Take Action

Take action today on current issues facing the pro-choice movement with the websites below!

Planned Parenthood’s Action Network
http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/home.html
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
http://www.crlp.org
An independent, nonprofit legal organization dedicated to ensuring that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services. Site offers access to fact sheets, books, reports, articles, and other publications, as well as information on different aspects of contraception, such as insurance coverage of contraception, emergency contraception, and international contraception statistics.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
http://www.naral.org
Promotes reproductive freedom and dignity for women and their families through in-depth research and legal work, substantive policy reports, public education campaigns and other communications projects, and leadership training for grassroots activists across the nation. Site contains facts and news on all aspects of abortion, such as mandatory waiting periods, parental consent laws, and illegal abortion.
National Women’s Law Center
http://www.nwlc.org/display.cfm?section=reproductive%20rights%3A%20general%20materials

This list provides links to sites with pertinent information on sexual health, contraception, STIs, and reproductive choice.

Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org
Creates programs and promotes policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Site contains information on their teenage pregnancy prevention program, including model programs, statistics, male involvement, and culturally specific information.

Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
http://www.agi-usa.org
Seeks to protect and expand the reproductive choices of all women and men through research, policy analysis, and public education. Site offers the latest statistics on teenage sexual behavior and pregnancy, as well as recent policy papers. Also provides access to journal articles on all topics related to women's reproductive health, including teenage pregnancy.

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
http://www.aauw.org
A national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. Site contains fact sheets on abortion issues such as parental involvement in abortion decisions and abortion coverage bans.

Emergency Contraception
http://ec.princeton.edu
Provides accurate information about emergency contraception derived from the medical literature. Site — available in both English and Spanish — contains a directory of clinicians willing to provide emergency contraceptives in each state, answers to frequently asked questions about emergency contraception, and a bibliography of publications addressing emergency contraception.

EMILY's List - A Political Network for Pro-Choice Democratic Women
http://www.emilyslist.org
Identifies viable pro-choice Democratic women candidates for key federal and statewide offices. Site provides a searchable database of pro-choice candidates at various levels of office.

Feminist.com
http://www.feminist.com
A clearinghouse for sites and information related to women's issues. Site contains articles and speeches, databases of reproductive health services, and links to abortion-related organizations.

Feminist Majority Foundation
http://www.feminist.org
Seeks to empower women and win equality through research, the sharing of information to feminists everywhere, and effective action. Site features information on the Foundation's various projects such as its campaign for RU-486. Also offers access to current abortion news via the Index of Feminist News Stories on Abortion, as well as research, surveys, and other information on topics such as clinic violence and medical abortion.

Feminists Women Health Center
http://www.fwhc.org
Provides abortion and reproductive health services, and information in order to achieve reproductive freedom. Site features a host of information on abortion topics, including abortion procedures, statistics, personal stories, and state-by-state laws. Information available in both English and Spanish.

Go Ask Alice!
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/index.html
Go Ask Alice! is the health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Education Program—a division of Health Services at Columbia. The mission of Go Ask Alice! is to increase access to, and use of, health information by providing factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health. "Alice!" answers questions about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and, general health.

Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org
Working for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equal rights.

Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, & Reproduction
http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey

Medical Students for Choice
http://www.ms4c.org
Organizes and assists students in improving education about abortion and reproductive health in medical schools nationwide. Site offers a bibliography of books, articles, and videos about abortion and reproductive health. Information on shortage of abortion providers in the U.S.

National Abortion Federation (NAF)
http://www.prochoice.org
A professional association of abortion providers in the United States that seeks to preserve and enhance the quality and accessibility of abortion services. Site provides information on options if you're pregnant, how to take action on abortion issues, and clinic violence. Also offers access to fact sheets and resources for providers.

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)
http://www.nfprha.org
Works to assure access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health services for all. Site contains fact sheets on topics such as the reported decline in teenage pregnancy between 1991 and 1996.

National Organization for Women (NOW)
http://www.now.org
Advances women's rights and promotes the goal of equality in the United States and around the world through education, litigation, advocacy, networking, conferences, publications, training and leadership development. Site features legal and political information on abortion, such as reproductive gains and losses in Congress.

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
http://www.rcrc.org
Works to ensure reproductive choice through the moral power of religious communities. Offers access to the organization's publications and articles on topics such as the personhood of the fetus and Judaism and abortion.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
http://www.siecus.org/
A national, nonprofit organization that develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. Site offers access to fact sheets and other publications, as well as information for parents.