References

Planned Parenthood
Locations (PA)
State Public Affairs Office: Planned
Parenthood Pennsylvania
Advocates:
1514 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
P: 717-234-3024
Planned Parenthood Keystone:
PO Box 813
Trexlertown, PA 18087
P: 610-418-0481
Planned Parenthood of Western
Pennsylvania:
933 Liberty Avenue
2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
P: 412-434-8957
Planned Parenthood Southeastern:
1144 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
P: 215-351-550

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A Mothers Right
www.amothersright.weebly.com
kdillman@liberty.edu

Pregnant
without
health care?
Health care options for pregnant
women of a low socioeconomic
class.

WIC has lead to:

Longer pregnancies
Less premature births
Fewer infant deaths
Fewer frequencies of
low birth weight
infants
o Savings in health care
in the long run
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Organizations Offering Assistance

WIC Contact in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Health
625 Forster St. 7th Floor West
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701

Director: Will Cramer
Fax: (717) 705-0462
Toll Free: 1-800-WIC-WINS (1-800-
942-9467)

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Planned Parenthood

Supplemental nutrition program that

provides supplemental foods, health care
referrals, and nutrition education

Provides health care to women no matter

race, ethnicity, income, marital status or
residence.

Available to:

Offers:

o Women during pregnancy and up to

6 weeks after birth
o Women who are postpartum and up
to 6 months after birth
o Breastfeeding women until the
infants 1st birthday

*Application must be filled out in order to
be considered/accepted into the program,
can be done at WIC clinic in the area

o Health care services

o Educational programs
o Information about:
o Prenatal care
o Stages of pregnancy
o Adoption
o Any possible pregnancy
concerns and/or difficulties
*Appointments can be made at your local
Planned Parenthood