Support Sexual Health Matters in the House Budget! |
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has begun working on their version of the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget. There are several sexual health-related budget items that need your support. E...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:55:00 PST |
Action Needed: Young People Need Health Education! |
The Health Education Bill has reached a critical stage in the Massachusetts Legislature the Joint Committee on Education will decide very soon whether or not the bill will move forward this year. Ple...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST |
Planned Parenthood and Teen Pregnancy |
Getting real with sex education By Dianne Luby December 27, 2007 | Boston Globe LAST WEEK'S report of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears's pregnancy was big news across the nation. Yet what...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST |
Planned Parenthood Rocks The Republican: The Need for Real Sex Ed |
Sex ed requires sensible approach Friday, December 21, 2007 By DIANNE LUBYThe Republican The teen birth rate in the United States has risen for the first time in 14 years, according to a report re...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:34:00 PST |
New Contraceptive Option for Women |
WASHINGTON (AP) An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended on Thursday the approval of a new method for sterilizing women that would give them another option to tubal ligatio...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:50:00 PST |
Check out our fabulous intern Nikki talking about the high cost of birth control on campuses |
November 22, 2007 - The New York Times Big Rise in Cost of Birth Control on Campuses By MONICA DAVEY In health centers at hundreds of colleges and universities around the country, young ...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:52:00 PST |
Restore affordable birth control access to college students and low-income women |
Affordable Family Planning New York Times editorial, November 18, 2007Budgeting is an important part of a college education. But try to factor this into monthly expenses: prescription contraceptives t...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:14:00 PST |
The Buffer Zone Bill Is Law! |
Thanks so much for your help and support in making this happen! We're all incredibly grateful at PPLM.Here's a Boston Globe story with all the details:New law expands abortion buffer zone By Lisa Wa...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:48:00 PST |
Buffer Zones Victory in the House! |
We have more fantastic news to share with you this week! Yesterday, the Massachusetts House overwhelmingly passed our Buffer Zones legislation by a vote of 122-28. The Senate passed the bill unanimo...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:54:00 PST |
Buffer Zones Victory in the Senate! |
On Tuesday, October 23, the Massachusetts State Senate passed legislation, unanimously and without objection, to create a 35-foot fixed protest-free buffer zone around the entrances and exits of all r...
Posted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:40:00 PST |
