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The freedom to make choices about reproductive health, sexuality, and
parenthood took a quantum leap in the 20th century. Planned Parenthood is
proud of the enormous progress we have made. Now, we are more conscious
than ever before that this freedom implies the ability to make responsible choices
- choices that promote the health and well being of an individual, a family, a
community, and our society.
A solid majority of Americans support the ideal of ensuring that every child is a
wanted child. Unfortunately, many women and men still lack the information and
health services to achieve this ideal. As a result,
almost half of all pregnancies
in the U.S. are still unintended. The personal price of this nation's political failure to support
responsible choices is incalculable.
That's why Planned Parenthood has launched the
Responsible Choices Action
Agenda. The Responsible Choices Action Network was created to mobilize
people who are committed to defending and increasing access to family planning
services, abortion, and sexuality education.
We're always advocating for new policies at the federal, state, and local levels
that will advance reproductive health care for women and families. And we, too, are
constantly recommitting ourselves to better meet the needs of women and their
families.
We believe the opportunity for everyone to have equal and open access to the
information and services they need to make conscientious, safe, and responsible
decisions about sex and reproduction is long overdue. The means already exist.
Now we must translate the social consensus into a political consensus to make
responsible choices a reality.
We strive daily to meet your needs.
Our goals are to:
- Increase services that prevent unintended pregnancy
- Improve the quality of reproductive health care
- Ensure access to abortion
- Guarantee that insurance companies cover contraception
For more information about the campaign for fair access to contraception, check
out Cover My Pills.
Save Women’s Lives: March for Choice!
To demonstrate overwhelming majority support for a woman’s right to choose safe, legal abortion and birth control, the largest pro-choice majority in history will march on Washington on Sunday April 25, 2004. Women’s rights groups from across the country have come together to organize this momentous event. The Bush administration continues to unabashedly put forth vehemently anti-choice judicial nominees and restrict access to abortion and family planning with unconstitutional bans that drastically set back the clock on women’s rights. This march is needed now more than ever! For more information on the March, or to sign up to join PPWP in Washington in April, please visit www.marchforchoice.org
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