Welcome!

This is the inaugural post from the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood (VLPP), located in Richmond, Virginia. Hooray!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with what we do here at VLPP, here's some background and information about the services we provide.

VLPP has been providing reproductive health care services to the Greater Richmond Metropolitan area for over 65 years.

We are the single largest provider of preventative, routine gynecological services for low-to-moderate income women in the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area.

VLPP provides a full range of low-cost reproductive health care services including:

• annual exams
• diagnosis and treatment of pre-cancerous cervical conditions
• sexually transmitted disease (STD) screenings and treatment
• basic medical care
• first trimester abortions

In 2007 VLPP provided the following services:

• dispensed more than 20,000 cycles of prescription birth control
• performed 202 tests and treatments for precancerous cervical conditions (and coordinated follow-up care for the 50 women who required further treatment)
• performed more than 2,000 annual exams
• provided comprehensive prenatal care and educational support for nearly 200 women

VLPP also provides reality-based sexuality education programs. These programs provide young people with the information they need to make responsible life decisions.

In addition, VLPP works to educate and mobilize our community to ensure that Virginia’s lawmakers do not create laws that would inhibit any person’s ability to make their own decisions about their reproductive health or ability to plan their families.