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Reproductive Health
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Becoming an Egg Donor 
 "This guidebook provides prospective egg donors with unbiased information. It suggests issues for you to consider and questions to ask before deciding whether or not to become a donor." Discusses the egg donation process, ads for egg donation, legal and financial considerations, and related subjects. From the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. http://www.health.state.ny.us/publications/1127/ Topics: Women's Health Last updated Sep 4, 2009 CDC: DES Update
"Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a drug once prescribed during pregnancy to prevent miscarriages or premature deliveries. ... In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised physicians to stop prescribing DES because it was linked to a rare vaginal cancer." This site offers health professionals and consumers information about the health risks and recent research on DES exposure as well as a list of DES advocacy organizations, bibliography, glossary, and instructor materials. http://www.cdc.gov/DES/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Health Last updated Feb 24, 2005 Center for Reproductive Rights
This site provides reports, fact sheets, and articles pertaining to laws, legislation, and opportunities to take action on issues such as abortion rights, availability of contraception, teenagers' rights, and female genital mutilation. The site is searchable, and portions of it are also available in French and Spanish. From "a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide." http://reproductiverights.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Families, Medical Treatments & Devices, Social Issues, Women, Women's Health Last updated Jan 29, 2009 Family Health International (FHI)
This nonprofit organization's site provides information on its family planning and infectious diseases projects in several dozen countries, such as improving contraceptive choices and services and HIV/AIDS prevention and care efforts. Provides thousands of books, reports, case studies, research summaries, periodicals, and training materials, variously available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. http://www.fhi.org/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Families, Health, Infectious Diseases, International Governments, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Health Last updated Oct 15, 2005 Our Bodies, Ourselves: Companion Website
This website companion to "Our Bodies, Ourselves"--a book about women's health and sexuality--is rich with information about body image, healthy diet and lifestyle, relationships and sexuality, sexual health, reproductive choices, pregnancy and childbirth, menopause, medical conditions, and other topics. Includes articles, book excerpts, news briefs, and website and book recommendations. From the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/ Topics: Women, Women's Health Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Protect Your Fertility
This site, sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), seeks to provide information about preventable infertility. It describes risk factors and behaviors which can put future childbearing at risk for men and women. Includes a searchable directory of ASRM member physicians and many links to other resources on infertility and reproductive medicine. http://www.protectyourfertility.org/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Families, Medical Treatments & Devices, Women's Health Last updated Feb 28, 2005 UNFPA
"UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes." The site provides information about programs with purposes such as preventing HIV infection and making motherhood safer, publications such as the "State of World Population," and country profiles with statistical information. Searchable. Available in several languages. http://www.unfpa.org/public/ Topics: International Governments, Regions of the World, Social Issues, Social Science, Statistics, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Women's Health Last updated Sep 24, 2009 |
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