HIV Prevention Under Attack!

Funding for HIV/AIDS testing and education is under attack in the state legislature!

The North Carolina General Assembly’s proposed budget includes a provision that would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving any state funds or grants. Planned Parenthood is a key part of the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Nearly 30 percent of women tested for HIV are tested at family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood.

Help us fight back!

Tell you legislator to oppose any budget that reduces access to HIV/AIDS education and testing.

North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) supports Planned Parenthood for the essential role it plays to provide HIV-related care to underserved populations in North Carolina.

Every year, 25,000 men and women across North Carolina turn to Planned Parenthood for vital medical and educational services. For six in ten of these patients, Planned Parenthood staff are the only medical professionals they will see in a given year. In 2010 alone they provided more than 18,000 tests for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. For many patients, contact with Planned Parenthood may be the best – or only – opportunity for potentially life-saving HIV-related services.

Tell your legislator you oppose any provision that will compromise access of low-income people to HIV/AIDS-related education and funding.

Together, we can fight back against this politically motivated attack on a trusted ally in the fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in North Carolina.