Press Releases

On the heels of International Women's Day, the Global Democracy Promotion Act was reintroduced, which would permanently repeal the global gag rule.

March 9, 2015 • National

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has launched a data science competition with DrivenData, a Harvard Innovation Lab-based data firm that brings the technical abilities of aspiring and experienced data scientists to meaningful social questions. The competition is open to the public, and aims to bring the most talented minds in data research together to identify trends in reproductive health care.

March 9, 2015 • National

Today Senator Patty Murray, along with Senator Barbara Mikulski and Senator Barbara Boxer, introduced the 21st Century Women’s Health Act in Congress, which lays out important ways the country can and should move forward on women’s health

March 5, 2015 • National

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America encourages all women to protect their health by practicing body self-awareness and scheduling regular checkups.

March 3, 2015 • National

Planned Parenthood and the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University has released new data on parents’ understanding of HPV and the HPV vaccine, showing that parents need more information about the vaccine and why it is important to vaccinate their children for HPV.

March 2, 2015 • National

Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, released the following statement in response to Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she will retire at the end of her term.

March 2, 2015 • National

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on the use of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) methods among women in the U.S.

Feb. 24, 2015 • National

A new study in the journal Contraception has found that contraceptive use among women’s health care providers is markedly different from that of women in the general population.

Feb. 23, 2015 • National

Despite strong opposition from their constituents, state legislatures across the country have continued to advance dangerous and out-of-touch measures to ban abortion and interfere in the doctor, patient relationship.

Feb. 20, 2015 • National