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Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Contact Information

Marketing Department
434 West 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001

800-230-7526 (Voice - Toll-free)
800-669-0156 (Voice - Toll-free)
212-541-7800 (Voice)
212-245-1845 (FAX)

Internet Resources

Abstract

Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a voluntary family planning and reproductive health organization. This Federation of 128 organizations operates 875 family planning clinics that provide contraceptive services, gynecological services, infertility therapy, pregnancy testing and counseling, prenatal services, sexually transmitted disease diagnosis, abortions, and sterilization services. Educational efforts are directed at specific problems such as unwanted pregnancies among adolescents. Planned Parenthood sponsors research to develop safe and effective contraceptives and to better understand human reproduction.

Publications

Publication topics include contraceptive methods, fertility, marriage, social issues, teenage sexuality, sexuality education, population, and administration of family planning clinics. Some pamphlets have been translated into Spanish. Flip charts, posters, a comic book, slides, film strips, and films are available in addition to pamphlets, bibliographies, sexuality education resource materials, and books. A publications catalog and Education Department resource list are available upon request. Serial publications: Current Literature in Family Planning, monthly--abstracts of books and journal articles; a bimonthly newsletter LINK Line; an annual Adolescent Sexuality bibliography.

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Notes

Audit

Date Entered: 7/1/1998
Date Edited: 12/22/2008
Date Revised: 6/19/2006 12:48:53 PM
Health Referral Number: HR0987
Accession Number: DP91A0172
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