Planned Parenthood has announced its endorsements.

The Central North Carolina chapter of the reproductive health advocacy group has endorsed Barack Obama for president, Kay Hagan for U.S. Senate and Beverly Perdue for governor. All three are Democrats.

"It's simple. Barack Obama, Kay Hagan and Bev Perdue trust women to make personal reproductive health decisions without government intrusion," said Janet Colm, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina. "Their opponents do not."

The organization noted their support for comprehensive sex education, affordable birth control and expanded health coverage. 

Dan Besse says teen pregnancy programs should be comprehensive.

The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor said that state-funded pregnancy prevention programs should only go to comprehensive plans, called "abstinence-plus."

"We can't allow our tax money to finance misleading or inaccurate programs that put our young people's health at risk," he said in a statement.

The N.C. Commission for Public Health is considering changing its rules to only fund programs that provide information on contraception as well as abstinence.

Besse said that the programs are more effective at reducing teen pregnancy.