1800 - The average woman bears 7 childen over the course of her lifetime
1873 - Congress passes the Comstock law, an anti-obscenity bill used to prosecute those who distribute birth control
1916 - Margaret Sanger opens the nation's first birth control clinic
1917 - Margaret Sanger is arrested for distributing contraceptives
1918 - Condoms are legalized for disease prevention
1960 - FDA approves the birth control pill
1961 - Estelle Griswold, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, and Dr. C. Lee Buxton, the medical director, are arrested for counseling patients on contraception in newly opened birth control clinic.
1965 - Connecticut law still prohibits birth control for married couples. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court reverses the Connecticut Comstock law, recognizes a constitutional right to privacy and secures the right of married women to use contraception.
1970 - President Nixon signs into law Title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide access to family planning services for all women without regard to economic circumstance.
1971 - NFPRHA is founded to serve as an umbrella organization for family planning providers and supporters and to advocate for universal access to family planning services.
1972 - In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the Supreme Court extends the right to use contraception to unmarried women.
1975 - FPCD moves to space rented from Community Health on North Wenatchee Avenue.
1977 - In Carey v. Population Services International, the Supreme Court extends the right to use contraception to teens.
1978 - FPCD adopts their mission statement.
1979 - FPCD receives Title X funds
1982 - Due to the availability of effective birth control, 60% of women of reproductive age are employed in the U.S.
1987 - FPCD moves to its present location
1988 - NFPRHA successfully challenges the domestic gag rule regulations preventing family planning clinics from providing information on abortion.
1991 - In Rust v. Sullivan, Supreme Court upholds gag rule.
1993 - President Clinton overturns the gag rule
1998 - FPCD hires a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) enabling the agency to offer prenatal/delivery services in addition to established reproductive health/clinical services.
2000 - FPCD hires a second CNM to meet demand for prenatal services
2001 - FPCD receives a grant from the Ms. Foundation to implement the Mother/Daughter Talks project.
2002 - FPCD is awarded a grant from March of Dimes to implement the award-winning Centering Pregnancy Program
2004 - FPCD receives funding for the Male Involvement Project to improve sexual health and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in Chelan-Douglas Counties by addressing the underserved male population.
2005 - The average woman bears 2.1 children over the course of her lifetime.