A Great Moment for Women and America

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:33:41 -0000

STATEMENT BY PATRICIA MCGEOWN, UHPP PRESIDENT/CEO

Local Planned Parenthood Staff and Patients React With Dismay to Komen Foundaton Decision

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:43:53 -0000

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood President/CEO Patricia McGeown today expressed her agency's alarm and disappointment in response to the national announcement that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation will stop funding breast cancer preventio...

39th Anniversary of Roe Celebrated

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:03:09 -0000

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood will honor the New York Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Rights Project as a Champion of Choice at its annual celebration of the historic Roe v. Wade decision on January 19, 2012 at the Fort Orange Club in downtow...

50 Capital Region Residents Head to Capitol To Lobby For Sex Ed and Women's Health

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:01:58 -0000

Fifty people from Albany, Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties joined four hundred advocates from around New York State at the Capitol today for a Day of Action focused on preserving access to affordable family planning services, expanding the...

POWER for Bliss Towers

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:00:45 -0000

At a graduation ceremony held at Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood's Hudson health center on Thursday morning, December 15, 2011, four Hudson residents received certificates for completing training as adult peer outreach assistants for the Women's H...

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Commemorates World AIDS Day

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:01:38 -0000

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood's (UHPP) high school peer educators, S.T.A.R.S. (Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex) will provide tours and lead workshops November 29 through Wednesday, December 1 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center d...

Tea Party Republicans Attack Birth Control Coverage

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:54:23 -0000

"Today the Tea Party Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives showed just how far they are willing to go to control the ability of American women and families to decide when and whether to have children," said Patricia A. McGeown, Presiden...

Rep. Gibson votes to deny lifesaving emergency health care to women

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:52:57 -0000

Again demonstrating his willingness to focus on legislation that undermines women's health over legislation to help create jobs and stimulate the economy, Rep. Chris Gibson voted today in favor of H.R. 358. Among other dangerous health care provis...

Planned Parenthood: Republican Proposal Would Deny Women Access to Needed Services

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:02:06 -0000

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (UHPP) President/CEO Patricia McGeown today decried the draft FY 2012 funding bill just released by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS as politically motivated and dangerous to the health care of wom...

Local College Students Kick Off Week of Action on Sex Education

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:01:42 -0000

As students and educators settle back into the school year, Planned Parenthood VOX chapters at the University at Albany and RPI will join hundreds of other students across the country who are participating in a National Sex Ed Week of Action.This ...

Planned Parenthood Campaign Breaks with Tradition

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:01:52 -0000

There is nothing new about a health care institution featuring the personal testimonies of their patients in ad campaigns-unless that health care institution is Planned Parenthood. That's why the current ad campaign by Upper Hudson Planned Parenth...

Local Planned Parenthood Names New Board Members, Officers

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:00:30 -0000

New members and officers have been elected to the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Board of Directors for the 2011-2012 term.

Planned Parenthood Offers FREE HIV Testing

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:01:10 -0000

Marking National HIV Testing Day on June 27, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood will host FREE HIV testing at their Albany and Troy locations to encourage sexually active women, men, and teens to get tested. Free HIV testing will also be offered at ...

Capital Region Agencies Offer Free HIV Testing

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:01:30 -0000

Once again, local health and human service agencies concerned with the continuing epidemic of HIV/AIDS are cooperating to mark National HIV FREE testing day. FREE HIV Testing will be available at a wide variety of locations throughout Albany, Col...

Local Volunteers, Activists, Philanthropists Honored by Planned Parenthood

Tue, 24 May 2011 10:10:11 -0000

Linda Leue of Albany has been recognized by Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood as its 2010 Outstanding Volunteer of the Year. Leue's many activities in support of the agency include serving as a patient escort on days of anti-choice picketing, helpin...

Rensselaer County Volunteers, Philanthropists Honored

Tue, 24 May 2011 10:07:02 -0000

Judith Maguire of East Greenbush was recently recognized by Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood for 20 years of volunteer service. For the majority of those years, Maguire has served as a patient escort, greeting patients on days of anti-choice picket...

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Annual Meeting and Recognition Reception Set for May 18th

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:00:44 -0000

Supporters and staff of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (UHPP) will gather at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Albany on Wednesday, May 18th at 5:30pm for the agency's "Annual Meeting and Recognition Reception." At the event, new Board ...

May 18 Annual Meeting and Recognition Reception For Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood

Sat, 07 May 2011 10:00:32 -0000

Supporters and staff of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood will gather at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Albany on May 18 at 5:30pm for the agency's Annual Meeting and Recognition Reception. At the event, new Board member nominees will be appo...

Mike Pence Rejected; A Planned Parenthood Response

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:36:17 -0000

Statement by Patricia McGeown, President/ CEO of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (UHPP), on Senate Vote to Reject H. Con. Res. 36, a Proposal to Bar Planned Parenthood from Receiving Federal Funds to Provide Preventive Health Care:

Threat to Shut Down Government An Outrage Says Local Planned Parenthood President

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:47:31 -0000

It's an outrage to shutdown the government over an extreme proposal that denies millions of women pap tests, breast exams and birth control.

Buses Take Locals to Washington Rally for Women's Health

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:02:26 -0000

Over 100 students and residents from throughout the Capital Region will get up in the early morning hours this Thursday, April 7, to travel to Washington, DC for the Stand Up for Women's Health rally at the U.S. Capitol. They are taking the long t...

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Launches FREE HPV Vaccine Campaign for Females ages 19-26

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:03:03 -0000

Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, with three out of four people infected with HPV during their lives. In order to combat this serious health issue, Upper Hudson Planned Paren...

Capitol Region Student Stand with Planned Parenthood on Day of Action

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:01:18 -0000

" Planned Parenthood is the one place students know they can go to get free or low cost health care services delivered with respect, confidentiality and compassion," said Sara Mussachia, SUNY VOX President. "How is it even possible Congress would ...

Corrected UHPP Response to Pence Vote

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:31:23 -0000

Note from UHPP Media Office:

Planned Parenthood Kicks-off National Condom Week with Pub Crawls in Hudson and Troy

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:00:54 -0000

This weekends marks the kick-off to National Condom Week in the Capital Region with a series of "pub crawls" hosted by volunteers and staff from Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (UHPP) scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday evenings. Specif...

Planned Parenthood Celebrates National Condom Week with Four Scheduled Pub Crawls

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:01:16 -0000

National Condom Week will be celebrated in the Capital District from February 14th- 21st, 2011 with a series of four "pub crawls" by volunteers and staff from Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood (UHPP). During the pub crawls, outreach teams will visit...

Women's Health Advocates Celebrate Roe Anniversary and Honor New York State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:48:35 -0000

Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood will hold its annual celebration of the historic Roe v. Wade decision on January 20, 2011 at the Fort Orange Club in downtown Albany. Advocates for women's health from around the Capital Region, as well as local and...

Planned Parenthood supporters rally at the Capitol for family planning funding on first day of session

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:01:26 -0000

Over fifty residents of Albany, Columbia, Greene and Renssealer Counties, including leaders, staff and volunteers from Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, will be part of an expected 400 who will rally at the state Capitol Monday morning to urge supp...

Opinion: The New Face of AIDS Is Young and Female

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:01:14 -0000

Thirty years after the first diagnoses of what would later be called AIDS among gay men in the United States, the face of HIV/AIDS has changed radically. One in three new HIV infections in the United States and half of new infections globally are ...

Breslin and Jennings Laud New Planned Parenthood Facility

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:50:47 -0000

New York State Senator Neil Breslin and Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings joined Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Board President Geoffrey Moore, President/CEO Patricia McGeown and three local philanthropists-Phoebe Bender, Charles M. Liddle and Dr. Mary...

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