Family planning is making a plan and deciding the number and spacing of your children; through the use of contraception: such as abstinence, natural planning, or hormonal birth control. Family planning contributes to improved health outcomes for infants, children, women and families. Marin Community Clinics offers services to males and females.
Family planning services include:
- Birth control services and counseling
- Pregnancy testing and counseling
- Pregnancy–achieving services including preconception health services and in-hospital birthing services
- Infertility evaluation
- Sexually transmitted disease services
- Broader reproductive health services, including patient education and counseling
- Breast and pelvic examinations
- Breast and cervical cancer screening
- Sexually transmitted infection (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, counseling, testing, and referral