Press Releases

West Palm Beach – For today’s teens, it can be a dangerous world. Popular culture can give them the wrong facts and influences. And not all families have open, healthy communication about sex. Not knowing the facts about sex not only puts them at risk of pregnancy, but also diseases that threaten their health, and puts their education and futures at risk. World AIDS Day (December 1, 2008) is an opportunity for parents and teachers to have a conversation with teens that can save their lives.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

Planned Parenthood’s Miami Interfaith Council is deeply concerned that the Department of Health and Human Services finalized the federal refusal regulation which will limit a woman’s access to birth control and the information she needs to manage her own health care.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

West Palm Beach, Florida – This week, the Healthy Teens Campaign and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), released a report outlining the status of sexual health and sex education in Florida. The report, Sex Education in the Sunshine State: How Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Are Keeping Florida’s Youth in the Dark, found that young people in Florida are currently experiencing some of the worst sexual health outcomes in the country and yet, are also subjected to ineffective abstinence-only-until-marriage programs more than youth in any other state with the exception of Texas.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

(WEST PALM BEACH) –An anonymous $500,000 donation to Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast allows the trusted health care provider to expand access to critical reproductive health care and education services. During this time of economic uncertainty, family planning funding is an investment in the health and well being of our community with clear benefits not only for individual women and their families, but also is a commonsense public health investment.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

(West Palm Beach) On Friday, March 27th Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) presented the Ruth Green Award to Lillian A. Tamayo, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast (PPSFTC). The award is the highest honor bestowed upon CEOs and was presented at the Planned Parenthood 2009 Gala, the highlight of PPFA’s national conference, which is attended by more than 1,000 leaders and members of the organization, who work on the front lines of women’s health care every day.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

Miami — Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast is proud to participate in a nationwide campaign with MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation and to officially unveil “GYT: Get Yourself Tested,” a campaign to increase testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among those under 25 years of age.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

(West Palm Beach)—Over one-hundred Planned Parenthood supporters in Martin County danced the night away at the Third Annual Cocktails with a Twist event. Held on March 28, 2009 at a private residence in Sewall’s Point in Stuart, the fun and funky cocktail party benefiting Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast raised over $40,000 to support the organization’s critical reproductive health care and sexual health education programs.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

(West Palm Beach) Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast (PPSFTC) announced that two new executives have joined the management team of the trusted health care provider. Lauren Hahn joins Planned Parenthood as Chief Financial Officer and Michelle Fowler is the new Vice President of Human Resources for the agency, which covers eight counties from Indian River down through the Keys.

May 19, 2014 • Florida

First 100 Days of Obama Administration Sees Women’s Health Become A National Priority

May 19, 2014 • Florida