Worksheet One:
Founded October 16, 1916, Planned Parenthood is a global, nonprofit organization aiming to educate potential
parents and other clients through research, sexually transmitted disease support, contraceptive advice, and general
family planning (Planned Parenthood, 2017). Amongst their educational services, Planned Parenthood makes clear
that adults are not the only audience in their target market. If needed, the organization pushes teens to come to their
clinics as well, attempting to reach any appropriate demographic interested in or concerned of their sexual,
menstrual, and/or general health (Planned Parenthood, 2017). In addition to educational purposes, the organization
is a health care provider that offers a variety of medical procedures, primarily geared towards women. Most
controversially, abortion services are offered through the clinic, with controversial legislation brewing in
Washington as President Donald Trump has begun to make a stand against the subject.
On January 23, 2017, President Donald J. trump announced that he was going to attempt to halt federal funding
of organizations that perform and/or advocate for abortion. The largest of these groups, Planned Parenthood, has
over 700 locations in all 50 states atop operating in international locations across the globe (Planned Parenthood,
2017). While never at this large at scale due to the rapid growth of the organization during its 100 years of service,
