Planned Parenthood was the only health care I had at age 18.

[Kath2]

They were wonderful. CHOICE let me have a real life. My best girlfriend turned me on to PP. Excellent decision.

[DFW]

1. They get a serious portion of my annual contribution money

That differs, of course, depending on what's available, but the national org. plus a couple of state orgs., too.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Dream Girl]

3. Me too. And they were wonderful to me (I was really young).

Just the other day, I was thinking about that cool woman who counseled me 40+ years ago. She was so kind and understanding. Forty years later I still give. My life would have turned out much different without Planned Parenthood. They have helped many, many young women.

[Deuxcents]

4. .My experience with PP

Was at 18 -19. I continued going there until I moved and went to a gynecologist. I used to donate faithfully but I don’t work anymore so I only donate every so often. Wish I could do more ..it’s a great place for health care. I know 2 people who go to PP...a mother and her daughter. That’s why I still give..

[Hekate]

5. PP, Direct Relief, and now the Food Bank are at the very top of my donor list...

For PP, although I have never needed their services, I’ve been a donor since college, when all I had to spare was $5. I've written letters to the editor, letters to politicians, and op-eds to newspapers. I’ve stood in counter-protest lines and walked in marches. Countless posts here over the past nearly 20 years.

I think, whether anyone else thinks of it this way at all, that they are doing the work of the Goddess.

[Withywindle]

6. Me too

I was uninsured, and they were pretty much the only way I ever had a chance of getting any diagnosis or treatment for my endometriosis. They were the only ones who would ever listen to a young woman with extremely painful symptoms and no insurance.

They also took good kind,loving care of me when I had a cervical cancer scare. A biopsy is never fun, but at least I was able to have one, and they were so reassuring and guided me through the process every step of the way.

I would have had an abortion if I had ever been in a position to need one - and PP's dedication to access to birth control for everyone is the main reason why I never was.

[lark]

7. Me too!

I had no insurance and couldn't afford to go to a regular dr. I had just had an abortion and my dr. at home wouldn't provide me with birth control - it was a sin since I wasn't married. I had moved, still needed birth control & couldn't afford anything, just starting a new job with no ins. for 3 months. I have vascular issues, so no one would give me birth control. I talked extensively to the dr. asking which is more risk - 1 in 100 women die in childbirth and with my condition I was very high risk for pregnancy complications or 1 in a 100,000 chance for death on birth control pills. He did agree with the math and gave me what I needed, kind caring person that he was. I liked him so much, I continued going there when I had insurance.