Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region Offers Help to the Women Affected by Hurricane Katrina

St. Louis, MO — Throughout the month of September, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region will provide free contraceptive care to any woman from Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

"This is a time for all of America to pull together to help our fellow citizens whose lives have been forever changed by Hurricane Katrina," stated Paula Gianino, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. "We recognize that many residents of the areas devastated by Katrina have families living in our region."

Women and their families in the St. Louis bi-state area should call 1-800-230-PLAN or visit www.ppslr.org for information about the closest Health Center location.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. We believe that everyone has the right to choose when or whether to have a child, and that every child should be wanted and loved. Planned Parenthood affiliates operate nearly 800 health centers nationwide, providing medical services and sexuality education for millions of women, men, and teenagers each year. We also work with allies worldwide to ensure that all women and men have the right and the means to meet their sexual and reproductive health care needs.