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Planned Parenthood VOTES! Washington Ratifies Endorsement of Barack Obama! Planned Parenthood VOTES! Washington (PPVW) has ratified the national Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s unanimous recommendation to endorse Senator Barack Obama for president of the United States. Read the press release here.

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Patients’ Rights and Access to Health Care: Washingtonians want prescriptions filled without discrimination or delay. Read our press release here. Read the results of the poll here.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the national political arm of Planned Parenthood, has released new polling research about John McCain, showing that voters are swayed by his poor record on women's health issues. Read Planned Parenthood's press release here. For a memo from PPAF containing additional polling data, please click here.

A new poll shows that 88% of Washingtonians support family planning as basic health care and 66% support a 2008 state funding allocation for family planning services. Read Planned Parenthood’s Press Release.

View resolutions recently presented at Washington’s caucuses. For the Democratic resolution on Family Planning, click here. For the Republic resolution on Reproductive Health Care, click here.

Dedicated activists attend the annual Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Lobby Day in Olympia. Read Planned Parenthood’s Press Release.

Planned Parenthood of Western Washington, The American Civil Liberties Union, and the Northwest Women’s Law Center appeal a court ruling that blocks enforcement of Washington Pharmacy Board rules ensuring access to medications - including emergency contraception. Read Press Release.

 

News Headlines

 

“Abortion: It's an issue of social justice” By Carol Towarnicky. The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Denial of contraception is immoral” By Catherine Fransson And Jamal Rahman. The Seattle Times

 

Research

 

U.S. Abortion Rate Continues Long-Term Decline, Falling to Lowest Level Since 1974. Guttmacher Institute. January 2008. Check out the report.

Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Douglas kirby, Ph.d. November, 2007 Check out the report.