Assignment 2

I will be working with Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. According to their website Planned Parenthood believes in the...right of each individual...to manage his/her own fertility regardless of...income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.

To achieve and ensure the protection of these rights planned parenthood offers services in the following: family planning, counseling, and birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and counseling, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, gynecological care, including screening for breast and cervical cancer, HIV testing and counseling, medically accurate sexuality education, voluntary sterilization for women and men, reproductive medical exams for men, safer sex counseling, abortions or abortion referrals, adoption referrals, referrals for specialized care. They offer age appropriate and medically accurate education programs as well including peer education for teens, and parent child sessions.

The services offered by Planned Parenthood while very helpful to young women especially can be utilized by any member of the community. Gynecological care can be used by all wormen in the community. Screening for sexually transmitted infections can be used by any member of the community. Sexual education is generally geared towards teens but can be helpful for adults in getting the facts out to their children.

Planned Parenthood employs doctors, nurses, spokespersons and uses lots of volunteers to help perform its mission with reproductive health care and in its effort to ensure everyone's right to reproductive health care is protected. Some volunteers research or help in blogging, organizing rallys/events and other political activities.

Planned Parenthood of MN, ND, and SD works with in the midwest to offer reproductive health care in the region.