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Pregna Uy Brenda Easterling Only half the women in South Carolina who need Planned Pomnf Za. ? ? a ??umiuuu aic gcumg ii, according to Debbie Yoho, director of information and education at i Byj * i r^M i* aV/i IH i i ^fi ~jr with higher income and e responsibility could be knc Bill Kunze, Agency Supei ton Agency, Columbia, S be here to conduct intervi necticut Mutual Life Insui Sales Management Train This program could be the rewarding career for you. I Newton Agency, income $21,000 per agent and thi agement team, which is yc Ideas, was expanded. Th young men and women r agemeni siaius earner w Mutual. Aggressive expai this type of early advancc So, if you are accepted ii Mutual Training Program, excellent career opportur Agency or any other Conn you choose anywhere in tt worth looking into. Checfc ment office. ? <LPJ Planned Parenthood of Central < South Carolina. ] Planned Parenthood is a community organization providing ; information and services on birth j planning. It seeks to educate the j community to understand human ] JBL tarlier management )Cking on your door, ^gj visor for the Newnuth rorntina ujill ?S WUIVMIIU) Will ews for the Con- M ance Sales and JUb|iP|s' ling Program. Jl ) beginning of a jjSst Last year at the J| i averaged over HS 9 Newton man>ung in age and is means, more eached man- A ^0, nn Connecticut ision plans assure nmont will continue. MEgg ito the Connecticut you can count on an itty with the Newton ^ nrtinrt Mutual Hffiro i rise s? sexuality and to recognize population issues, said Yoho. Patients come to the office at 2719 Middleburg Drive an hour ahead of seeing the doctor. Unlike a regular medical waiting room, patients do not sit around reading magazines. Instead, a counselor pKmito fliAtvi r\ CIIVM rtUrv..i nuuno uitm a mill dUUUl Ull'lll control methods. Also, patients are seen individually by a nurse with whom they discuss their medical history. Medical director of Planned Parenthood is Dr. M.I, Mostafa, a Columbia gynecologist. He and four other doctors rotate their clinical services at Planned n ii 1 **?* * r-ureiiuiuuu. mosiaia saia ne nas a feeling the number of pregnancies is rising in spite of more efficient methods of birth control available. "It is because of a lack- of education," he said. A lot of people taking advantage of the clinic are married, but most are unmarried. "Many teen-agers come because they don't want to go to their family doctors," Yohc said. "If a teen-aeer is nrepnant we won't tell her parents," she said. In these cases, Planned Parenthood sometimes makes referrals. Alternatives to abortion are presented, but the patient makes the decision. Fifty-one per cent of the patients at Planned Parenthood are under 19 years old. ah _ r i aii iniormanon is Kept confidential. Planned Parenthood alsc provides problem pregnancy counseling and referrals. It makes sure a person with an unwanted pregnancy has considered all alternatives to abortion. Coun m tys com seling is done on a one-to-one basis and in group sessions. "Many people call with personal problems and we counsel them individually," Yoho said. In addition, Planned Parenthood has a film library from which it lends movies and filmstrips to organizations at no charge. Among the tvoe of films it has arp population ecology, sex education, family planning, birth control, teen-age problems and unplanned pregnancy. Most of these are methods films showing the ad vantages and disadvantages oi contraceptives. A general misunderstanding is that the more one knows aboul sexuality, the more likely one is tc have sex. Yoho said. "The morr informed people are, the more likely they will not be as sexuall) active or have unwantec ! pregnancies," she said. Planned Parenthood has 3< i active volunteers. Some of then: * are college students in psychology ? public health, nursing and healtl education. USC pre-med major 1 sophomore Mary Diehl has beer i iictnieu 10 a inree-year position or i the board of directors. Diehl, wh< i plans to be a gynecologist, said she sometimes assists in tin ' examining room. "I see th< 1 methods different doctors use,' she said. "They show me variou: infections and explain what the} are," she added. j Tho mAcf rvr?rvi ilor ? a i?v, ajiv/ot- pupuiui uicuiuuo u birth control are the pill, in i trauterine devices (IUDs) and th< I diaphragm, in that order o I preference. IlJD's are 98 per cent effective This young man from the Newton Agency, BiH Kunze, age 29, is one of the youngest agency supervisors fhe Insurance field. He was in Colloge about the same time your older brother was on campus. The fact that he is already in a top management position Indicates when Connecticut Mutual says "earty management opportunity," they mean HI Take the time to tafe things over with Bill Kunza. He tells it like it is. as el or Yoho said. The two most popular are the copper seven, made for , women who haven't had children, and the loop. Recently there has been publicity about potential risks 1 with the pill and IUDs. As a result, there has been an upswing in the use of the diaphragm. r, Diehl said she has notice^ the upswing in tne use of dispht'agms since last semester whea she , began working at Planned I Parenthood. She said people should i remember that in 1940 it was the best method available. I Some foam and condoms are given out at the clinic but only as > back-up methods during the first t month of taking the pill. ) Although hn moin "-O" ?.? *. muni Otl V IV,C U1 i Planned Parenthood is birth i control, it also gives pregnancy ' tests and infertility tests. In1 fertility tests check the male sperm count and female ovulation. ) Thirty per cent of the time, in1 fertility is a lack of knowledge , about the woman's cycle, Yoho i said. , Planned Parenthood charges a l fee less than for regular 1 gynecological service. Literature 3 is free for the asking on subjects 2 from venereal disease to vasece tomy to reproduction. 2 Patients are seen from 5 to 7:30 ' p.m. Monday through Wednesday w V s and from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on V Thursday. Planned Parenthood is open every Friday except once a f month from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Planned Parenthood is very b much needed in the community, f Mostafa said. "We are serving a small percentage," he said, t, Mostafa suggested a future outreach by Planned Parenthood wouia De 10 a general survey in the slum areas. He said Planned Parenthood will also need more office space and more staff. "We need more volunteers at the time for the clinic," Mostafa said. He said it is better to conduct counseling individually and that the clinic needs at least one counselor for every three patients. Planned Parenthood is funded mostly by a federal grant and the United Way. It invites people to become paying members and also produces educational materials which it sells at cost. An international organization, Planned Parenthood is located in 75 countries. Although it has 700 affiliates in the United States, they are not evenly distributed. South Carolina has only two affiliates, Columbia and Aiken. Marriage seminar set Family Service Center, a United Way agency, will be sponsoring a six-week seminar on marriage enrichment. This program is designed for couples with stable marriages. topics aiscusseti in the seminar will be expectations on marriage, , maintaining communication and individuality in a partnership, handling marital conflict and expression of warmth and positiveness. Enrollment will be limited to 10 couples on a first-come, first-serve pre-registration basis. The course begins Thursday and continues six consecutive Thursday evenings from 8 to 10 p.m. The workshop will be led by Bob Taibbi, M.S.W. and Miriam McNair, M.S.W. Contact Taibbi at Family Service Center for more information and pre-registration.