ABOUT 

Planned Parenthood®

 of Southern New Jersey

317 Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103

PLANNED PARENTHOOD® of Southern New Jersey believes in the fundamental right of each individual to manage his or her own fertility, to privacy in reproductive decision-making, and access to education and professional counseling, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, enhancement of the quality of life, strong family relationships and population stability.

Based on these beliefs, the mission of PLANNED PARENTHOOD® of Southern New Jersey is:

  1. To provide quality, affordable reproductive and complementary health care services in a setting which preserves and protects the essential privacy and rights of every individual;

  2. To provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications of human sexuality;

  3. To advocate public policies which guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services; to ensure an environment which affirms freedom of choice;

  4. To advocate and promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of their inherent bioethical, behavioral and social implications.
 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD  of Greater Camden Area

590 Benson Street

Camden, NJ

1966 -1995

 

 

 

 

HISTORY  

In the 1920's, Margaret Sanger influenced the advent of Birth Control Leagues throughout the country. Inspired by her, a group of concerned physicians' wives  organized  birth control services in the Greater Camden, NJ Area.  The  first birth control clinic opened in 1936, at offices of Dr. Horner and Dr. Rogers in Camden, under sponsorship of the Maternal Health League.

In  1940 the group was recognized as the PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood of America.   

The agency grew over the years to occupy three row houses on Benson Street in Camden.  Bursting at the seams with medical services and education, a new state-of-the-art facility was built in 1995.  Today the agency is respected as a major leader and provider of reproductive health and education services to clients throughout Camden and a portion of Burlington County, New Jersey.    

 

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