For more than a decade, the faith-based Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action has offered financial counseling and educational support services to thousands of West Virginians. Next week, it will add a family planning clinic to its list of programs. The KISRA Family Planning Clinic is scheduled to open Monday at the nonprofit organization's Dunbar location, and will offer residents free and low-cost contraceptives, STD testing and counseling, in addition to physicals and other health services.
[...] Health Right is equipped to perform a variety of diagnostic tests, outpatient surgeries and patient education and family planning. Women are 60 percent of the clinic's patient population, so Health Right also provides breast and cervical cancer screening.
LOS ANGELES - Abortion rights activists, women's rights groups and local politicians showed their support for Planned Parenthood on Wednesday by calling attempts by House Republicans to take federal funding from the organization an attack on women's rights. Planned Parenthood officials and other supporters said the organization provides much needed health care to women and impoverished communities. They said the bill was about attacking Planned Parenthood's abortion stance but ignored other women's health issues addressed by the organization.
Men's seminar An educational seminar for men 18 and over will be hosted Thursday by the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. Family Planning Clinic.
WICHITA -- The legal fray in Kansas over a state law aimed at stripping a Planned Parenthood chapter of federal family planning money is now being played out before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, stalling the ultimate resolution of the lawsuit while the parties rehash whether a federal judge should have temporarily mandated the state to resume funding three clinics until the case goes to trial. On Friday, the state filed its second appeal to the 10th Circuit over the ruling earlier in the week by U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ordering the state to resume federal Title X funding to the unaffiliated Dodge City Family Planning Clinic. The state's appeal of a similar order regarding Planned Parenthood's clinics in Wichita and Hays is already pending.
By ANNYSA JOHNSON Milwaukee's newly appointed Catholic bishop is condemning a Catholic group that is working with a Wisconsin family planning clinic to promote access to emergency contraceptives.
It's that idea of invincibility and also misinformation that's a huge obstacle," she said. "And unfortunately our youth are getting messages from (other) sources; youth don't seek out reliable information such as from your local health department, they rely on friends, word of mouth, music, different programs. Unfortunately, they take that within their peer group. "The problem with teens is many of them believe they're not at risk for HW she said. "If a person hasn't been educated about STDs before college, they're in danger of contracting the disease. It's really important that sexually active teens be tested for HIV. Most infections are transmitted before they have signs of symptoms." "We don't discriminate based on culture, sexual preference or gender identity. Everyone is welcomed...
...We have testing at no cost and a family planning clinic. If a person can't pay they will n...
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