Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Most prominently cited, the Roe v. Wade decision, altered the age-old belief of the criminalization of abortion. Blackmun wrote in his notes, “‘Here we go in the abortion field” (Greenhouse, 72), prior to the hearings of three cases involving abortion; thus, Blackmun, as well as the other Justices, understood the importance of the abortion cases with regards to the development of rights for women and their physicians. By the 1972, one year before the ruling in Roe v. Wade, a Gallup poll…

Elizabeth Mcdonald gave women a sense of choice and empowering more freedom that they never had before. She grew up in Athens, a small town in Clarke County, Georgia. Elizabeth was haunted by her mother's premature death giving birth to her, determined to escape similar fate Elizabeth decided not to have children and wanted to forever prevent the same scenario from happening to anyone else. Elizabeth attended Agnes Scott Institute in 1908, four years later when she was 21 she moved to New York…

local Planned Parenthood. She saw a kind, professional doctor and had a full gynecological exam for only $140 (Barish). All she needed was basic health care and Planned Parenthood helped provide it. Along with wellness check-ups, Planned Parenthood provides birth control, abortion services, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) identification and treatment, and cancer…

lives. Planned Parenthood has been constantly attacked by critics and has been a ginormous part of women’s lives due to the services the clinic provides. There is a tremendous amount of arguments/controversy towards Planned Parenthood and it’s been the topic in social media and in candidate speeches. As the race of presidency begins, many candidates’ have mentioned Planned Parenthood and women’s rights to access those clinics. Although only some candidates’ are supporting Planned Parenthood and…

Melissa Lakatos Assignment #2 SPH 380 Family Planning The refinement of family planning has been one of the most pivotal public health achievements in today’s history. Did you know that between 1800 and 1900, family size declined from 7 to 3.5 children with the help of education and contraceptives? Previous to birth control movements, distributing information and counseling patients regarding any type of birth control was illegal under federal and state laws. During this time period, there…

by Margaret Sanger. She lived in the Roaring Twenties. Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, Social Reformer and a nurse. In 1921, she founded the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Also, Sanger wrote multiple books on women and the freedoms they needed. Within the chapter, it talks about how women need to embrace themselves and experience new sexual freedoms. Also, Women and the New Race…

current executive director of the Planned Parenthood in Connecticut at that time, and along with their primary physician, Dr. C. Lee Buxton, was accused of providing contraceptive methods to couples. Though they were at first found guilty and fined, Griswold and Buxton brought the case to the United States Supreme Court which ultimately ruled that denying contraceptive methods or education regarding family planning to married couples violated the right to marital…

method. However, thanks to Margaret Sanger, women have the right to choose their form of birth control. Sanger’s legacy consists of many, even now, controversial movements, including the legalization of women’s birth control, the creation of Planned Parenthood clinics and the start of a revolution in sex education for women. She is also seen by many as a bigot and a racist leading to the use of her image against her own causes. Though Sanger did not single handily bring a revolution…

Planned Parenthood, as most people know, is a nonprofit organization funded by the Government contracts for Health Services which researches and gives advice on maternal health as well as reproductive problems. This organization dates back to it’s unofficial beginnings in 1916. The organization is the largest provider of reproductive health services in the United States, with clinical interactions focused on breast and cervical cancer screening, HIV screening and counseling, contraception, and…

education and birth control. In 1938, their birth control clinic joined the American Birth Control League, which was renamed Planned Parenthood in 1942 because some found the original name to be offensive. They expanded their health care services in 1952, starting in India, and eventually expanded to Chile, Singapore, Sweden, and many other countries. Outlined in the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and Related Entities: Consolidation Financial Statements and Supplementary…