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The objective of family planning in the United States is to enable individuals to determine the number and spacing of their children and to select the means by which that target may be achieved. Doing so can bring many benefits including improved maternal health, the prevention of the spread of STDs , and decreased infant and child mortality rates.
About 35 percent of U.S. women ages 15 to 49 said they received a family planning service between 2022 to 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) is the result of the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning where more than 20 governments made commitments to address the policy, financing, delivery, and socio-cultural barriers to women accessing contraception formation and services.
The Society of Family Planning is managed by staff members including an Executive Director and an elected Board of Directors. [2] The organization is also made up of Committees, Subcommittees and Working Groups including the Executive, Governance, and Finance Committees; Complex Family Planning Council; Annual Meeting, Clinical Affairs and Research Affairs Subcommittees; Abortion Clinical ...
The program was funded in the fiscal year 2025 budget, which allocated “$5.6 million to expand contraceptive coverage and family planning services.” Show comments Advertisement
The Office of Family Planning oversees the Title X Family Planning Program, enacted in 1970 as Title X of the Public Health Service Act.It is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services.
Family planning was and still is seen as a tool to not only help lower overall global fertility rates but also aid increasing the economic and social development in many countries, particularly in developing nations by lowering health risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth to women and children. [3]
The Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970 (enacted as Title X of Public Health Service Act) is the only federal grant program dedicated to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services.