--- title: Jennifer Lawrence Used Planned Parenthood For Condoms and Birth Control description: "What harm comes from supplying people with birth control, condoms, Pap smears, and cancer screenings?" canonical: https://time.com/4167562/jennifer-lawrence-planned-parenthood-birth-control-condoms/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T16:23:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:17.944Z og:title: Jennifer Lawrence Used Planned Parenthood For Condoms and Birth Control og:description: It's why she's a "a successful woman who has not had a pregnancy" og:url: https://time.com/4167562/jennifer-lawrence-planned-parenthood-birth-control-condoms/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25c1eea16f0aae28/6988778bcd1bba74176fec2d/jennifer-lawrence-februry-cover-w352.jpg?branch=production&width=352&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 352 og:image:height: 198 og:image:alt: jennifer-lawrence-februry-cover-w352 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lawrence Used Planned Parenthood For Condoms and Birth Control twitter:description: It's why she's a "a successful woman who has not had a pregnancy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25c1eea16f0aae28/6988778bcd1bba74176fec2d/jennifer-lawrence-februry-cover-w352.jpg?branch=production&width=352&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lawrence Used Planned Parenthood For Condoms and Birth Control > Sponsored content. 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But then what’s the point in having a voice at all if I’m not going to use it for what I truly believe in?” Lawrence has tackled everything from the [gender pay gap](http://time.com/4126967/jennifer-lawrence-pay-gap-essay-backlash/) to playing [inspiring characters](http://time.com/4151777/jennifer-lawrence-katniss-joy-david-orussell/) on screen, and now she’s speaking out about Planned Parenthood. The Oscar-winning actress told the magazine about her reaction to the [shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood](http://time.com/4128258/colorado-springs-planned-parenthood-active-shooter/) in November that left three people dead. “It’s so awful…. It isn’t an attack on abortions; it’s an attack on women. Because Planned Parenthood is so much more \[than abortion\],” Lawrence said. “My mom was really religious with me when I was young. She’s not so much anymore. And I wouldn’t have been able to get birth control if it weren’t for Planned P. I wouldn’t have been able to get condoms and birth control and all these things I needed as a normal teenager who was growing up in a Jesus house.” She clarified that she became “a successful woman who has not had a pregnancy” because she used Planned Parenthood. “But seriously. 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