Affiliates
PPDirect's newest state
Louisiana
The year Roe v. Wade was decided
(January 22) 1973
Although it was first approved by the FDA in 1999 as a prescription drug, this emergency contraceptive didn't become available over-the-counter for all ages until 2013.
Plan B (or Plan B One-Step)
PPGNHAIK
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky
This team member(s) is an award-winning filmmaker
Rachel
How many affiliates cover California on PPDirect
2 (PPOSBC & PPLA)
The term "Reproductive Justice" was officially coined in 1994 in this city, just before the group of Black women (now known as the "Founding Mothers") traveled to the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.
Chicago
The only U.S. federal program dedicated solely to providing confidential, affordable family planning and preventive health services, regardless of ability to pay.
Title X (Federal Family Planning Grant)
ACEC
Affiliate Chief Executives Council
This team member(s) lived in China
Simon, Julia
Number of states where PPDirect offers TMAB
11 states + DC
First passed in 1976, this legislative provision bars the use of federal funds (specifically Medicaid) to pay for abortions, except to save the life of the mother.
What is the Hyde Amendment
This bacteria (treated with antibiotics) causes about 90% of UTIs
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
LARC
Long Acting Reversible Contraception
This team member(s) was a professional trail runner
Hannah
PPDirect's newest affiliate
PPNNE
This activist, scholar, and co-founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective helped coin and define the framework of reproductive justice in the 1990s.
Loretta Ross
Originally developed to treat ulcers, this medication is now commonly used in combination with mifepristone, or on its own, for medication abortion and miscarriage management.
misoprostol
HITECH
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
This team member(s) has worked at a PPD Affiliate
Laury, David
PPDirect's oldest affiliate
PPOSBC
This 1965 Supreme Court case struck down a state law banning contraceptives for married couples, establishing a "right to privacy" in the US
Griswold v. Connecticut
On May 9 of this year, the FDA made history by approving Enovid, the first oral contraceptive, for use in the United States.
1960
ARMS
Affiliate Risk Management System
Brittany