All individuals worldwide have the right to nondiscriminatory, confidential access to the full range of voluntary reproductive health care services that are proven safe and effective. Planned Parenthood recognizes its responsibility to provide reproductive and complementary health care services through its network of affiliates nationwide, and to ensure that such services are offered worldwide in other diverse settings, including public health facilities, private medical practitioners' offices, and community-based distribution programs. Planned Parenthood advocates vigorous research to develop and evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new fertility management technologies. Universal Access to Sexuality Education Sexuality is an integral part of life. In its broadest sense, sexuality encompasses the full expression of an individual's maleness or femaleness, has intellectual and emotional as well as biological dimensions, and is conditioned by cultural and religious norms.
Sexual intimacy is only one aspect of the full range of sexual expression.
Whether for pleasure or procreation, sexual experience can be a positive source of personal enrichment and satisfaction when it is based on informed choices and is consistent with personal values. In order for individuals to take responsibility for the consequences of their behavior, they must have access to comprehensive sexuality education. Such education should include sexual identity, sexual development and relationships across the life cycle, reproductive choices, decision-making skills, and the responsibilities of parenthood. Planned Parenthood recognizes its responsibility to provide sexuality education through its network of affiliates nationwide and to ensure it is offered worldwide in other diverse settings, including the home, schools, public health facilities, religious institutions, and youth-serving organizations. It is the policy of Planned Parenthood Federation of America to ensure that women have the right to seek and obtain medically safe, legal abortions under dignified conditions and at reasonable cost.