Press Releases

MEMPHIS, TN — Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region is offering some free services at its health center at 1407 Union Avenue, Suite 300, during National Women’s Health Week, May 10-16, 2009.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

MEMPHIS, TN — In recognition of the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Wednesday, May 6, 2009, Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) is calling for comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education programs to reduce the alarming rate of unintended teen pregnancies.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

MEMPHIS, TN – Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) is proud to participate in a nationwide campaign during the month of April in the “GYT: Get Yourself Tested” campaign, designed to increase testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region is resuming its free community HIV outreach testing and prevention program.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

MEMPHIS, TN — Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) is still providing family planning services at its health center at 2430 Poplar Avenue—including birth control, annual exams, Pap tests, and related health care—despite the loss of Title X funding.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

This week, February 13-19, 2012, Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region is celebrating National Condom Week with a public information campaign that highlights locations where condoms are available free to the general public.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

MEMPHIS, TN - Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region urges the Tennessee General Assembly to reject abstinence-only sexuality education and focus on improving the state’s dismal sexual health as conveyed in the report “Sexual Health of Young People in the U.S. South: Challenges and Opportunities,” recently released by Auburn University at Montgomery’s Center for Demographic Research.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Grants Management has announced that Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region will receive a grant of $395,000 a year for the next three years to provide Title X Family Planning services.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee

MEMPHIS, TN - The Tennessee Department of Health has awarded Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) a grant to fund a major syphilis elimination project in Shelby County, Tennessee.

Jan. 30, 2014 • Tennessee