Today, more than 6 in 10 patients who receive care at a women’s health center like Planned Parenthood consider it their primary source of health care.
Affordable Birth Control and Other Preventive Care
As President Obama and Congress work to reform health care, preventive health care services must be included as basic benefits.
Planned Parenthood believes that all people deserve access to birth control and other preventive health care, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. In fact, more than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood health centers do nationwide is primary preventive health care, helping women and families make responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, their lives, and their futures.
As the nation’s leading reproductive health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood is dedicated to ensuring access to quality, affordable, and culturally competent health care and information in order to build strong, healthy families and communities.
As President Obama and Congress work to reform health care, preventive health care services must be included as basic benefits. Access to high-quality, trusted health care providers like Planned Parenthood must be protected.
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Key Players
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Yay: Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Sponsored legislation that restored affordable birth control for millions of low-income women and college students.
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Yay: Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle
Signed a measure to ensure access to emergency contraception in hospital emergency rooms in 2008!
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