Links

• 34-menopause-symptoms.com - symptoms, explanations, treatment options.
• Abortion Access Project - organizing Nursing Students and Nurses, PA's, Nurse Practitioners, and Medical Students for Choice to increase access to abortion and to increase training in abortion-related care. Based in Massachusetts.

• Abortion Clinics Online - USA and international listing of abortion clinics with websites, plus information on abortion procedures and issues, patient instructions, prices, aftercare, gynecology, birth control, emergency contraception, and medical abortion with RU-486.
• Abortion.com - a listing of doctor's offices and clinics that provide abortion care.
• Abortion Statistics - contact the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the pre-eminent authority on reproductive health research for abortion, birth control and reproductive health statistics and studies.
• Abortion Conversation Project - The Abortion Conversation Project is committed to eliminating the stigma of abortion by creating new ways and opportunities to talk about abortion
• ACCESS/Women's Health Rights Coalition - based in Oakland, CA - operates a Latina Hotline at 888-442-2237 serving California, USA.
• The Access Project - Information to improve access to complete health care for all low-income, limited English proficiency, immigrants or refugees.
• Access Washington - state government information, news and services.
• Action Canada for Population and Development - is an advocacy organization that focuses on sexual rights and health, reproductive rights and health, human rights and international migration.
• Adolescent Health On-Line - designed for health care providers, from American Medical Association.
• Advocates for Pregnant Women - protecting the rights of pregnant and parenting women and their children. Women ought not to be punished for pregnancy and drug addiction. Families must not be needlessly separated based on medical and public health misinformation. Pregnancy and addiction should be treated as public health issues - not criminal justice issues.
• Advocates for Youth - teen pregnancy and HIV prevention, international work, material by teens for teens.
• After your abortion - advice from Hope Medical in Louisiana.
• Alan Guttmacher Institute - research and statistics on abortion
• Alaska Pro-Choice Alliance - materials listing abortion providers, options available, and restrictions on AK women.
• American Foundation for AIDS Research
• American Association of University Women
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Reproductive Freedom Project
• ACLU of Washington State
• American College of Nurse-Midwives - promotes health and well-being of women and infants support of the profession of midwifery.
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - national organization representing over 40,000 physicians who provide health care for women
• American Medical Women's Association - over 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the woman patient and serving as the unique voice for women's health.
• American Menopause Foundation - independent not-for-profit health organization providing support and assistance on all issues concerning menopause. Newsletter, literature, and educational programs provide the latest information on scientific research and pertinent facts.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• AnnRose's Ultimate Birth Control Links - Eductional yet humorous listing of information about all methods of birth control so individuals of all ages can make informed decisions.  Includes links for the Pill, IUD, hormonal injections including DepoProvera and Lunelle, condoms, spermicides, cervical cap, vasectomy, tubal ligation, and information about how to choose.
• Asians and Pacific Islanders For Reproductive Health (APIRH) - now known as Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice
• Applied Research Center - a leading research lab and foundry where academics and activists forge tools to spark social progress and measure the results.
• Arabic Reproductive Health Information Initiative. This web-based resource is
  intended as a collaboration of international health organizations.
• Ash Tree Publishing - Herbal Medicine Resources for women's health and wellbeing. Find information on menopause, fertility, pregnancy, breast care, and more.
• Ask a Woman Doctor - a forum for women's health
• Asbestos - women are approximately 50% more likely to develop mesothelioma than men when exposed to asbestos.
• http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org
• http://www.ewg.org/sites/asbestos/index.php
• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) - an interdisciplinary medical professional association to educate health care professionals and the public on family planning, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, urogenital disorders, abortion, menopause, cancer, sexual health, and infertility.
• Babes Network in Seattle - for HIV+ women. BABES is dedicated to building a community among women from all walks of life who are facing HIV and AIDS. BABES offers a women-centered environment and assures confidentiality.
• Back Up Your Birth Control - Emergency contraception (EC) stops pregnancy after sex - Get the morning after pill before you need it.
• Be a Voter: Register to Vote
• Biblical America Resistance Front - a pro-choice group monitoring the religious right.
• Birth Control information.
• BirthControl.com - Purchase various birth control methods online, including some not available in the USA.
• www.Birth-Sex.com: Exploring the Sacred Feminine with Elizabeth Davis, certified midwife and author of Women's Sexual Passages: Finding Pleasure and Intimacy at Every Stage of Life and The Circle of Life: Thirteen Archetypes for Every Woman .
• Boston Women's Health Book Collective - publishers of Our Bodies Ourselves, Our Bodies Growing Older, and Changing Bodies Changing Lives.
• Breaking the Silence - AIDS education for Caribbean girls, because addressing the inequities of gender and poverty begins with education.
• Breaking the Abortion Deadlock: From Choice to Consent.(book about the consent to be pregnant) by Eileen McDonagh. 1997. Oxford University Press. Moves beyond pro-life and pro-choice to abortion rights framed as pro-consent. (link to the book review)
• BreastCancer.org - helping women and their families make sense of the complex information about breast cancer, and guide them to the best decisions for their lives.
• Breast Cancer Action - a grassroots organization of breast cancer survivors and their supporters, advocating for true prevention through understanding and eliminating the causes of breast cancer, a true cure with treatments that don't nearly kill people or cause other diseases, and universal access to quality health care.
• Breast Cancer and the Environment -
• Breast Cancer Fund - working to end breast cancer through detection, treatment, prevention, research and access to care for all women
• Breast Cancer Prevention - This website is a virtual journey through Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed. A book is for women who want to maintain breast health and for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
• British Columbia's Pro-Choice Action Network

• California Abortion Rights Action League
• Canadian Birth Control Info - your guide to the differences between Canadian and US birth control pills.
• Calgary Birth Control Association - sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life. Healthy sexual relationships are based on trust, respect and equality. Pro-choice. Feminist.
• Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
• Cancer Prevention Ideas at www.preventcancer.com
• Candie's Foundation - Sexy and independent messages from Destiny's Child.
• CARA - Communities Against Rape and Abuse in Seattle.
• Casa Latina - Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos is a community-based organization located in Seattle, Washington, that empowers Latino immigrants through educational and employment opportunities.
• Casting For Recovery - provides fly-fishing retreats tailored for women who have or have had breast cancer, to enhance the lives of breast cancer survivors' mental and physical healing.
• Catholics for a Free Choice - Group of pro-choice Roman Catholics who are motivated by the conviction that the bishops do not represent the Catholic people on reproductive rights issues. They know Catholic women have abortions and Catholic women and men supported legal access.
• Center for Bladder Control - free bladder health education for all women.
• Center for Child Care Workforce - improving child care quality by upgrading the compensation, working conditions and training of child care providers.
• Center for Endometriosis Care
• Center for Reproductive Rights - legal action to protect choice locally, nationally, internationally
• Center for Uterine Fibroids at Harvard Medical School - Fibroids are the number one cause of hysterectomy in the United States (accounting for over one third of procedures annually). Moreover, they affect between a quarter and a half of all women; African-American women are affected three to nine times more commonly than other racial groups.
• Center for Voting and Democracy
• Center for Women Policy Studies - Promoting women's human rights and equality through feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy to shape public policy to improve women’s lives.
• Center for Women and Democracy at University of Washington in Seattle - promotes women's full representation, participation and leadership, while respecting the political, economic and social diversity in cultures worldwide.
• Chaya - is a community-based nonprofit organization in Seattle to serve South Asian women in times of crisis and need, and to raise awareness of domestic violence issues. While many excellent agencies provide services for Southeast Asians in Seattle, Chaya is the only organization to specifically address the needs of South Asian women.
• A Chicana Feminist Website: Making Face, Making Soul.
• Chicana Studies Home Page - helpful info for thinking about the relationship of gender, race, and class.
• Childfree Resource Network - supports individuals who choose to have no children, lists doctors and clinics who perform tubal ligations and vasectomies without age discrimination.
• Children's Alliance - in WA state - a voice for Washington's childen, youth and families.
• Children's Defense Fund - the voice for all children in America.

• Choice LinkUp - a pro-choice web ring.
• Choice USA - training a new generation of pro-choice leaders.
• Civil Liberties & Public Policy program (CLPP) at Hampshire College - organizes young women's conference on reproductive freedom annually.
• Coalition for Labor Union Women - speaking out for child care, pay equity, labor law reform, national health care and reproductive freedom.
• Coalition for Positive Sexuality - JUST SAY YES!
• ColorLines - national, multi-racial newsmagazine devoted to race and politics. Published by Applied Resource Center.
• Columbia University School of Public Health (in New York City) - "Finding Common Ground" is a research project measuring the public health outcomes, especially for women and children, of the 1996 Personal and Social Responsibility Act (welfare reform). Includes "Doctors Speak Out About Welfare Reform."
• Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment
• Communications Consortium Media Center
• Communities Against Rape and Abuse in Seattle.
• Campaign for Safe Cosmetics - stopping the ingedients that cause cancer, birth defects, gene mutations.
• Concentric Media - Independent filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman's important trilogy of documentaries called trilogy "From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond."
• Contact Congress - Map of US, lists of members of Congress with complete lists of addresses, phone numbers, faxes and emails. Send a message directly from this site.
• Crone Cronicles - for women growing older with power and passion.
• Cross Cultural Health Program - excellent resource library and website - addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide.
• DrugWatch.com - Find recalled drugs and find side-effects of medications.
• National Eating Disorders Association - expanding public understanding and prevention of eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected along with support for their families through education, advocacy and research.

• Emergency Contraception - The Morning After Pill - from Princeton University. Also known as "Plan B" in Spanish.
• Endometriosis Association - a non-profit, self-help organization founded by women for women.; providing information and support to women and girls with endometriosis, educating the public and medical community about endo, and conducting and promoting research.
• Endometriosis, One Woman's Journey by Jennifer Lewis. The author has suffered from this disease for over 11 years, at age 29 has had 10 surgeries including a total hysterectomy at age 26. She has become an avid advocate for women's health issues.
• EngenderHealth - works worldwide to improve the lives of individuals by making reproductive health services safe, available, and sustainable.
• Equality Now - fight against Female Genital Mutilation, fight for women's and girl's human rights and against violence world wide.
• ERA - Learn about the Equal Rights Amendment - a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equality of rights under the law for all women.
• Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered - FORCE - for women whose family history and genetic status put them at high risk of getting ovarian cancer and/or breast cancer.
• FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - evaluates media coverage of today's news with an eye for sex bias. Excellent resource.
• FamilyNet - Human Rights Campaign Foundation - devoted to the issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families.
• Family Health Productions - makes of educational videos on sexuality and reproductive health for teens.
• Family Planning Advocates of New York State - includes Concerned Clergy for Choice, pro-choice writings on welfare reform, parental notification, mergers with Catholic hospitals and the effects they have on reproductive health care.
• Family Planning in Washington State - part of DSHS.
• Fem-World.com - resources and news about and for lesbians.
• feminineoptions.com - washable cloth menstrual pads and other natural fertility-related info and products
• Feminism - definitions from guests at the Feminist Women's Health Center website.
• Feminist Majority - Award winning site with lots of variety dedicated to women's political, economic, and social equality.
• Feminists (pro-choice) in Australia
• Feministisches Frauen Gesundheits Zentrum (FWHC) Berlin, Germany
• Fertility Awareness Network - teaching Fertility Awareness since 1980
• Fibroids - a story of natural healing without surgery or drugs to encourage others to honour their bodies and release the anger etc. and get to the root cause of their fibroids.
• Fight for Your Rights: Protect Yourself - MTV's campaign to educate young people about sexual health, HIV and "It's Your Sex Life" guide.
• First Moon: Passage to Womanhood Ceremony - a kit to help you celebrate your very first period.

• First Steps program in Washington State - part of DSHS.
• Freedom from Hunger - provides self-help programs that serve women - especially mothers of young children - with resources to build better futures. A nonprofit, nongovernmental, international development organization to end chronic hunger and poverty through sustainable development.
• Freedom from Religion Foundation - They publish a lively, informative newsletter called Freethought Today.

• GAIN - Gynaecological Awareness Information Network in Australia - established by women whose lives have been irreparably altered by gynaecological conditions and subsequent treatment.
• The Garden of Fertility: A Guide to Charting your Fertility Signals to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy -- Naturally -- and to Gauge your Reproductive Health by Katie Singer. This book, published in 2004, describes the changes a woman experiences throughout the menstrual cycle; how to chart your fertility signals (the waking temperature and cervical fluid); how to determine, by fertility charts, when you are fertile and not fertile; how to practice natural birth control that is virtually as effective as the Pill; and when to time intercourse if you want to conceive. It explains how to identify, by your fertility charts, whether you're ovulating, indicating a propensity for thyroid problems, poly-cystic ovarian syndrome, or miscarriage. It tells how to establish and identify unambiguous infertility while breastfeeding, and how to identify that ovulatory cycles are resuming. GardenofFertility.com includes several articles about Fertility Awareness, photos showing the changes the cervix goes through during a menstrual cycle unless a woman's on the Pill, fertility charts that can be downloaded at no charge, and more.
• Girls Inc - Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
• GirlMom.com - a politically progressive, left-aligned, pro-choice, feminist website with a mission to support young mothers, of all backgrounds, in their struggles for reproductive freedom and social support.
• Global Abortion News Updates - This feature provides a brief look at new developments in abortion law and policy around the world. Updated monthly.
• Global Campaign for Microbicides and Prevention Options for Women - The word "microbicides" refers to a range of different products that share one common characteristic: the ability to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) when applied topically. A microbicide could be produced in many forms, including gels, creams, suppositories, films, or as a sponge or ring that releases the active ingredient over time.
• Global Fund For Women - Supports women's human rights throughout the world.
• Global Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF) - women of color web - explores the intersection of gender and "race" on topics such as feminism, sexuality, and reproductive health and rights.
• Good for Her - Toronto's cozy, comfortable and accessible place where women and their admirers can find a variety of high quality sex toys, books, videos, workshops, sensual art, and much more.
• Grandmothers for Peace
• GrassRoots.org  - stories of scores of innovative grassroots programs run by local heroes who have found effective ways to build on the strengths of their communities to make them better.
• Grassrootsinfo.org - grassroots environmental education.
• Gray Panthers - working on universal health care, jobs with a living wage and the right to organize, preservation of Social Security, affordable housing, access to quality education, economic justice, environment, peace, and challenging ageism, sexism, racism.
• Guerrilla Girls - getting attention on issues that matter.

• Hampshire College - Campus and Community Organizing for Reproductive Freedom.
• Hard Hatted Women - Cleveland-based group for women in nontraditional jobs -- its founders were a telephone repair technician, a steelworker and a truck driver.
• Harvard Medical School on Women's Health - Women's health concerns cover a wide spectrum. While many health conditions affect both men and women, a number of health issues affect only women and some are more prevalent in women.
• Healing Choice - especially for post-abortion women -- devoted to enriching the emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual lives of women.
• Healing the Children-Florida - information on becoming a host family to victims of acid attacks and other crimes.
• Healthy Teen Network is a national membership network that serves as a leader, a national voice, and an educational resource to professionals working in the area of adolescent reproductive health – specifically pregnancy prevention, pregnancy and parenting.
• Healthy Youth Alliance in WA State
• Her Health - holistic health magazine encouraging healthy lifestyles for women and positive body image.
• Herspace - the newtwork for evolving women.
• Hesperian Foundation - Publishing health books for health-workers developing nations in many languages; committed to improving the health of people in poor communities by making health information accessible. Publishes a book called Where Women Have No Doctor, and a book for midwives, as well as books on disability.
• HIV, Health and Your Community: a Guide for Action takes a grass-roots approach to preventing the spread of HIV. It emphasizes prevention, is designed for disadvantaged communities, and is liberally illustrated. Authors' proceeds donated to community-based AIDS organizations. Published by Hesperian Foundation.
• HPV (the human papillomavirus), the primary cause of cervical cancer, and the HPV test
• HolisticMoms.org
• Humanism - believe every human being has the right to adequate food, health care, education, and housing, and the right to choose and build his or her future.
• Hysterectomy Alternatives and Consequences. Independent international non-profit women's health education organization. Provides free information packet. Physician referral.
• Evaluating HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) - by Liz Moore

• I Wanna Know- a teen health site with dynamic reliable sexual health information" for teens and parents, from the American Social Health Association.
• Ibis Reproductive Health and the Population Council - a multi-language website dedicated to medication abortion.  http://www.medicationabortion.com/ is designed to provide accurate information about medication abortion to health service providers including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, counselors, and office staff. Educational information is also provided for women considering the option of medication abortion.  http://www.medicationabortion.com/ is also available in English, French, and Arabic. 
• Idaho Women's Network
• imnotsorry.net - a website where women can speak about positive abortion experiences
• Indranet - Alternative/natural health and healing information for women
• International Association of Abortion Doctors
• International Planned Parenthood Federation
• International Women's Health Coalition
• Institute for Women's Policy Research - stimulating the debate on public policy issues of importance to women and their families: poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation.
• Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community - setting an agenda to reduce/eliminate domestic violence in the African American community.
• It's Your (Sex) Life - sex, birth control, protection - info for teens - from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
• Journal of the American Women's Medical Association (JAMWA)
• Juneau (Alaska) Pro-Choice Coalition
• Kaiser Family Foundation Reproductive Health Daily Email News Report - Kaiser Family Foundation website is chock-full of valuable abortion, choice, and health information and news.
• The Keeper - a specially made reusable device for catching monthly menstrual flow.
• La Leche League International -  support and assistance for breastfeeding women.
• La Manga Health Centre - to assist women who have used Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Large Women's Resources - NAAFA, www.sizewise.com, www.fatso.com
• Leadership Conference for Civil Rights - LCCR is the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse coalition of over 180 organizations committed to the protection of civil and human rights in the United States.
• League of Women Voters
• Library of Congress - Thomas Guide - U.S. federal legislation, congressional votes, info on legislative process.
• Lilith Fair
• Living and Loving Project - provides training and support to people with developmental disabilities in the areas of relationships, sexuality and abuse prevention. Located in Northern California.
• Living the Legacy - 1998 is the 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement, launched at the world's first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
• Lupus affects nine times more women than men, and is more prevalent among people of color. Lupus Foundation of America.
• Majority 2000 Project - news, opinions, surveys, and resources to raise awareness and encourage women's political involvement.
• Maternity Wise - helping women make informed decisions about pregnancy and childbirth.
• Medical Students for Choice
• Medication Abortion - Ibis Reproductive Health and the Population Council are pleased to announce the launch of a Spanish version of http://www.medicationabortion.com/, a multi-language website dedicated to medication abortion.  http://www.medicationabortion.com/ is designed to provide accurate information about medication abortion to health service providers including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, counselors, and office staff. Educational information is also provided for women considering the option of medication abortion.  http://www.medicationabortion.com/ is also available in English, French, and Arabic. 
• Men & Abortion: practical information, discussion and stories about men’s experiences with abortion.
• Menopause Metamorphosis - Gentle solutions for body, mind, and spirit - alternative approaches, herbal remedies, wise woman support. Your body knows more about menopause than your doctor does! Solutions for: thyroid health, fibromyalgia, hairy problems, male menopause, fertility after forty, herbs for women taking HRT, and insights from Susun Weed.
• Menstruation - connecting heart, mind, body and spirit - about women, the moon and their menstrual cycles.
• Merger Watch - monitoring the merger of Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals and health care systems, organizing to maintain access to reproductive care.
• Mifepristone - the new early abortion pill made by Danco.
• Million Moms March on Mother's Day to bring an end to gun violence.
• Minority Women and Eating Disorders, the Untold Story- by Marian Fitzgibbon and Melinda Stolley
• Moms4Moms - a comprehensive website by a network of homemakers, based in Malaysia, focussing onworking at home, parenting, caring for the community/environment and health/gender issues.
• Mom's Refuge - Special website for moms trying to juggle it all - healthy food, quality time, educational activities. A content rich site, covering everything from careers to cooking, taxes to teething.
• Ms Foundation for Women
• Ms Magazine - Editorally free, no advertisements, the magazine for women.
• Museum of Menstruation - Discover the rich history of menstruation, menstrual pad alternatives, and selected topics of women's health.
• National Abortion Federation - Professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada, to preserve and enhance the quality and accessibility of abortion services. FWHC is a member.
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) - Current information on legislative and political threats to choice, how to support pro-choice candidates and legislation. Stay informed through NARAL's Choice Action Network.
• National Asian Women's Health Organization
• National Association of Social Workers - working for patient's bill of rights, against hate crimes, protecting social security.
• National Black Women's Health Project
• National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support - the coalition of grassroots groups leading the fight around the reauthorization of welfare reform in 2002.
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• National Coalition Against Censorship - working to stop censorship of sexuality information in public education.
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council of Negro Women
• National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) - assuring access to voluntary, comprehensive family planning and reproductive health care services worldwide.
• National Network of Abortion Funds - association of grassroots funds across the U.S. Through direct grants or loans, NNAF members help more than 10,000 women and girls annually obtain abortion services. FWHC is a member.
• National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
• National Organization for Men Against Sexism
• National Organization for Women
• NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
• National Partnership for Women & Families - Searchable site with practical consumer guides, fact sheets, sophisticated policy analysis on workplace fairness and flexibility, and health care issues important to women and families.
• National Women's Health Alliance - to educate women about their health and medical choices.
• National Women's Health Network
• National Women's History Project
• National Women's Law Center
• National Women's Political Caucus - national multi-partisan grassroots membership organization dedicated to electing and appointing women to office.
• Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center - a reservation-based, non-profit in Lake Andes, SD serving Native American women and their families and keeping our community aware of pertinent health issues. Website and clearinghouse make the Resource Center's publications on women's health, environmental health, and domestic violence available to the community at large.
• New Jersey Clinic Defense Collective - coordinating statewide response to threatened blockades of women's health care facilities.
• New Moon - A Magazine for Girls.
• New Routes - Using local media made by immigrants to improve the health of immigrants. 
• Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse - sponsors support groups, safety planning, individual counseling, legal advocacy and community organizing for folks of all genders.
• Northwest Women Flyfishers -promotion, education and support of women in the sport of fly fishing, the encouragement and advocacy of conservation, the increase of wild fish and the restoration of streams and lakes in the Northwest. Local sponsors of Casting for Recovery retreat for women recovering from breast cancer to experience physical, emotional and spiritual healing through a retreat in a natural setting.
• Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas - book published by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective is thrilled to announce this Spanish-language cultural adaptation of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
• 9 to 5 / National Association of Working Women - strengthens women's ability to work for economic justice.
• NoPeriod.com - a website that explores menstrual suppresion by using birth control pills.
• Not2Late.com - Emergency Contraception Hotline: 1-888-NOT-2-LATE.
• Off Our Backs - a feminist newsjournal about women's lives and feminist activism, a forum for feminist theory, as well as a resource on feminist, women's, and lesbian culture.
• Oklahoma Coalition for Quality in Women's Health Care - concerned with the dangerous trend of merging Catholic and non-Catholic health services and the resulting loss of reproductive care. From experience, early intervention is the BEST cure!
• Older Women's League - the voice of mid-life and older women.
• "On Hostile Ground" - A compelling documentary film explores violence against abortion providers through the eyes of three dedicated U.S. abortion providers. Puts a "human face" on abortion doctors, challenging the campaign of misinformation perpetuated by the anti-abortion movement.
• Osteoporosis - Rosemary C. Fisher reversed osteoporosis by diet and exercise. Her books give the recipes and instructions.
• Othmer Institute - associated at Planned Parenthood of New York. Advancing reproductive freedom through media and advertising.
• Our Bodies, Our Selves by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. See a book review in the New York Times.
• Our Heartbreaking Choices: Forty-Six Women Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy book by Christie Brooks is available for purchase through iUniverse, Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, and Booksamillion.com.
• Our Truths / Nuestras Verdades, a bilingual zine that gives voice to abortion stories both online and in print.
• Oxygen.com - The first online and on-air network for Women.
• Pacific Institute for Women's Health
• Paradise Productions - Cine Qua Non - filmakers of "The Abortion Pill" (1997 PBS), "Fatherhood, USA" (1998 PBS), "Live Free or Die" about an illegal abortion provider in New Hampshire and "Help Wanted" a documentary about the increasingly urgent need to train and protect abortion providers.
• Pathfinder International - delivering reproductive health care to women and men in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
• Peace After Abortion - Distress after abortion is often connected to another unresolved painful event in life. You can begin the healing process by exploring these pages.
• PeaceWorks - an art film/documentary about individuals/communities healing from domestic violence.
• People for the American Way - monitors and counters the divisive agenda of the Religious Right political movement.
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
• People's Decade of Human Rights Education - if people understand human rights they could also understand women's human rights! One cannot go without the other ... however most people do not know what human rights is all abou. (No one person's human rights can violate another person's human rights.) Read here about "Sustainable Human Rights Communities."
• Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health - enables concerned physicians to take a more active and visible role in support of universal reproductive health.
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Pierce County AIDS Foundation
• Plan B - one pill progestin-only emergency contraceptive, morning after pill to prevent pregnancy after sex.
• Planet - building support for international family planning.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Planned Parenthood of New York City
• Political Research Associates - helping Americans understand threats to Democracy and diversity.
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA) - national non-profit run by women with PCOS, educating healthcare providers to recognize and understand PCOS and all treatment options, providing an advocacy network, including social support, for women with PCOS and their families.
• PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - Northwestern University has a website dedicated to the study of PCOS where women can find details about signing up for the school’s studies: http://www.pcos.northwestern.edu/
• Population Action International
• Population Council - An international, nonprofit, non-governmental institution to improve the wellbeing and reproductive health around the world and to achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and builds research capacities in developing countries.
• Population Law
• Coalition for Positive Sexuality - grassroots, not-for-profit, activist organization providing teens with candid sex education materials.
• "Power Surge"  (Features online chats, AOL's Women's Interest Channel, Community Conference Online, regularly scheduled chat guests. Also weekly talks with naturopaths, authors and doctors.)
• Preconception - advice for those who are trying to conceive.
• Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook - designed for women who are unsure, or troubled, or can't decide. It covers all three choices - parenting, abortion, and adoption even-handedly, and focuses on emotional tools to get clear about how she feels and what her support network is. Contact Peg J. (607) 785-3429  $3 postage paid in advance. Send to Ferre Institute, 124 Front St., Binghamton, NY 13905. Fax (607) 724-8290.
• Prentif Cervical Cap - As of March 2005, Prentif Cervical Cap is no longer available and it's manufacturer has dissolved the company. However, Femcap and Lea's Shield remain available in the USA.
• Preven Emergency Contraception Kit (Gynetics) - special kit on sale now in pharmacies, for now a prescription is needed. We look forward to the day where it is available everywhere without a prescription.
• Prevention is the cure - an on-going, grassroots effort to educate women and their families about how to reduce the risks of breast cancer.
• Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children, (book) by Terri Casey. 1998. Collection of interviews with 25 women who have chosen not to have children. Their stories dispel the myth that women need children to be happy.
• Pro-Choice Action Network - Information about abortion in Canada, with a focus on British Columbia. Excellent articles, opinions, and background info.
• Pro-Choice Public Education Project - More than 50 organizations working together to protect choice.
• Progressive Government - good place to learn about how government works - including The Cabinet.
• Project Voice - a forum for all women to share their personal experiences with abortion.
• Project Vote Smart
• Public Religion Project - publishes Sightings an interesting magazine tracking intersection of religion and public policy.
• Rain Without Thunder - A movie titled Rain Without Thunder offers “a glimpse at how life in America might be  if the current legislation and judicial weakening of Roe v. Wade continues.”
• Rainbow Center - a resource center for the LGBTQA community in Pierce County, Washington State.
• Red Moon Rising 'Web Sight' - women's spirituality and/or religious concepts related with menstruation.
• Red Web - educating women and girls about the positive aspects of menarche, menstruation and menopause.
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice - every major religious group in the US supports choice.
• Religious Tolerance - Ontario Committee - Very interesting review of 63 different faiths. Includes "hot topics" section on abortion and homosexuality.
• Refuse and Resist - young women building a resistance movement, special information for students at high schools where Operation Rescue pickets.
• Religious Institute On Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing - read their statements in supoort of abortion rights.
• Reproductive Health Technologies Project - Information about emerging issues in reproductive health.
• Republicans for Choice
• Republican Pro-Choice Coalition
• Research Action and Information for Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) - addresses reproductive health issues affecting African immigrant and refugee women in the U.S., including female genital mutilation
• Ricki Lake - "You'll be amazed at how far you go when you don't go all the way."
• Roe v Wade - complete text of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the USA.
• Roe v Wade - 25th Anniversary in 1998
• The Rubber Tree - a great Seattle store with a huge selection of condoms online and in the store.
• Safe Cosmetics - stopping the ingedients that cause cancer, birth defects, gene mutations.
• Safe Motherhood Initiative - to raise global awareness about the tragedy of maternal deaths and illnesses.
• SaferSex.org - dedicated to open direct communication about sex, condoms, and safer sex.
• Said It - Feminist news, culture, politics. Published in Seattle.
• SaveROE.com - For information on judiciary nominations, to promote and protect reproductive health rights
• Scarleteen.com - sex education for the real world
  
• SeattleBusinessList.com
• See Change Campaign - Catholics For A Free Choice is working to change the status of the Vatican and the Pope within the UN so that it is equal to (not higher than) other religions and non-governmental organizations. You can help by sending a postcard. See also BBC Article.
• Sex Ed for Grown Ups - brought to you by NARAL Pro-Choice America and Em and Lo
• Sex Etc - a sexuality and health newsletter written by teens for teens.
• Sex Radio - wSEXradio.com - committed to a thorough open-minded discussion of human sexuality. Revealing interviews, in-depth discussion, listeners hear what sex means to different people around the world. A free and unbiased exchange of ideas, moving toward a more natural, healthy and celebrated sex life.
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States - authors of From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children by Debra Haffner, and LOTS more great educational materials!
• She's Got Network - for women - on everything from power, money, men, food, travel, to mothering.
• Shop4Choice - online shopping websites raise money to pay for abortion services for women with limited resources.
• Sisters Network - a National African-American Breast Cancer Survivors Support Group.
• Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective meets at Spelman College in Atlanta to promote health services, information and resources that are culturally and linguistically appropriate through the integration of the disciplines of community organizing, self-help and human rights education.
• Society for Menstrual Cycle Research - a nonprofit organization and multidisciplinary group of women pioneers in understanding the centrality of menstrual cycle research to women's health.
• Southern Poverty Law Center - monitors and counters acts of hate, intolerance, and discrimination through litigation and education.
• Sound Opportunities - Biweekly publication listing jobs and volunteer opportunities with progressive non-profit organizations in WA and OR.
• South Carolina Advocates for Pregnant Women - protecting the rights and welfare of pregnant women, new mothers, and their families.
• Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom - pro-faith, pro-choice website for youth, students and young adults.
• State by State guide to abortion laws in the U.S.
• stateline.org was founded in order to help journalists, policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed about innovative public policies.
• Stentsitive® vaginal dilators - used by women around the world to help resolve a variety of problems such as vaginal stenosis vaginismus, vaginal hypoplasia, and vaginal agenesis.
• Suite101 - Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing for women's health. Personal empowerment and physical wellbeing. Rediscover the Wise Woman Tradition with Susun Weed. A view of health that is woman-centered and empowering.
• Summit Medical Center Abortion Links
• Sunshine for Women - the place on the internet for women and men who love women.
• SupremeCourtWatch.org - keeping the public informed about cases before the Supreme Court and vacancies should they occur.
• Susun Weed - Herbal Medicine and Spirit Healing for Wise Women and Green Witches - Natural alternatives for: menopause, osteoporosis, pregnancy, fertility issues, breast health and cancer prevention. Hundreds of woman-friendly links, a forum to share experiences and lots of information about Susun Weed - herbalist and author of women's health books - workshops, intensives, apprenticeships, and correspondence courses.
• TaharaProject - raising money for a film on female circumcision by Sara Rashad, a filmmaker from Santa Monica, CA.
• "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" - every year in April - sponsored by the Ms. Foundation for Women.
• Talking With Kids- encourages parents to talk with children early and often about sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, and alcohol and drug abuse. English and Spanish
• Team Survivor NW - health education and exercise programs for women affected by cancer in all stages of treatment, recovery and survivorship to encourage women cancer survivors to take an active role in their health and well-being and promote regular exercise and wellness.
• teenwire.com - a private place for teens about sexuality, sexual health and relationships, from Planned Parenthood.
• Teen Advice Online
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention - from teens, parents, schools, government and society.
• Teen Talking Circle Project
• Teen Voices - more than a magazine, it's about girls being themselves and realizing their potentials.
• Third Wave - organization dedicated to the next wave of feminism.
• Transitions for Women - all natural, alternative health care products to improve the health and lives of menopause-aged women.
• Triangle Square - serving the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allied communities of Pierce, South King and North Thurston counties in Washington State - to become more visible, safe and inclusive.
• Ultimate Birth Control Links - Eductional yet humorous listing of information about all methods of birth control so individuals of all ages can make informed decisions.  Includes links for the Pill, IUD, hormonal injections including DepoProvera and Lunelle, condoms, spermicides, cervical cap, vasectomy, tubal ligation, and information about how to choose.
• United Nations Family Planning Association - extends assistance to developing countries at their request to help address reproductive health for women, men and families.
• United Indians of All Tribes - provides vital social and educational services to more than 25,000 Native Americans, from early child development and family counseling to housing homeless youth and preparing meals for the elderly. Based at Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Seattle's Discovery Park.
  
• University of Iowa - Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) - Sponsors very interesting activities in Iowa City, Iowa. Great annotated list of online links.
• University of Michigan Women's Health Resource Center
• University of WA - School of Social Work website contains POLICY WATCH, a weekly bulletin about issues and events in Olympia, WA during the legislative session. This bulletin focuses primarily on health, social welfare, and low-income issues.
• Unplanned Pregnancy page - from The Mining Company
• Unsure About Your Pregnancy? Excellent information in a comprehensive guide to help you make the choice that is right for you (go to "If You Are Pregnant" and follow the link to "Your Choices."
• Uppity Mamas - online parenting 'zine for hip mothers.
• UPRISE - Uterine Prolapse Research Information Support and Education - for women suffering from pelvic floor disorders, including prolapse of the uterus or other pelvic organs, and incontinence.
  
• U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health (PHS OWH) - sponsored National Women's Health Information website.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
• Verbena - An organization building vibrant communities for lesbians, bisexual & queer women, and transgendered individuals through health advocacy, education, support & access to care.
• Virtual Sisterhood - multilingual site to advance women's rights through online discussions
• Voices - at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, CA, VOICES is a non-profit magazine by students of the Women's College. Our magazine was started as an outlet for women to express their concerns and ideas regarding women's issues.
• Voter.com - check the voting record of all your representatives - local, state and federal. Voter.com will send you daily and/or weekly updates via email. Informed voting! What a wonderful concept! Especially good for those who have recently moved and don't yet know who local reps are...
• VoterRightsMarch and VoterMarchSeattle - voicing outrage over the fraud and disenfranchisement of voters that occurred in election 2000.
• Voters for Choice - national independent and bipartisan organization whose sole purpose is to elect pro-choice candidates.
• Voters for Choice Education Fund
• Vote Smart - excellent user-friendly resource for non-partisan voter voting records on wide range of issues.1-800-622-SMART.
• WAND - Formerly Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament to end the threat of nuclear annihilation, WAND continues today as Women’s Action for New Directions whose agenda is to empower women to act politically, to reduce militarism and violence, to redirect excessive military resources toward human and environmental needs.
• Washington State NOW - includes legislative info about the WA legislature.newsletter.
• Washington Women United - a coalition of groups and individuals concerned about women's issues in the Washington legislature.
• Weaving the Red Web - educating women and girls about the positive aspects of menarche, menstruation and menopause.
• Webgrrls - Ask the experts for internet assistance.
• Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition in Seattle
• Westchester (New Jersey) Coalition for Legal Abortion
• WHAM: Women's Health Action Mobilization - a direct action group committed to demanding, securing and defending absolute reproductive freedom and quality health care for all women.
• White House Project - campaign to help launch women into successful campaigns for the U.S. presidency and other key positions. You can help make it happen by voting for five U.S. women who you think have shown the potential to lead our nation.
• WISH List (Women in the Senate and House)
• Woman Made Gallery - an alternative community where the artistic values and criteria are determined by women, for women.
• WomanSource Catalog Online - Links to the best women-powered sites on the web and online home of The WomanSource Catalog & Review.
• Women as Allies - Using The Richness of Our Differences and The Power of Our Commonalties - a multiracial, multicultural group of women making a conscious effort never to gain social, political, economic or personal success at the expense of another woman.
• Women for Women - Women in Bosnia have suffered the horrors of rape and genocide at hands of the Serbian Army. Women for Women is an interfaith, non-profit humanitarian organization providing emotional and financial support for women survivors of war.
• Women Halting Online Abuse - Advice on distinguishing safe sites from abusive ones.
• Women Leaders Online - Women Organizing for Change.
• Women Make Movies
• Women of the World - Formal laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives, from the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.
• Women of Wisdom Foundation - formerly part of Seattle Unity Church - dedicated to women's inner wisdom and healing arts.
• Women on Waves - Rebecca Gomperts, an abortion provider who is making plans to operate a floating women's health clinic in international waters. Gomperts hopes to perform safe, shipboard abortions for women who live in countries where abortion is illegal.
• Women on Web - Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves, has launched Women on Web to offer information about medical abortion in six languages, as well as women’s stories that can be sorted and searched by themes.
• women2women.com - women's community on the web with Eva Shaderowfsky.

• womenCONNECT.com - a source for women in businenss.
• Women's Action for New Directions - to empower women to act to reduce violence and militarism, and redirect excessive military resources toward unmet human and environmental needs.
• Women's E-News - providing a professional news service to the public and the media, policy makers and opinion shapers, covering the news about issues of importance to women. It's the best!
• Women's Funding Alliance - Puget Sound's resource for women and girls.
• Women's Health Specialists - with lots of self-help information
• Womensnet - Global activist network regarding global policy and development issues
• Womenspace - for young women and girls to discuss growing up.
• Women Count - aims to mobilize women voters.
• Women's Campaign Fund - mission to elect pro-choice women at every level of elected office.
• Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) - international advocacy network to transform society to achieve a healthy and peaceful planet with social, political, economic and environmental justice for all.
• Women's Equality Summit -   Monday and Tuesday, March 15-16, 1999, in Washington, DC. To bring together leaders and members of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), made up of over 100 groups representing millions of women nationwide.
• Women's Fly Fishing
• Women's Forum - for women with business on the web.
• Women's Health - from The Mining Company
• women's health - emerging differences between women and men.
• Women's Health Information Center - a Project of The Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Women's Health Matters - based in Canada, good info on a huge range of health topics with an especially good section on sexual health.
• Women's Health Specialists - based in CA, their website has lots of great info.
• Women's Health Statewide - in South Australia.
• Women's Human Rights
• Women's Information Network - Washington DC's premier professional, political and social network dedicated to empowering women.
• Women's International Center - list of links to tons of great groups.
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - works through peaceful means for world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all.
• Women's International Net - WIN - a magazine about women, by women, for women, all over the world.
• Women's Resources on the Net - list of links and organizations.
• Working Assets Long Distance - Donates 1% of long distance phone service income to progressive nonprofit groups that users help select. Great phone service at competitive low rates - with commitment to social justice.
• World Congress on Men's Health
  
• Wrinkle.com - Humor for Women in Mid-life
• www.OBGYN.net - lots of health info.
• wwwomen.com - directory of websites for news and much more about and for women.
• www.teenwire.com - the safe place in Cyberspace about sexual health and relationships.
• Young Women's Health Page - a Web site developed by Oregon high school students and the Center for Women's Health at Oregon Health Sciences University.
• Youth Resource, a project of advocates for youth
• YWCA of the USA supports the right of every woman to make an individual decision on abortion based upon her own religious and ethical beliefs. The YWCA's mission is to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism through programs such as child care, domestic violence response and  prevention, shelters, fitness, and social justice programs.

page updated May 31, 2011

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