The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA ) was founded in 1969 in response to the appalling health and social circumstances in which many families in Ireland lived, and in particular, the health consequences for mothers and their children of repeated pregnancies. 

Since then we have been pioneering reproductive health and rights in Ireland.

Over the years the IFPA has been an educator, a researcher, an opinion former and a pioneering service provider. The IFPA has:

1. Established the first family planning clinics in Ireland
2. Published a comprehensive range of information booklets on contraception
3. Advocated for and helped establish sex education programmes in schools
4. Established a national network of pregnancy counselling centers
5. Advocated for comprehensive medical and social services for women with crisis pregnancies
 
The IFPA strategic plan 2005 to 2008 emphasises the need to develop a stronger political and social commitment to and support for sexual and reproductive health and rights at the national and international level.

There are also clear strategies in relation to:

• abortion rights
• access rights
• the sexual reproductive health and rights of adolescents and young people
• working towards the reduction of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV

Services are provide through our two Dublin clinics and 12 pregnancy counselling centres spread throughout Ireland.

We also provide specialized training to doctors, nurses, community organizations and parents.