Planned Parenthood Association Chicago Area Public Service Announcement

Date: 1974.
Credit: National Library of Medicine, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare TV spots, NLM Unique ID 9918231300406676.

A public service announcement from Planned Parenthood on the benefits of using an effective birth control method.

Duration: 0:31 minutes.


[Upbeat instrumental music plays. A cartoon illustration rotating clockwise featuring three women and two men arranged in a circular formation, with their heads in the center and bodies radiating outward. Each character has a distinctive appearance, with varied hairstyles and colors. A female narrator speaks. Camera pans down a still vertical illustration of the same characters placing a book on a bookshelf, operating a vintage computer, playing basketball, and getting married.] Want time to become yourself before you become a parent? [Camera pans out from a still illustration of the same cartoon characters above a clock.] An effective birth control method will give you that time. [Contact information for Planned Parenthood Chicago area appears.]