Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
AbbreviationPPFA
PredecessorAmerican Birth Control League, Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, Birth Control Federation of America
FormationOctober 16, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-10-16)[note 1]
FounderMargaret Sanger
Legal status501(c)(3)[1]
PurposeReproductive health and education
Headquarters
Region served
United States, and worldwide through Planned Parenthood Global and IPPF[2]
Membership
600+ clinic locations[3]
  • ≈58 medical or related affiliates
  • ≈101 non-medical affiliates[4]
Key people
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is an American nonprofit organization[1] that provides reproductive and sexual healthcare and sexual education in the United States and globally. It is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

PPFA has its roots in Brooklyn, New York, where Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, in 1916. Sanger founded the American Birth Control League in 1921,[5] and 14 years after her exit as its president, ABCL's successor organization became Planned Parenthood in 1942.

Planned Parenthood consists of 159 medical and non-medical affiliates, which operate over 600 health clinics in the United States.[3][4] It partners with organizations in 12 countries globally.[3][4] The organization directly provides a variety of reproductive health services and sexual education, contributes to research in reproductive technology and advocates for the protection and expansion of reproductive rights.[4] Research shows that closures of Planned Parenthood clinics lead to increases in maternal mortality rates.[6][7]

PPFA is the largest single provider of reproductive health services and the largest single provider of abortions in the United States.[11][12] In their 2014 Annual Report, PPFA reported seeing over 2.5 million patients in over 4 million clinical visits and performing a total of nearly 9.5 million discrete services including 324,000 abortions.[15] Its combined annual revenue is US$1.3 billion, including approximately $530 million in government funding such as Medicaid reimbursements.[4][14] Throughout its history, PPFA, and its member clinics have experienced support, controversy, protests,[16] and violent attacks.[17]


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  1. ^ a b Planned Parenthood Annual Report 2012–2013 Archived January 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, p. 18.
  2. ^ Pradhan, Rachana (August 10, 2015). "Bush role in Bloomberg charity gets attention: The billionaire's philanthropy partnered with Planned Parenthood on women's health". Politico. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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  8. ^ Rover, Julie (April 13, 2011). "Planned Parenthood: A Thorn In Abortion Foes' Sides". NPR. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  9. ^ Kelly, Erin (September 28, 2015). "Republicans try new way to defund Planned Parenthood, avoiding shutdown". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  10. ^ "#38 Planned Parenthood Federation of America". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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  13. ^ "2014–2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Planned Parenthood. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  14. ^ a b Ross, Janell. August 4, 2015. How Planned Parenthood actually uses its federal funding. Archived August 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine The Washington Post. Retrieved: August 22, 2015.
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