By allowing individuals and families to make choices regarding the spacing and number of their children, and increasing the interval between births, family planning is an integral component of the Department's efforts to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce infant mortality and morbidity, and improve women's health. The family planning clinics offer access to comprehensive family planning services, in over 80 sites across the Commonwealth. These clinics are located in a variety of settings such as community clinics and health centers, schools and community based service organizations. For many low-income women, men and adolescents, these clinics are their only access to primary care and the health care system. Services are usually offered on a sliding fee scale and no one is denied services because of an inability to pay.
All services are confidential and voluntary.