SofiaLomba Dr.Bernardo EnvironmentalScience12/14/17Planned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood is an organizationthat works to educate people around the world about reproductive health careand reproductive rights. They advocate the use of contraception inunderdeveloped countries as well as in America. Their goal is “toempower allies around the world in providing, promoting and defending access tocare”Office1 .Title X funds many Planned Parenthood sites but Planned Parenthood is alsolargely funded by donations and through the many partnerships they have madearound the world.
Planned Parenthood started in America in1916. Their mission at that time was to educate women about sexual andreproductive care so every woman could live their lives healthily and the waythey wanted to. Since then they have branched out internationally and createdpartnerships with over 100 similar organizations across Africa and LatinAmerica. The top ten countries they focus on are Burkina Faso (population size:18.
1 million/ density: 66.1 people per square km/ fertility rate: 5.2), Ecuador(population size: 16.14 million/ density: 65 people per square km/ fertilityrate: 2.
4), Guatemala (population size: 16.3 million/ density: 152.5 people persquare km/ fertility rate: 3.5), Kenya (population size: 46.1 million/ density:50.
5 people per square km/ fertility rate: 4.1), Mexico (population size: 127million/ density: 80.9 people per square km/ fertility rate: 2.1), Nicaragua(population size: 6.
1 million/ density: 65.3 people per square km/ fertilityrate: 2.3), Nigeria (population size: 182.2 million/ density: 200.
1 people persquare km/ fertility rate: 5.7), Peru (population size: 31.4 million/ density:24.5 people per square km/ fertility rate: 2.
3), Senegal (population size: 15.1million/ density: 78.6 people per square km/ fertility rate: 4.6 ), and Uganda(population size: 39 million/ density: 194.7 people per square km/ fertility rate: 5.4Office2 ).Now Planned Parenthood works to educate everyone in these countries, especiallyteens and women since they are most often the victims of unwanted,life-threatening, or premature childbirth.
Planned Parenthood’s mission statement is”Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual,throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of theindividual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age,national origin, or residence”. This organization measures their success by keepingtabs on Office3 therates of death during childbirth as well as the fertility rates in thesedeveloping countries. They recognize that many of these places have culturalguidelines about the number of children one woman should have, but PlannedParenthood works to provide information about the risks of having too manychildren as well as give these women the option to not have children or havefewer children if that is the path they would like to choose, regardless oftheir cultural affiliations. Over the years, Planned Parenthood has providedcountless sexual and reproductive programs for underdeveloped counties andprevented STD’s and unwanted children in these places. I think Planned Parenthood’s work willaffect the fertility rates of these regions because the causes of highfertility rates are heavily linked to a lack of knowledge, accessibility, orfree will.
Planned Parenthood works to combat all three of those issues and hasbeen doing so effectively for the past 100 years