A California-based Planned Parenthood chapter will help manage Planned Parenthood Southeast after months of turmoil that led to an internal investigation and the ouster of the embattled organization’s interim CEO late last year.
The partnership, which was announced by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles on Thursday, is aimed at providing support and guidance for staff at the regional reproductive health care organization, which provides services to residents across Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
A press release from Planned Parenthood Los Angeles said the organization will serve in an “interim leadership capacity” to support Planned Parenthood Southeast, with the goal of ensuring that patients across the region have access to birth control, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, cancer screenings and abortion services when allowed by state law.
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