McKinney – Planned Parenthood of North Texas (PPNT) is providing Collin County residents with affordable reproductive health care – and Express services – at their newest clinic in McKinney, Texas. The city has been identified twice by the US Census Bureau as the country's fastest-growing city.

The McKinney location is a full-service family planning clinic that provides two of the newest "Express" services PPNT is providing for its patients' busy lives. HOPE, Hormonal Options without a Pelvic Exam, allows women who qualify to obtain hormonal birth control without a pelvic exam. "Pills Now, Pay Later" is a service that allows qualifying patients to get a year's worth of birth control pills in one visit, while PPNT charges their credit or debit card once or on a monthly basis. Express services have proved incredibly popular with PPNT patients.

"For years, McKinney residents have had limited options for affordable health care," said Jim Roderick, PPNT President/CEO. "We are proud to serve insured, uninsured or Medicaid patients with accessible, high-quality, affordable care as we have for the last 73 years."

Other services include breast and pelvic exams, cancer-screening Pap smears, mammography, high-blood pressure screening, diabetes screening, testing for sexually transmitted infections, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, hormone-replacement therapy for mid-life women, colposcopy, cryotherapy, family planning education and appropriate medical and social-service referrals. Abortion services will not be provided at the clinic.

Appointment costs vary depending on the medical services requested by the patient. PPNT now operates 29 clinics serving 57 counties in North Texas, and is the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the state and the sixth largest affiliate of 103 affiliates nationwide. In 2007, the affiliate's network of clinics provided more than 88,000 clients with medical services through 245,000 visits.

Clinic information:

Planned Parenthood of North Texas, Inc.

1720 Eldorado Parkway, Suite 106

McKinney, Texas 75069

(972) 548-7482

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