The One Regret From My Time Leading Planned Parenthood

If I have one regret from my time leading Planned Parenthood, it is that we believed that providing vital health care, with public opinion on our side, would be enough to overcome the political onslaught.

10 Cecile Richards quotes to inspire us as the Planned Parenthood president steps down

While Richards may be leaving her post, she has left an indelible mark on the movement for accessible health care for all.

Defending Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood’s Founder

Ellen Chesler, her biographer, takes issue with an Op-Ed article by the group’s current head about the reproductive freedom pioneer.

Fact Check: How Does Planned Parenthood Spend That Government Money?

Planned Parenthood does receive a half-billion dollars a year from the government. But that's just one data point — here's what you need to know about where that money comes from and where it goes.

How Planned Parenthood Can Atone for Margaret Sanger

If it really wants to transcend its founder’s eugenics legacy, it should disavow abortion due to a prenatal diagnosis of disability.

Inside a Planned Parenthood clinic where politics don’t matter

As the debate rages in Washington over funding for abortion providers, STAT ventured far from the capital to take a close look inside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist. Why are we still celebrating her?

As we purify our national memory, I would like to nominate my own candidate for debaptism: Sanger Square in Manhattan. Named after Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), the founder of the Birth Control League (the future Planned Parenthood), the square honors an improbable feminist icon who championed a coercive brand of eugenics.

Planned Parenthood removes Leana Wen as president

The news comes after rumors that Wen wanted to take the group in a less political direction.

Planned Parenthood Still Believes It Can Win the Culture Wars

“It’s more important than ever that we stand loud and proud for the ability of any woman—regardless of her income, her geography, her immigration status, her sexuality, her sexual orientation—to access the full range of reproductive health care,” Richards said. “We’ve got to pull the curtains back and be open and honest about this procedure that one in three women will have at some point in their lifetime, and their right to make that decision.”

Planned Parenthood Was Always Meant to Be Controversial

Even so, some question whether turning Planned Parenthood into a political powerhouse has made it more difficult for it to fulfill its broader health-care mission. (As Richards is constantly pointing out, abortions are but a tiny fraction of the services it provides.)

Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Problem

This week, the sprawling movement for historical reckoning arrived for one of the giants of the reproductive rights movement: Margaret Sanger, the founder of what became Planned Parenthood. On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced it would remove Sanger’s name from a prominent clinic in Lower Manhattan, citing her “harmful connections to the eugenics movement.” The organization said it is also working with city leaders to remove a sign designating a nearby intersection “Margaret Sanger Square.”

Planned Parenthood’s Never-Ending Identity Crisis

Throughout its history, the organization has been split on whether abortion should be at the center of its public identity. The recent ouster of its president, Dr. Leana Wen, is a sign that the progressive wing of the abortion-rights movement is ascendant.

Quotes from Contraceptives Pioneer Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, worked first as a nurse where she learned first-hand of the health and social problems of too many pregnancies. Margaret Sanger spent time in jail to fight for sex education, and for distributing contraceptive information and contraceptives. Margaret Sanger lived long enough to see the practice of birth control declared a constitutional right (for married couples) in 1965.

What Planned Parenthood Wants You to Know About Your Body

Planned Parenthood announces a new initiative focused on bodily autonomy with the release of three videos created by artists and award-winning filmmakers.