This Is Who We Are

This is Who We Are

Creating a Healthier World for Women, Men, and Young People For more than a century, Planned Parenthood® has been one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood health centers provide millions of people with contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), lifesaving cancer screenings, and safe, legal abortion. With a presence in all 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., Planned Parenthood has 49 affiliates, which operate more than 600 health centers. Globally, Planned Parenthood supports local partners in nine focus countries, reaching nearly 2 million individuals with sexual and reproductive health information and services. Women, men, and young people from every community and income level view Planned Parenthood as their first-choice provider of care. • An estimated one in five women in the U.S. has visited a Planned Parenthood health center. Planned Parenthood Is • Planned Parenthood health centers provide health care that helps women Health Care prevent an estimated 395,000 unintended pregnancies in a single year. Contraception, • Planned Parenthood Global’s partners provided health services to abortion services, 1.76 million people and trained more than 16,000 advocates. cancer screenings, testing and treatment • Planned Parenthood websites, including Planned Parenthood en Español, for STIs receive an estimated 198 million visits in a single year. • In 2019, of Planned Parenthood patients who report their income, nearly Education 70% live with incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, the Accurate sexual and equivalent of $39,300 a year for a family of four. reproductive health • Planned Parenthood affiliates provide the following services to 2.4 million information for people patients — 39% of whom are people of color — including more than 573,000 of all ages – 24/7 patients who identify as Latino and nearly 350,000 patients who identify as Black: Advocacy • family planning counseling and • screenings to more than Protecting contraception to more than 75,000 women whose cancer reproductive rights 1.8 million patients was detected early or whose and ensuring • more than 1 million abnormalities were identified access to quality, pregnancy tests and addressed affordable care for all • more than 270,000 Pap tests • more than 580,000 emergency contraception kits Global Health • nearly 270,000 breast exams • education and outreach Supporting women’s • more than 5.4 million tests programs to 1.1 million people health and rights in and treatments for sexually developing countries • more than 2.5 million transmitted infections, including around the world more than 860,000 HIV tests, people reached through and diagnoses of more than digital education tools and Media Contact: 212-261-4433 300,000 STIs video resources