Planned Parenthood

Descriptive Essay # 116374

Child, Youth Issues > Family Issues
Hot Topics > Birth Control
Women Studies

Planned Parenthood

An overview of the Planned Parenthood organization that advocates family planning.

827 words () | 4 sources | MLA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper provides a brief history of the Planned Parenthood organization and outlines its philosophy. The paper relates that the mission statement of the Planned Parenthood organization is that it is infinitely better to prevent conception than it is to perform an abortion. Furthermore, the organization believes that every human being should have total care, custody and control of their bodies. The paper concludes that the group has stood its ground, suffering arrest and abuse while teaching women that they do not have to have unwanted children that will become a burden on them and society.

From the Paper:

"Planned Parenthood came to the attention of the public in 1916 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Margaret Sanger and her compatriots began to distribute leaflets announcing the opening of a birth control clinic in the neighborhood. They asked the question of whether a mother could afford to have more children, and offered counseling on how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. They offered the hope that through education of the public, conception would occur through choice and the babies subsequently born would be wanted and not an unexpected burden (PPNT.Org.facts)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Planned Parenthood.Org Mission Statement Retrieved 1-10-007 from:http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/mission-statement.htm
PPNT.Org Facts 2006 Retrieved 1-10-2007 from:http://www.ppnt.org/about-us/facts-newsletters/2006-facts- newsletters/2006-fall-newsletter.pdf
PPNT.Org Clinic 2006 Retrieved 1-10-2007 from:http://www.ppnt.org/clinic-services/hipaa-practices.html
Wikipedia.Org 1-08-2007 Planned Parenthood Retrieve 1-10-2007 from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood