Expanding outside Maricopa County for the first time, Planned Parenthood opened a clinic in Globe. 1978 Flagstaff clinic opened and the affiliate's name changed to Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona. 1979 Glendale clinic opened. In the past 50 years, millions of lives have been touched by the organization that had its beginnings as the Mother's Health Clinic. Infant and maternal deaths are less than one-quarter the 1937 rate.
Birth rates are lower in all socioeconomic groups.
More children are born to families that can care for them. Fifty years ago, women with as many as 10 children came to Planned Parenthood to find out how to stop having babies. Today, most patients come before they have a child. Today, Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona operates 13 contraceptive clinics. Large majorities favor state and federal funding for family planning, oppose outlawing abortion, and strongly support sex education programs.