Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

Contraception Counts: California District 20


The Need for Services

• 78,800 women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies live in California's 20th congressional district.

Meeting the Need

• There are 48 family planning clinics in California's 20th congressional district. 11 are run by health departments, 10 are run by hospitals, 1 is run by Planned Parenthood, 20 are run by community health centers and 6 are run by other types of agencies.

• Together, these clinics serve 49,570 women, including 13,290 teenagers.* 18% are served by health departments, 16% are served by hospitals, 19% are served by Planned Parenthood, 36% are served by community health centers and 11% are served by other types of agencies.

The Key Role of Title X

• 10 of the family planning clinics in California's 20th congressional district are supported by Title X. 5 are run by health departments, 3 are run by hospitals, 1 is run by Planned Parenthood, 0 are run by community health centers and 1 is served by an other type of agency.

• These Title X-supported clinics in California's 20th congressional district serve 26,290 women, including 5,490 teenagers.* 26% are served by health departments, 27% are served by hospitals, 35% are served by Planned Parenthood, 0% are served by community health centers and 11% are served by other types of agencies.


* These women may or may not live in 20th congressional district.

Credits

This Facts in Brief was made possible by support from the Open Society Institute and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Definitions and Data Sources

References for information contained in this fact sheet are available at www.guttmacher.org.