Planned Parenthood Saved Me

Planned Parenthood is dedicated to women's health. We're posting stories from women whose lives were saved or changed because they had access to affordable healthcare like cancer screenings through Planned Parenthood.

A quick note, too-- we'd really love pictures of you holding up your stories, or just pictures of you that you'd like to include.

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Healthy Baby

When I was pregnant with my son, there was still a lot of paranoia around about AIDS. I wasn’t in a high-risk category, but I had dated several different guys in college, before meeting my husband, so I wanted to be tested.

I was afraid to go to my gynecologist for fear that would somehow alert my health insurance company. I didn’t know what they might do with that information. I simply didn’t want there to be a record of my asking for the test. But for the sake of  my baby, I knew I should have it.

So, I went to the local Planned Parenthood. They were wonderfully sympathetic. I had the test. It was negative. And I now have a wonderful, healthy grownup boy.

Planned Parenthood is about health care for women and for babies.

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