Planned Parenthood

chance to control their bodies and their lives. Planned Parenthood has been constantly attacked by critics and has been a ginormous part of women’s lives due to the services the clinic provides. There is a tremendous amount of arguments/controversy towards Planned Parenthood and it’s been the topic in social media and in candidate speeches. As the race of presidency begins, many candidates’ have mentioned Planned Parenthood and women’s rights to access those clinics. Although only some candidates’ are supporting Planned Parenthood and others aren’t. Planned Parenthood has been attacked…

Today, a controversial issue that is being sent to and from Congress is the issue of if the organization, Planned Parenthood, should be deprived of government funding due to it’s inclusion of abortion services to women. As recent as December 2015, the Senate came one step closer to blocking all deferral funding to the largest women’s health care organization, Planned Parenthood. This is the Republican Parties (Grand Old Party, GOP) latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act that was signed…

to New York, she was fresh out of college, barely earning enough to stay alive. She did not have a steady job, friends, or health insurance. She was 24 and she had never been to a gynecologist. Maya was scared that a doctor would be too expensive, she was scared of the exam, and she was scared for her health. Hesitantly, she booked an appointment with her local Planned Parenthood. She saw a kind, professional doctor and had a full gynecological exam for only $140 (Barish). All she needed was…

Planned Parenthood, as most people know, is a nonprofit organization funded by the Government contracts for Health Services which researches and gives advice on maternal health as well as reproductive problems. This organization dates back to it’s unofficial beginnings in 1916. The organization is the largest provider of reproductive health services in the United States, with clinical interactions focused on breast and cervical cancer screening, HIV screening and counseling, contraception, and…

America’s first birth control clinic; they were arrested for distributing “obscene materials” to their clients. Their trial led the United States to change their laws involving sex education and birth control. In 1938, their birth control clinic joined the American Birth Control League, which was renamed Planned Parenthood in 1942 because some found the original name to be offensive. They expanded their health care services in 1952, starting in India, and eventually expanded to Chile, Singapore,…

Imagine a world where a small group of people could destroy a nation-wide organization with slanderous lies. If the Republicans in Congress get their way, Americans wouldn’t have to imagine. Defunding the Planned Parenthood Federation of America over a false accusation would be harmful to the health and finances of American citizens. Planned Parenthood is an organization that provides many essential health services for both men and women. Not only do these services directly benefit millions of…

Dating back to October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. Soon after, she was arrested and accused of supplying indecent materials to women. In 1938, the clinic officially became the American Birth Control League, and by 1944, had over 200 functioning centers and a significant amount of clients—upwards of around forty-thousand. Many at the time found the operation’s name offensive, and Sanger changed it to what we all know today as the Planned Parenthood…

Contrary to pro-life hopes, the increasingly conservative judges that heard the original 1973 case, did not on its face overturn Roe v Wade. The effect, Planned Parenthood v Casey demanded that all patients that are undergoing the thought of an abortion have the information and the consent to make a well informed decision. The Supreme Court upheld all but the spousal notification requirement stating that that requirement placed the woman in undue harm and subjected them to physical and emotional…

Planned Parenthood V. Casey has pointed out “the ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives”(Planned Parenthood,8).As human we always find a way to do things regardless if it is legal or not.” If abortion were illegal, women seeking to terminate their pregnancies would be forced to resort to unsafe and dangerous underground procedures.” (Abortion, paragraph 1). Many people believe…

acts of unsafe self induced abortions, and poverty. In the United States today, 67% of women who use birth control use nonpermanent methods (Daniels, 2015). Most commonly relied on is the hormonal methods that include the pill, patch, implant, injectable, and vaginal ring. Non-hormonal methods would include the IUD and condoms. The rest of the population relies on sterilization, both the pill and sterilization have been the most common methods used since 1982 (Daniels, 2015). The most common…