National
Clinic Access Project
The largest national
program tracking violence against abortion clinics and providers, NCAP
produces Annual Clinic Violence Surveys, and Anti-Abortion Violence
Alerts.
Campaign
for RU 486 and Contraceptive Research
The past and present of FMF's campaign for approval and access of this
early abortion pill, including Facts on the Medical Uses of Mifepristone,
The Fight to Get Mifepristone in the U.S., and How to Get Mifeprex
Rock
for Choice
Locate concerts
in your area, check out participating bands, find out how to organize
your own concert to defend reproductive rights access.
Feminist News Stories on Abortion
Read daily feminist news stories on abortion and reproductive rights
written by FMF staff.
Feminist Majority Leadership
Alliances and Choices Campaign
Check out feminist.org's sister site, feministcampus.org, where pro-choice
activists from campuses across the nation meet!
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General
Abortion Rights Resources
Fight4Choice.com
NARAL's new site to monitor the Bush administration and its violations
to abortion and reproductive rights.
RoevBush.com
Planned Parenthood's site on the Bush administration and abortion and
reproductive rights. Action, information, and more.
Abortion
Access Project
A Boston-based group working to make abortion a more accessible option
in Massachusetts. Advocating a more extensive training of health practitioners
to provide abortions, this site has interesting information and some
links.
Abortion
Clinics Online
A comprehensive listing of abortion providers, broken down by country
and state. About half of these listings have their own web pages, usually
providing contact information, medical facts, and appointment information.
There is also a section with links to other pro-choice sites on the
Internet, a welcome message that includes a You Are Not Alone
subsection and information on birth control.
The
Abortion Rights Activist Home Page
This is an excellent site which provides a variety of abortion-related
news, statistics, documents, and resources, including clinic escort
information. It also provides links to other abortion resources on the
Internet, feminist activist resources on the Internet, and on-line news
services.
About.com:
Pro-Choice
A comprehensive site with information on abortion-related topics presented
from the pro-choice side.
Alan
Guttmacher Institute
The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a public policy organization
that works "to protect the reproductive choices of all women and
men--in the United States and throughout the world," including
the support of women's "ability
to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full
human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities
in regard to sexual behavior, reproduction and family formation."
Download their research and publications and learn about the state of
reproductive health throughout the world.
The
American Political Network
This site contains Abortion Reportwhich reports on media coverage
of abortion issues daily. Registration is required.
Befearless
This Oxygen website features interactive polls as well as news features,
information, and connections to activism on a range of feminist and
progressive issues, including reproductive rights, affirmative action,
GLBT rights, and gun control. It also has specific information for women
in the workplace, women in politics, and other areas of interst.
CARAL
-- North
Headquartered in San Francisco, CARAL (California Abortion and Reproductive
Rights Action League) is a non-profit organization dedicated to electing
pro-choice candidates to office. Its Web page provides information about
the organization, a voter's guide that is specific to California, a
list of abortion-related sites, a clinic violence page, and a listing
of California politics resources. Most notably, the site contains a
wealth of information and resources for those who want to become more
involved. The site also includes a "fun, pro-choice movie."
Catholics
for a Free Choice (U.S.)
This D.C.-based group works in partnership with reproductive health,interfaith
and Catholic church reform groups that share its commitment to safe,
legal reproductive health care and women's equality.
"Defending
Reproductive Rights"
Order this 2001 publication from Political Research Associates-- a guide
for activists and organizers on the status of reproductive rights and
access in the U.S.
Feminist
Women's Health Center of Washington
This down-to-earth, friendly site contains a great pro-choice store,
personal stories, Spanish pages, stories on clinic violence and medical
abortion, emergency contraceptive information, Washington state resources
and contact information, general women's health information, and more.
The site is dedicated to providing empowering and personally supportive
information.
International
Planned Parenthood Federation
This site features weekly news reports, IPPF's monthly Medical Bulletin,
and contact information for regional IPPF affiliates around the world.
Also find related links, highlights from the IPPF 1996-7 Annual Report,
and IPPF's strategic plan in English, French and Spanish.
Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is "an independent philanthropy
focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation." Its
main research areas include abortion and reproductive rights, women's
health policy, sex education, and HIV/AIDS. Read the daily reports on
reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, download research, and get recent
public opinion statistics on the issues you care about.
Medical
Students for Choice
MSFC is dedicated to ensuring that women receive comprehensive reproductive
health care, including abortion. One of the greatest obstacles to safe,
legal abortion is the absence of trained providers. Abortion and reproductive
health care must be a part of standard medical training and practice.
As medical students and residents, we are committed to ensuring that
medical practitioners are prepared to provide their patients with the
full range of reproductive health care choices.
National
Abortion Federation
This site provides general information on abortion with fact sheets
and information on current events and issues. It also contains press
releases, resources for women contemplating abortion, information about
NAF's toll-free national hotline, a list member clinics, personal stories
of patients and providers, and legal and medical resources for providers.
NARAL-National
Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League
A well-designed and thorough resource for choice advocacy. It contains
information that is hard to find on the web, such as information on
D & X abortion, personal stories, a map on legislation, etc. This
extensive site is essential for pro-choice news, information, and research
on the Internet.
New York State NARAL
Affiliate
National
Coalition of Abortion Providers
This nonprofit organization represents the political interests of independent
abortion providers in this country. While the site is small, it provides
important information on its organizations goals and some good
links.
National
Network of Abortion Funds
This group works to provide funds for women who could not otherwise
afford an abortion. Find information on the economic discriminations
our current legislation fosters and information on the organization's
mission. Also find a list of pro-choice links and information for young
feminists at the site for Hampshire College's Civil Liberties and
Public Policy Program.
National
Organization for Women (NOW)
This abortion page, part of the NOW site, contains information on NOW's
activities in the pro-choice movement.
Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
Planned Parenthoods site provides information on all aspects of
sexual and reproductive health, including contraception/birth control,
family planning services, pregnancy, STDs, sexuality education,
abortion, pro-choice advocacy, reproductive rights, and also other links
to related resources. The site also includes a take action message of
the week.
Pro-Choice
Education Project
This coalition of pro-choice organizations runs a campaign to educate
young women on the importance of reproductive access.
ProChoice
Resource Center
The organization provides training, technical assistance,
and information to pro-choice grassroots groups.
Voters
for Choice
This page provides general information about Voters for Choice, a national
independent and bipartisan pro-choice organization whose sole purpose
is to elect pro-choice candidates.
Westchester
Coalition for Legal Abortion
Dedicated to pro-choice activism, WCLA is a PAC based in Westchester,
NY to lobby on a state and federal level. Site contains a newsletter
and articles with information about issues concerning abortion as well
as links.
Women
of the World
This valuable site contains a heavily hyperlinked document from the
Center for Reproductive Law & Policy that reviews the status of
"women's reproductive freedom" in the United States, China,
India, Germany, Brazil, and Nigeria. It is a bit difficult to maneuver
around the site, as the "menu" items are small sections of
a small graphic. However, the information is well-footnoted, presented
in a statistical/factual format.
Clinic
Violence Resources
Feminist
Majority Foundation: National Clinic Access Project
The largest national
program tracking violence against abortion clinics and providers, NCAP
produces Annual Clinic Violence Surveys, and Anti-Abortion Violence
Alerts.
ACLU - Reproductive Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union discusses its role in stopping clinic
violence.
Center
for Democracy Studies
"The Center for Democracy Studies undertakes rigorous, original,
and in-depth strategic research into significant factors which are influencing
our democratic system, including right wing secular and religious organizations
operating inside and outside the United States. We are committed to
conducting research and education in defense of democracy, education,
reproductive rights, and a fair and secular legal system." Find
information related to the anti-abortion, extremist group, the Promise
Keepers.
NARAL's
Clinic Violence Internet Resources
The National Abortion Rights Action League's site serves as a launch
pad to other related Internet resources.
NAF
Clinic Violence
The National Abortion Federationıs site provides information on clinic
violence, as well as links to special reports, statistics on anti- abortion
violence, anti-choice violence in the news, the impact of anti- abortion
law, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance (F.A.C.E.) law, and other
Internet resources.
NBC-
Clinic Attacks
NBC news broadcasting station's site includes information on clinic
violence, state-by-state with a clickable map of the United States.
Planned
Parenthood: Stop Clinic Violence
Planned Parenthood's site on clinic violence includes suggestions on
how to stop clinic violence.
CARAL
- Violence at Abortion Clinics
The California Abortion Rights Action League site contains a fact sheet
on clinic violence, and information on what one can do to help. It also
provides links to other organizations who provide information on clinic
violence and provides a factsheet on clinic violence
nationwide.
Women's
Health Action and Mobilization
The Women's Health Action and Mobilization (W.H.A.M.) organization site
provides information on their organization, as well as links to other
activist groups, magazines, videos and womenıs issues sites.
Medical
Abortion Resources
Campaign
for RU 486 and Contraceptive Research
The past and present of FMF's campaign for approval and access of this
early abortion pill, including Facts on the Medical Uses of Mifepristone,
The Fight to Get Mifepristone in the U.S., and How to Get Mifeprex.
The Abortion Rights Activist
This site provides information about abortions, referrals, RU 486, methotrexate
and misoprostol, as well as emergency contraception.
Danco Laboratories
Danco Laboratories markets Mifeprex (the trafde name for mifepristone)
in the United States. Their site contains information on mifepristone
and its uses, as well as instructions
on how to get Mifeprex.
Early Options
This site is administered by the National Abortion Federation (NAF)
in an effort to "educate and instruct health care professionals...in
the safe and effective administration of mifepristone/misoprostol for
early medical abortion." The site also contains information for
women considering medical abortion.
NARAL
The National Abortion Rights Action League's site provides information
on the history of mifepristone and its impact on abortion politics and
research. Also included is a time
line that follows the fight to bring mifepristone to the U.S.,1980-1996.
National
Abortion Federation (NAF)
Read NAF's Fact Sheet on medical abortion.
NOW
Statement Concerning Mifepristone
National Organization for Women director of government relations and
public policy Jan Erikson urged the FDA's approval of mifepristone at
a July 19, 1996 hearing.
Population
Council
Particular sections to visit in this
site include:
"Medical
Abortion: Safe, Effective, and Acceptable to Women in Developing Countries"
"Evidence
Accrues on Safety, Efficacy, and Acceptability of Early Medical Abortion"
Reducing Unsafe Abortion
"From Patna to
Paris:
Providing Safe and Humane Abortion"
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