Planned Parenthood

Harry C. Alford  |   OW Guest Contributor
May 2 2013

Beyond the Rhetoric

Let me first say that I believe a woman should have the right to an abortion. It is the law, and each person has his or her own decision to make. However, since the court decision, Roe v. Wade, the amount of abortions in this nation have been on a steady rise. Black abortions are now at an epidemic rate, and a lot of God’s children are being snuffed out without a chance of life.

May 1 2013

California health council can help

With just a few clicks of a mouse, kids as young as 12 can have free condoms delivered to their doors in California.

News of the program’s expansion to two new counties comes as the federal government approves the “morning-after pill” without a prescription for girls as young as 15.

The development has garnered mixed reactions.

Mar 18 2013

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor expected to support Greuel

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In the mayor’s race, Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti welcomed an endorsement by colleague Paul Krekorian today, while City Controller Wendy Greuel said she had the backing of former Assemblyman Mike Eng.

Krekorian, whose San Fernando Valley-based council seat was once held by Greuel, said Garcetti was the best person to tackle the city’s estimated $165 million budget deficit.

Sep 6 2012

Also provides reproductive health services

Cervical cancer has historically been one of the leading causes of cancer death for women in the U.S. Despite the fact that it is a largely preventable disease, cervical cancer continues to affect 13,000 people in the U.S every year, with African Americans having the highest rates of disease.

Planned Parenthood, among other services, works to decrease these numbers with regular screenings for women and the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer.

Sep 15 2011

Policies viewed as population control

A new report claims that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry target Black and Hispanics by placing abortion facilities in disadvantaged communities.

The report by the anti-abortion group Life Dynamics is titled, “Racial Targeting and Population Control,” and claims to have validated assertions pro-lifers have made for years—that abortion advocates have purposefully placed abortion centers in urban areas with high percentages of Black and Hispanic residents.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”