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A great resource on Teen Sexual and Dating Health

Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

MomDadImPregnant.com is a site designed to aid communication between teens and parents around pregnancy related issues.

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BREAST and CERVICAL HEALTH

"Search for Acing Your Gynecological Exam" on Teenwire's Warehouse. "Getting a gynecological exam is probably the easiest medical appointment you'll ever have. So throw away those fears of specula, "on stirrups," cold hands, and listen up — here's what you need to know".

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: Helpful information and support on Breast Cancer. Helpline: (800) 462-9273

A comprehensive site for Breast Cancer information, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support options.

Iowa University's virtual hospital information on PAP Smears.

University of Penn general cancer information

You can find out more about Pap smears and cancer related issues by contacting the following organizations: (Some multilingual information is available):

National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service
(800) 422-6237

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center
(202) 863-2518

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Online Pregnancy Options Workbook from the Ferre Institute, Inc., 124 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905 | (607) 724-4308 | fax: (607) 724-8290

"If you are considering abortion, you're probably concerned about making the right decision. You might have spiritual concerns you want to address as you consider whether abortion is the right choice for you. Including your spirituality in your decision-making can enrich and enhance this experience in your life."

Medical versus Surgical Abortion information.

Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project helps provide safe and legal reproductive healthcare for low-income women across the nation. Shop online to donate to fund. 6245 Bristol Parkway # 308, Culver City, CA 90230, Phone (323) 223-7727

Need Financial Assistance? The National Network of Abortion Funds is an association of forty-eight grassroots abortion funds across the U.S. Helping women with limited financial resources get assistance. Or call us at FCHC maybe we can help.

Considering an Abortion? Great resources for decision making from the National ACN (Abortion Care Network – formerly NCAP National Coalition of Abortion Providers)

National Abortion Federation General Fact Sheets

First Trimester Abortion Information

Abortion Option Fact Sheets from the Guttmacher Institute.

"Methotrexate and Misoprostaol to Terminate Early Preganancy" New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 333. No 9 (Avg. 31. 1995)

Abortion Access is a great website full of information, resources, and advocacy.

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Because an unanticipated pregnancy can cause you to look at your life in a different light, we have compiled a list of resources that may be of help to you. Once you are pregnant there is no way forward without sacrifice.

ChoiceLinkUp is a comprehensive list of pro-choice resources that can help make your search easier.

Here are some additional sites specifically about abortion.

Backline is a toll free Talk Line dedicated to pregnancy-related topics. If you wish to talk about abortion, you can call both before and after abortion.

Exhale is a telephone service that creates a social climate where each person’s unique experience with abortion is supported, respected and free from stigma. Exhale provides services, training and education to empower individuals, families and communities to achieve post-abortion health and well-being.

Imagine Counseling: Charlotte Taft and Shelley Oram provide telephone counseling before and after abortion. Tell Ms. Taft you were referred by Falls Church Healthcare Center to take advantage of her "Introductory" COUPON.

Inner Healing After Abortion is an easy to read booklet that offers practical tools for finding peace with the abortion decision.

MenAndAbortion.com offers answers to the most frequently asked questions about abortion, factual, emotional and spiritual and well as other resources.

Peace After Abortion is a post abortion self-help guide for women and men.

The Pregnancy Options Workbook is a complete guide to making decisions about pregnancy, including information on each option, spiritual and religious concerns, information for men and help with getting support.

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is an organization of clergy from all faiths who support reproductive freedom. 1025 Vermont Ave. NW #1130 Washington DC 20005 | (202) 628-7700.

Catholics for Free Choice (CFFC) offers pro-choice information for Catholics, decision-making tools and guided meditations. 1436 U St. NW #301 Washington DC 20009 | (202) 986-6093 also in Spanish and Portuguese.

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National Abortion Rights Action League - 1101 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 A very active chapter in Virginia has insured FCHC ability to offer you pro-choice gynecology services. For more than 30 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the nation's leading advocate for privacy and a woman's right to choose.

National Abortion Federation - NAF 1755 Massachusetts Ave. #600 Washington DC 20036 | (202) 667-5881 Consumer Hotline: (800) 772-9100 | The mission of the National Abortion Federation is to ensure safe, legal, and accessible abortion care to promote health and justice for women.

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy - 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005,
The Center for Reproductive Rights (formerly the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide.

Public Funding for Abortion, American Civil Liberties Union
The Hyde Amendment allows states to determine whether or not to allow Medicaid pay for abortion procedures. Only 17 states allow public funding for abortions, leaving a huge number of American women unable to pay for an abortion. The ACLU opposes the Hyde Amendment and its far reaching implications.

National Women's Law Center - 11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036, 202 588-5180 | The National Women’s Law Center has worked since its inception in 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.

Southern Poverty Law Center - 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, Al 36104,.
The Southern Poverty Law Center teaches tolerance, monitors violence and provides valuable advocacy services.

News coverage of Refuse and Resist!
In the tradition of the Refuse & Resist! organization, this website provides a collection of diverse viewpoints about the "fundamentalist right-wing morality imposed by the state" and many efforts to resist that repression.

Reproductive Health Education

Alan Guttmacher Institute
The leading think tank on sexual and reproductive health issues in the United States and worldwide.

Advocates for Youth - 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005 | (202) 347-5700 | Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

La Iniciativa Latina - 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW #1130, Washington, DC 20005 | (202) 628-7700 | La meta de La Iniciativa Latina es ayudar a las comunidades Latinas aplicar la sexualidad humana desde una perspectiva informativa por fe. Esto será hecho posible a través de la educación, preparación, y foros abiertos y incluyendo y no limitado a la educación comprensiva sobre la educación de sexualidad, educación de salud reproductiva y justicia, la prevención del embarazo de adolescentes, la VIH/Sida desde una perspectiva religioso que refleja un entendimiento de la cultura latina.

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Inc.
NFPRHA members provide comprehensive preventive health care services at more than 4,000 health centers to nearly 4 million women and men annually. Everyday our members help people act responsibly, stay healthy and plan for strong families.

Abortion Networking

National Network of Abortion Funds
A network of over 100 grassroots groups in more than 40 states that help women pay for abortion services.

Abortion Care Network
The national ACN (Abortion Care Network – formerly NCAP - National Coalition of Abortion Providers.) is a 501(c) non-profit, membership organization that represents the political, business and networking needs of independent abortion providers across the country. 1625 K Street, NW, Suite 1020; Washington, DC 20006 | (202) 419-1444

Medical Students for Choice
The United States and Canada face a dangerous shortage of trained abortion providers. MS4C works to make sure students are trained in abortion procedures. Falls Church Healthcare Center is proud to be an extern training site.

Clinic Volunteers and Escorts , WACDTF (Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force) P.O. Box 21796 , Washington, DC 20009 | (202) 797-6577 | The Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force is an all-volunteer, non-violent group founded in the 1980s to promote peaceful and safe access to women's health clinics in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. A very active volunteer team in Virginia has insured FCHC ability to offer you pro-choice gynecology services.

Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
PRCH is a national network of pro-choice physicians who are committed to providing and advocating for the best possible care for patients.

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Blanchard, Dallas, The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Rise of the Religious Right: From Polite to Fiery Protest, Twayne Publications, 1994. 177 pages. Chronicles the evolution of the anti-abortion movement, analysis of various pro-life arguments. Bonavoglia, Angela, The Choices We Made, Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion, Random House, New York, 1991. 201 pages. Interviews with celebrities on how they dealt with the traumas of illegal or secretive abortions.

Carmen, Arlene and Howard Moody, Abortion Counseling and Social Change: From Illegal Act to Medical Practice, Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1973. 122 pages. The story of the Clergy Counseling Service and of its involvement with the first abortion clinic in New York City, with commentary on religion and abortion. Written by two of the founders of the CCS.

Costa, Marie, Abortion: A Reference Handbook, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1991. 237 pages. A general handbook of facts about abortion, including a brief section about abortion in ancient times through the eighteenth century, a timeline from 1803 to 1991, short bios of leaders in both the pro-choice and the anti-abortion movements, a directory of organizations, a bibliography, a list of films and videos, and a resource list
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Devins, Neal, Shaping Constitutional Values: Elected Government, the Supreme Court, and the Abortion Debate, Johns Hopkins U Press, 1996. 193 pages. An investigation into how elected government impacts constitutional law taking abortion legislation and debates as its nucleus. Includes a detailed study of Roe v. Wade.

Ebersole, Lucinda, Coming to Terms: A Literary Response to Abortion, W.W. Norton & Co, 1995. 183 pages. Dozens of short story and fiction excerpts provide a literary response to abortion, going beyond the usual medical focus to gather the varied literary reflections of such notable writers as Langston Hughes, Richard Brautigan and Gloria Naylor.

Dworkin, Ronald, Life's Dominion: An Argument about Abortion, Euthanasia or Individual Freedom, Alfred Knopf, 1993. 273 pages. A philosopher charges that the national abortion debate misrepresents the complex opinions of Americans, contending that the key question is how best to respect the religious-philosophical conviction shared by everyone that human life is sacred.

Feinman, Clarice, The Criminalization of a Woman's Body, Harrington Park Press, 1992. 221 pages. Nine essays address women's concerns worldwide about threats to their autonomy, privacy, and bodily integrity, focusing on the laws of various countries.

Garrow, David, Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade, New York: McMillan, 1994. 981 pages. An extremely detailed and well-researched study of the legal and judicial events and decisions regarding abortion in the U.S. An excellent source of information on the history of abortion rights, and the people--activists, doctors, legislators, judges and lawyers--who made that history happen.

Gorney, Cynthia, Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars. Simon & Schuster, 1998. 544 Pages. Traces the reproductive rights movement through the eyes of the Minnesota case that paved the way to Roe v. Wade. In journalistic fashion, the book is a historical account and documents the pro-and anti-choice activities.

Hadley, Janet, Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity, Temple U Press, 1997. Considers abortion politics with an international perspective and explores some of the new issues affecting the abortion controversy, such as the abortion pill and prenatal testing for birth defects.

Hoshiko, Sumi, Our Choices: Women's Personal Decisions About Abortion, Harrington Park Press, 1993. 197 pages. | Frank discussions by women from a broad spectrum of social, economic, and religious backgrounds who have had legal or illegal abortions. They recount their ideas and feelings about sex, pregnancy, and abortion; and reveal much about communication with men, the social and psychological contexts, family support, and other topics.

Irons, Peter and Stephanie Guitton, ed., May It Please the Court, San Diego. The New Press. (Audio recording.) Actual recordings of famous Supreme Court cases, including Roe v. Wade.

Joffe, Carole, Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion Before and After Roe v. Wade, Beacon Press, 1995. Traces a backlash against abortion on the part of mainstream medicine, pointing out how doctors have failed to provide abortion services and training, even at a time when these services are legal. Profiles doctors who offer safe abortions at risk to their own careers.

Kaplan, Laura, The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service, Pantheon, 1995. 314 pages. Tells how “Jane” formed and provided safe, compassionate, underground abortions, during the height of the women's movement.

Kelley, Maria Felicia, The Choice I Made : A Week in the Life of a Young Woman Who Chose an Abortion, April Arts Press, 1997. The week in which Kelley made her choice is documented in a very personal title which takes the reader through the decision and abortion process to its aftermath. An intense, personal document of recovery.

Korn, Peter, Lovejoy: A Year in the Life of an Abortion Clinic, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. Lovejoy Surgicenter is the site of some 4,000 abortions a year and the target of numerous protests as well as a handful of firebombings. Journalist Peter Korn provides a valuable look at the abortion issue with this absorbing profile of the clinic, the people who run it, the women who use its services, and the groups who will go to extreme lengths to shut it down.

Lublin, Nancy, Pandora's Box. Princeton U Press, 1994. Offers a fresh perspective on the ethical dimensions of providing and using reproductive technologies, including contraception. Lubin uses feminist philosophy and legal theory to examine what she calls, technological intervention in the womb.

Luker, Kristin, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood, Univ. Cal Press, 1984. An insightful examination of how the political process impacts personal decision making and thus women's lives.

Mohr, James, Abortion in America: Origins and Evolution of National Policy, New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 331 pages. A history of American abortion law, presented in a social context. Looks at abortion practice before the first restrictive abortion laws were passed in the eighteenth century and traces the attitudes and events which eventually led to severe restrictions on abortion in every state.

Poppema, Suzanne, Why I Am an Abortion Doctor, Prometheus Books, 1996. 266 Pages. Suzanne Poppema, who owns and operates an abortion clinic, shares the intimate details of her private and professional struggle to explain the reality of abortion and the violent forces that threaten women's right to choose.

Rainey, Randall, Abortion and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Within the Catholic Tradition, Creighton Univ Press, 1996. 208 pages. A collection of nine essays which examine the question of when life begins, the theological parameters of Catholic doctrine, public responsibility and Catholic commitment, and public law and the role of Catholic institutional leadership.

Reagan, Leslie, When Abortion Was a Crime: Women Medicine and the Law of the United States 1867-1973, Univ. of Cal Press, 1997. A solidly grounded, sophisticated history of illegal abortion in the US. Reagan, a historian specializing in medicine and women's studies persuasively argues that, even during periods when legal and medical systems and religious beliefs have proscribed abortion, it has been an important, and often accepted, part of women's lives. She uses a range of materials, including government documents and the popular press, to prove her case but focuses her research primarily on legal and medical records.

Riddle, John, Contraception and Abortion from Ancient World to the Renaissance, Harvard Univ Press, 1992. 245 pages. Riddle contends that the ancient world had safe and effective means of birth control, but that knowledge of these resources was lost in the course of the Middle Ages as medicine was taken over by university-trained physicians who had no contact with folk traditions. He cites writings from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, with a brief look at Victorian England.

Roberts, Dorothy, Killing the Black Body: Race Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. Pantheon Books, 1997. 384 pages. A challenging look at how the reproductive rights movement has failed to fully include black women. The book suggests ways to ensure that the movement can advance by broadening its perspective to include issues such as forced sterilization, adoption and children born to mothers who used drugs.

Rubin, Eva, The Abortion Controversy : A Documentary History, Greenwood Pub Group, 1994. A collection of 92 documents relating to the abortion controversy in the US, many of them position statements by interest groups and testimony before courts or legislative committees. Arranged chronologically, they set the historical context going back to the Middle Ages, sample the debate from the 1960s to the 1990s, and extend to recent issues such as violence at abortion clinics and the banning of new drugs.

Rudy, Kathy, Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice: Moral Diversity in the Abortion Debate, Beacon Press, 1997. 224 pages. Sheds new light on the religious and philosophical underpinnings of widely divergent beliefs and attitudes of Americans toward abortion, discussing the influence of Catholicism, evangelical Christianity, feminism, and classical liberalism on the issue.

Solinger, Rickie. The Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law,U of California Press, 1996. The story of Ruth Barnett, who performed more than forty thousand abortions between 1918 and 1968 without losing a single patient,. The book reveals how anti-abortion laws benefited racketeers, syndicates, politicians, and the press, as well as reestablishing state control of women's bodies.

Solinger, Rickie, Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, U of California Press, 1994. Writings by Rosalind Petchesky, Dorothy Roberts, and others who present diverse perspectives about how the struggle for reproductive rights evolved and where it seems to be going now.

Tompkins, Nancy, Roe V. Wade: And the Fight over Life and Liberty (Historic Supreme Court Cases), Franklin Watts, Inc., 1996. 160 pages. An in-depth look at the individuals and the issues involved in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, which led to the legalization of abortion.

Tribe, Lawrence, Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes, New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1990. 288 pages. A discussion of abortion from a judicial point of view, written by a well-known authority on constitutional law.

Tushnet, Mark, Abortion Facts on File, Facts on File, 1995. 384 pages. A comprehensive overview for students of the many issues (biology, psychology, law, ethics) involved with abortion. Includes a general introduction, chronology of major events, summary of important court cases, and biographical listing of key individuals.

Weddington, Sarah, A Question of Choice, New York: Penguin Books, 1993. 304 pages. The story of Roe v. Wade, written by the lawyer who argued--and won--the case which declared that abortion is covered by the constitutional right to privacy. Traces the case from its beginning, through the Supreme Court decision in 1973, to more recent efforts to restrict abortion and overturn the Court's decision.

We hope you found these links valuable to your understanding of Women's Health issues. Though we have carefully selected the links for our Resource page, the Falls Church Healthcare Center is not responsible for the content provided by other organizations, nor does the inclusion of an organization’s link imply an endorsement.

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