Sentences with phrase «family planning program»

The regional project officers are the point of contact for the Title X family planning program within each respective region.

The most notable example is the Title X national family planning program.

The boost in dollars to crisis pregnancy centers is even harder to swallow for women's health advocates when considering the lack of added substantial investment in family planning programs.

The report shows the critical role played by the federal Title X — funded family planning program.

The longer explanation: Title X is a federal family planning program that was enacted in 1970.

The simple fact is family planning programs like Title X save money.

He has pledged to restore and expand funding for desperately needed family planning programs and services.

The nation's family planning program offers preventive health care services to those most in need.

Thus it seems appropriate to ask, what do family planning programs, and national population policies, actually do?

They believe some of the money will go to a Chinese government family planning program that forces women to have abortions.

They range the gamut from family planning programs to green roofs to plant - based diets.

... As been done in many family planning programs, the happy family should be promoted as one that limits its numbers.

Family planning programs largely escaped steep budget cuts in 2012.

Title X family planning programs have been key in helping millions of American women prevent unintended pregnancies and obtain reproductive health care for more than 30 years.

Unfortunately, many contemporary advocates of family planning programs for the Third World — be they decision - makers in local capitals or enthusiasts from Western countries — have been looking for much more than this.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the United Nations Foundation (UNF), Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL), and more than 100 constituents honored Senator Dick Durbin (D - IL) today for his leadership in supporting funding for international family planning programs with the second annual International Family Planning Hero award.

In still other countries, like Mexico and Thailand, the establishment of family planning programs coincided with the onset of rapid fertility decline.

Just after data was released showing a 50 % decline in the number of clients served with family planning program funds, as a result of drastic budget cuts that created a de facto ban on participation by Planned Parenthood, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on Oct. 18 said plans for the revamped Texas Women's Health Program are finalized, including an even more firm ban on participation by any PP clinic.

Second, these same policymakers are seeking to eliminate or undermine the Title X national family planning program by directing Title X funding to FQHC sites while excluding providers focused on reproductive health, some of which offer abortions (using non-federal funds) in addition to contraceptive and other basic health care.

Through birth control and contraceptive counseling, Title X the national family planning program helps to prevent 1.1 million unintended pregnancies each year.

A recent study of Texas, which chose to eliminate its Medicaid family planning program so it could exclude Planned Parenthood, shows birth control usage fell, while births from unintended pregnancies increased.

«Among its many harmful provisions, H.R. 1 proposes to completely eliminate the national family planning program as well as prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for any purpose, including for preventive health care, lifesaving cancer screenings, breast exams, birth control, HIV testing and STD testing and treatment.

Planned Parenthood expressed disappointment that the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 2013 spending bill funds the Title X family planning program at $ 2.9 million below the Administration's request.

In 1980, at the request of the Washington State Family Planning Program, services were begun in Skagit County (Mount Vernon) and the agency name was changed to Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood.

The Title X family planning program provides funding for family planning services for millions of low - income patients, in areas such as contraceptive services; breast and cervical cancer screening; sexually transmitted infection and HIV prevention, testing and education; and related counseling services.

Voluntary family planning programs typically subsidize, advertize, or otherwise promote the use of modern contraceptive technologies by sexually active couples (usually but not always partners in marriage).

«We know the Title X family planning program serves nearly five million low - income women and men at more than 4,500 health centers each year.

But in 2013, anti-abortion legislators in Texas cut Planned Parenthood out of its public family planning program for low - income women — ignoring the fact that its health centers offer lifesaving preventive services, like cancer screenings and birth control.

According to the Department of Health's own estimations, the BadgerCare Family Planning Program saves Wisconsin nearly $ 140 million per year.

He created the PPFA Center for Family Planning Program Development, which later became The Alan Guttmacher Institute.

In many parts of the globe, an effective family planning program might actually increase the birthrate and the rate of population growth.

Following a strong but strictly voluntary family planning program launched by the government during the 1960s, the total fertility rate fell from more than 6 to less than 3, one of the world's most impressive fertility declines.

They don't think family planning programs work.

The British have made family planning programs one of their top priorities.

In 2015, the national family planning program enabled health centers to provide nearly 800,000 pap tests, 1 million women received breast exams, 1 million HIV tests, and nearly 5 million STD screenings.

Officials at the U.N. Population Fund, which supports family planning programs around the world, said the new projections illustrated the importance of rich countries continuing to help poorer ones to ensure that couples have no more children than they want.

People's Family Planning programs include education, contraceptive methods, and follow - up information for both adolescents and adults.

New Hampshire Family Planning Program for NH Residents This program allows eligible NH Residents to receive FREE family planning services like birth control, well woman check ups, STI testing & treatment and more.

«We are counting on the Massachusetts legislature to restore the Baker Administration's cuts to the state's family planning program so that family planning providers can continue to offer a wide range of preventive health care services and fully meet the needs of Massachusetts families.»

Public spending for the U.S. family planning program prevents unintended pregnancies and reduces the incidence and impact of preterm and low birth weight births, sexually transmitted infections, infertility, and cervical cancer.27 However, Title X funding has been cut significantly over the years.

BOSTON — Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) commends the Senate for including $ 5.525 million for critical family planning programming in its budget.

We applaud the work led by Senator Murray to protect access to essential family planning programs that have contributed to historic lows in the rates of unintended pregnancy and teen pregnancy in the United States.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) applauds President Barack Obama for living up to his commitment to supporting women's health and investing in commonsense proposals to expand family planning programs.

While China succeeded in reigning in this growth, India's half hearted policies which failed to provide promised incentives turned their people against family planning programs, and poor economic plans left traditional structures that led people to have large families.

At the same time vigorous family planning programs become effective when they were ineffective before these measures were taken (Murdoch 1980; Murdoch & Oaten 1975).

Pope John Paul II condemned government - controlled family planning programs Thursday, saying couples have a fundamental right to decide the size of their families free from state coercion.