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Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Responds to Conviction Of Clinic Protestor For Violating The Freedom Of Access To Clinic Entrances Act Outside Manhattan Health Center

Yesterday, a unanimous jury found Bevelyn Beatty Williams of Tennessee unlawfully interfered with patients seeking, and medical professionals providing, reproductive health services outside Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s Manhattan Health Center.

Feb. 23, 2024 • New York

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Expands Project Street Beat Harm Reduction Program to Mid-Hudson Valley

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s Project Street Beat program, which provides confidential, nonjudgmental harm reduction services to individuals who are living with or at risk for HIV or who have chronic health conditions, is expanding to the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Feb. 20, 2024 • New York

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK ON SUPREME COURT AGREEING TO HEAR MIFEPRISTONE CASE

As this case continues, mifepristone remains on the market and FDA-approved

Dec. 13, 2023 • New York

A Second Report Reveals Youth with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Caregivers Need Greater Education on Diverse Topics of Sexuality

Results from the second report will help inform inclusive sex education for young people with ID, parents, caregivers, and professionals. 

Sept. 7, 2023 • New York

New Report Reveals Youth with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Caregivers Lack Resources to Communicate about Sexual Health Care

Results from the report will help inform developmentally appropriate sex education for young people with ID, parents, caregivers, and professionals. 

July 20, 2023

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Announces Re-Opening of its Massapequa Health Center

On Tuesday, May 2nd Planned Parenthood of Greater New York opened its door to the newly renovated and thoroughly modernized, Massapequa health center.

May 3, 2023 • New York

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Medication Abortion Case

This evening, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) said that the abortion pill mifepristone would remain widely available for now, delaying the potential for a swift end to widespread availability of this medication that is used in more than half of abortions in the country.  

April 22, 2023 • New York

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK ON NEW MEDICATION ABORTION RESTRICTIONS AS OUTDATED, HARMFUL TO PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS

In the middle of the night, two Trump-nominated judges of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel largely denied the Biden administration’s request to issue a stay of the district court ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al, meaning that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone is still in grave jeopardy. However, the courts’ orders have not yet taken effect, leaving abortion access intact for now.

April 13, 2023 • New York

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Responds to District Court Decision in Texas Medication Abortion Case

Approval of Mifepristone is Still Protected as of Now—and PPGNY Will Continue to Provide Medication Abortion, No Matter What 

April 8, 2023 • New York