The Truth about Crisis Pregnancy Centers
The anti-choice movement has for years tried to restrict, control, and manipulate the information doctors give women facing unplanned pregnancies. Unable to shut down legitimate public-health clinics, they are instead building a network across the country of parallel fake clinics - so-called "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs). While there are centers that do not deceive women or attempt to coerce them into making choices against their will, many CPCs use deceptive and intimidating practices to prevent women from accessing the full range of reproductive-health options.
Title X Family-Planning Services
Title X (ten) of the Public Health Service Act, the cornerstone of the federal domestic family-planning program, was enacted with broad bipartisan support in l970. Each year, approximately 5 million young and low-income women and men receive basic health care through the 4,400 clinics nationwide receiving Title X funds. For many women, particularly those who do not qualify for Medicaid and those who have no health insurance, Title X clinics provide the only basic health care that they receive.
Title X: The Nation's Cornerstone Federal Family Planning Program
Enacted in 1970 with broad bipartisan support, Title X of the Public Health Service Act is the only federal program exclusively dedicated to family-planning and reproductive health services. Title X has been a pivotal part of the nation’s family-planning program for more than 30 years, providing millions of women with services ranging from contraception to pap smears and breast cancer screening. Many women rely solely on Title X clinics for their basic health care.
United Nations Population Fund
Founded in 1969, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the largest internationally funded source of population assistance to developing countries. For nearly 40 years, UNFPA - which is funded entirely from voluntary contributions from participating nations - has provided more than $6 billion in aid to about 150 countries for voluntary family planning and maternal and child health care.
