History:

What began as the Mother’s Clinic in Detroit in 1922 and the first birth control clinic in Michigan, Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan has grown to 15 clinics spanning from Benton Harbor to Detroit and now to Flint. From the three basement rooms on Blaine Avenue in Detroit, which served as our first offices, the agency has grown to include a wide variety of medical services, education programs, and advocacy initiatives. Our history is truly a legacy of special accomplishments. During its inception in the 1920’s and 1930’s several clinics in Detroit and Ann Arbor provided family planning services to women. By the 1940’s Ann Arbor had incorporated into the Michigan League for Planned Parenthood—Ann Arbor Chapter and separately Detroit had incorporated into the Michigan League for Planned Parenthood.

Over the next fifty years the Ann Arbor Chapter opened health centers in Ypsilanti, Lansing, East Lansing, and Jackson and changed its name to Planned Parenthood Mid Michigan. In 1998, Planned Parenthood Southwest Michigan and Planned Parenthood Mid Michigan merged into one affiliate forming Planned Parenthood Mid Michigan Alliance. This new affiliate now had health centers from Benton Harbor to Ann Arbor and in 2000 opened another new health center in Brighton. In 2007, Planned Parenthood Mid Michigan Alliance and Planned Parenthood Southeast merged into the affiliate we are known as today, Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan. This year to improve operations, Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan will merge with Planned Parenthood of East Central Michigan.  After this merger, Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan will be responsible for a service area that encompasses 22 counties, 15 health centers, and 70% of the state’s population (see map attached).

Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan (PPMSM) has provided reproductive health care services in Michigan since 1922. PPMSM is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit, affiliated and accredited with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. For over 87 years, Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan has been fighting for and serving thousands of women, men, and families; mostly young and often without the ability or resources necessary to take care of their health care needs.  During this time we have experienced monumental changes in reproductive health care. Safe, reliable birth control has replaced ignorance and thousands of unintended pregnancies have been prevented, empowering individuals and families to make choices regarding the quality of their lives. Our sexual and health education programs have helped thousands of men, women, and teens understand the importance of reproductive health care and our advocacy work has played an undeniable role in legislative issues throughout the state.