most personal and important choices we make.

American citizens are blessed with incredible rights and freedoms. But the debate around abortion forces us to examine who we are as a nation.

Abstinence-only? Abstain

Stephanie.Kunkel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:41:17 -0600

Palm Beach Post Editorial
Saturday, December 15, 2007

Twenty-thousand more babies were born to teenagers in 2006 than in 2005. The increase in the teen birth rate was the first in 15 years - proof, obviously, that abstinence-only education is working.

Stunningly illogical, right?

Prevention First Act

Stephanie.Kunkel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:37:32 -0600

Prevention First Act

Stephanie.Kunkel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:35:08 -0600