Readers share favorite advocacy Web sites
Readers share favorite advocacy Web sites
Which Web sites advocating reproductive health issues are visited by Contraceptive Technology Update readers? A look at our fax inbox and mailbag reveals a wide variety of choices.
Thanks to these CTU readers for their submissions: Sue Bullington, RN, OB/GYN nurse practitioner with the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville; Donna Rae Faulkner, outreach educator with Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic in Homer, AK; Jen Gall, executive assistant with Medical Students for Choice in Berkeley, CA; and Suzanne Ward, RNP, nurse practitioner at University of California, San Diego Student Health Center. Keep those suggestions coming! (See the form inserted in this issue.)
1. Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP): www.clasp.org. CLASP, a Washington, DC-based national nonprofit organization with expertise in law and policy affecting the poor, uses education, policy research, and advocacy to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to the U.S. civil justice system. The site offers listings and ordering information for CLASP’s publications and audiocassettes, which cover such subjects as the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant, which replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program; state family cap policies that limit aid to welfare families with a new child; and teen parent/welfare issues.
2. Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP): www.crlp.org. The CRLP is a New York City-based nonprofit legal and policy advocacy organization that promotes women’s reproductive rights. CRLP’s domestic and international programs engage in litigation, policy analysis, legal research, and public education to ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services. Access the on-line version of the organization’s Reproductive Freedom News newsletter.
3. Medical Students for Choice: www.ms4c. org. Medical Students for Choice was founded in 1993 by students concerned about the shortage of abortion care providers, the lack of abortion education in medical schools, and escalating violence against those who offer abortion services. Today, the Berkeley, CA-based group represent students at more than 100 medical schools across the United States and Canada. Check out the group’s newsletter on-line, as well as its "Resources" section for videos on reproductive health subjects.
4. National Cervical Cancer Coalition: www.nccc-online.org. The National Cervical Cancer Coalition is a Van Nuys, CA-based coalition of women’s groups, cytotechnologists, pathologists, laboratories, technology companies, hospitals, and other associations seeking to educate the public about the benefits, limitations, and reimbursement difficulties related to cervical cancer screening tests. New cervical/gynecological technologies, treatments, and research are available at this site.
5. National Vulvodynia Association: www. nva.org. The National Vulvodynia Association is a Silver Spring MD-based nonprofit organization created in 1994 to help individuals affected by vulvodynia, a spectrum of chronic vulvar pain disorders. The association educates affected women to help them make informed treatment choices and develop self-help strategies. It also offers a centralized source of information on suspected causes, current treatments, and ongoing research for providers and patients. The site offers answers to frequently-asked questions about the disorder.
6. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: www.siecus.org. The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States is a New York City-based organization dedicated to affirming that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life. It develops, collects, and disseminates information on the subject, promotes comprehensive education, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. Its on-line archive of SHOP (School Health Opportunities and Progress) Talk newsletters offers good resources for those who work with adolescent populations.
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