A. The legislature finds that:
- (1) family planning has been recognized as an essential component of standard health care and has been recognized nationally and internationally as a universal human right;
- (2) continuing population growth causes or aggravates many social, economic and environmental problems, both in this state and in the nation;
- (3) family planning services are not available as a practical matter to many persons in this state;
- (4) it is desirable that family planning services be readily accessible to all who want and need them; and
- (5) dissemination of information about family planning by the state and its local governmental units is consistent with public policy.
- B. It is the purpose of the Family Planning Act to assure that comprehensive family planning services are accessible on a voluntary basis to all who want and need them.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-30-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 107, § 3.