Kentucky Family Planning Program

Family planning is a process that gives you the tools to let you decide if and when you want to have children. Family planning can help you make choices that support your decision.

Kentucky Family Planning Guide

Confidential Family Planning Services for Women, Men, and Teenagers Include:

Abstinence counseling
Birth control method options
Pregnancy test and counseling
Testing and treatment for STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
Health education and counseling
Basic infertility information
Reproductive health screenings

Benefits of Family Planning

Have children when you are ready
Prepare financially for your children
Become healthier before and during pregnancy
Less concern for an unplanned pregnancy
Make your own decisions about birth control
The choice is yours

Family/Parental Involvement for Adolescents

What does it look like and why it is important?

Education and Counseling

The staff at the clinic will treat you as a unique person with your own needs and questions. Remember to have an open discussion with your partner about the best method(s) for both of you.

The results of your check-up and lab tests will be explained to you. Family planning staff will educate and counsel you about birth control methods, including fertility awareness-based methods and abstinence (not having sex). This will help you choose the best method of birth control that benefits your lifestyle.

Protection from Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

Barrier methods, such as male and female condoms, are the only contraceptive methods that can help protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when used correctly and consistently. STIs are most commonly spread through vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Be aware of the possible signs and symptoms of an STI, but remember that many STIs do not cause any symptoms. If you or your partner think you may have an STI or have any concerns about possible exposure, it is important to get tested and, if necessary, treated as soon as possible. Prompt treatment helps protect your current and future health, reduces the risk of passing the infection to others. Early treatment may protect future health pregnancies because

Information Required by Kentucky Statues and Administrative Regulations Regarding Fetal Development, Reversal of Abortion Pill, and Resources for Pregnant Women

Per KRS 213.176 "Information on the potential ability of qualified medical professionals to reverse the effects of an abortion obtained through the use of abortion-inducing drugs as defined in KRS KRS 311.7731 is available, and shall also include information for assistance in locating a medical professional who can aid in the reversal of a drug-induced abortion."

Per KRS 311.725

Per 902 KAR 4:110 "The cabinet shall develop and publish the materials…..which shall be offered to pregnant women seeking an abortion at least twenty-four hours in advance of the abortion."

Title X Health Care Providers Only

The Kentucky Department for Public Health allocates awarded federal Title X funds to local health departments, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), FQHC look-alikes, rural health clinics and university-based primary care clinics who commit to provide family planning services in their area. Title X core services include contraceptive services, pregnancy testing and counseling, optimal family spacing, basic infertility services, STD services, preconception health, related preventive health services (for example, cancer screening) and other preventive health services. Family planning services are provided to both females and males.