Title: Serving the neediest at home and abroad. Annual report 1987.

POPLINE Document Number: 050703

Corporate Author(s):

Planned Parenthood Federation of America [PPFA]

Source citation:

New York, New York, PPFA, 1988. 32 p.

Abstract:

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), in its 1987 annual report, summarizes its operations for the year against the backdrop of a political climate in which restrictions on abortion and access to family planning activities were attempted. Major efforts were directed against the Reagan administration's "Mexico City policy," restricting nongovernmental foreign recipients of U.S. government family planning funds from using privately raised money to underwrite any program that performs, advocates, refers, or counsels for abortions, and against a Title X regulatory proposal forbidding family planning clinics from counseling on abortion. The report also details the national and affiliate offices' activities on sexuality education, public education, the AIDS crisis, public affairs, and on the legal front. A PPFA/Louis Harris poll, "Attitudes About Television, Sex, and Contraceptive Advertising" showed that adults, by a 4 to 1 margin, think that sexually active teens would be encouraged to use contraceptives if their use was depicted on television shows starring popular performers: over 80% believe that television advertisements promoting contraceptives would lead to an increase in contraceptive usage among adolescents. 72% of adult respondents would not be offended by contraceptive advertising. Although only 53% of adult respondents approve of beer and wine advertisements, 60% support contraceptive advertising. The report closes with a 5-year plan (1987-91) and summary information on the group's financial activities in 1987.

Keywords:

United States
IPPF
Annual Report
Family Planning Programs
Family Planning Program Administration
Family Planning Education
Abortion Law
Family Planning Policy
Television
Promotion
Contraception
AIDS
Financial Activities
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
International Agencies
Organizations
Family Planning
Programs
Organization and Administration
Education
Fertility Control, Postconception
Population Policy
Social Policy
Policy
Broadcast Media
Mass Media
Communication
Marketing
Economic Factors
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases