Family Planning Clinic in the United States

Note: see 42 CFR 59 Standards of Compliance for Abortion, to assist women to obtain abortions or increase the availability or accessibility of abortion for family members.

In General

Services offered by contraception (family planning) clinics

In the United Kingdom, a contraception clinic is sometimes called family planning clinic.

Contraception Methods in Family Planning

Some family planning methods, such as condoms, help prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. See the legal issues. There are many different types of contraception ranging from emergency, hormonal and barrier methods, including: ‎Tubal Ligation, ‎Diaphragms, ‎Female Condoms and ‎Fertility Awareness.

Birth Control Methods and Options, and Planned Parenthood

There are many ways to prevent pregnancy. Birth Control Options to Prevent Pregnancy include, for example, Birth Control Pills, Birth Control Patch, Outercourse, Condoms, Spermicides, Vasectomy, Withdrawal Method, Abstinence, and the Diaphragm. Learn more about birth control legal issues.

Different Types of Family Planning Methods

All sexually active adults may consider family planning issues. There are some statement by the World Health Organization about family planning.

Topics of Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance Law and Policy

• “Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance
  Law and Policy” (see about this topic)
• “Abortion Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance
  Law and Policy” (see about this topic)
• Legislative Vehicles (see about this topic)
• Restrictions or Requirements in Legislation (see about this topic)
• Helms Amendment (1973) (see about this topic)
• Involuntary Sterilization (1978) (see about this topic)
• Peace Corps (1978) (see about this topic)
• Biden Amendment (1981) (see about this topic)
• Siljander Amendment (1981) (see about this topic)
• DeConcini Amendment (1985) (see about this topic)
• Additional Provision on Involuntary Sterilization and Abortion (1985) (see about this topic)
• Kemp-Kasten Amendment (1985) (see about this topic)
• Livingston Amendment (1986) (see about this topic)
• Leahy Amendment (1994) (see about this topic)
• Tiahrt Amendment (1998) (see about this topic)
• Executive Branch Policies and Restrictions (see about this topic)
• Mexico City Policy (see about this topic)
• Mexico City Policy under the Reagan Through George W. Bush Administrations (see about this topic)
• Mexico City Policy under the Obama Administrations (see about this topic)
• USAID Policy Determination 3 on Voluntary Sterilization (see about this topic)

Resources

See also

• Birth control in the United States
• Abortion in the United States
• Abortion Rights
• Anti-Abortion Movement in the United States

Further Reading

• James Trussell; Anjana Lalla; Quan Doan; Eileen Reyes; Lionel Pinto; Joseph Gricar (2009). “Cost effectiveness of contraceptives in the United States”. Contraception.
• Cleland K, Peipert JF, Westhoff C, Spear S, Trussell J (May 2011). “Family planning as a cost-saving preventive health service”. N. Engl. J. Med. 364 (18): e37.
• McCarthy, Maureen (1999). “Family Planning Services in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: The Views of Key Informants In Four Countries”. Family Planning Perspectives. 31 (6): 287.
• US Office of Population Affairs – Legislation
• Sonfield A, Alrich C and Gold RB, Public funding for family planning, sterilization and abortion services, FY 1980–2006, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008, No. 38.
• Abortion”. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.