About Us

The Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas was founded in 1977 by a group of individuals dedicated to the belief that every Texan should have equal access to high-quality reproductive health services and control over the timing and spacing of their children. WHFPT has been at the forefront of the campaign for increased funding for family planning services and responsible sex education. We strive to ensure that local, state, and national leaders hear the voices of family planning providers and the people they serve.

WHFPT is a membership organization of health science centers, hospital districts, health departments, community action agencies, community-based health care clinics and individuals that together serve over 800,000 low-income women.

WHFPT is dedicated to:

• promoting voluntary family planning services for all Texas women.
• promote responsible, medically accurate sex education, including abstinence and complete information on contraceptive methods and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, as an essential element of Texas public school curricula.
• advocating for the availability and provision of high quality, affordable and accessible reproductive health care for all Texans.
• ensuring access to reproductive health care through education, professional training and lobbying.
• providing leadership and information to the public and to its membership.

We support:

• responsible sex education.
• confidential adolescent health care services, including a full range of reproductive health care services and information.
• access to women’s health care and family planning services.
• patient’s rights as they seek and receive health care.

The Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas has been at the forefront of the battles for increased funding for family planning and reproductive health care, responsible sex education, and confidential adolescent health services in the state of Texas. We ensure that local, state, and national legislators and leaders hear the voices of family planning providers and their clients. We also teach these providers how to advocate for their services on a grassroots level and help them improve the quality of care they provide their clients.

The Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas combines careful public policy research, passionate advocacy, and varied professional education programs to improve the health of and well-being of women and their families throughout Texas.