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Reproductive Rights and Issues

Women the world over should possess the right to govern their bodies.

Engender Health star[offsite link]
EngenderHealth improves women´s health worldwide. It addresses family planning, maternal/child health, reproductive health care for men, post abortion care, and the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and cervical cancer. It conducts work in hospitals and clinics in the poorest regions worldwide, adapting state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to the lowest-resource settings. It helps build health care systems that meet the needs and respect the rights of women and

Feminists For Life star[offsite link]
"[FFL’s] women-focused philosophy that undergirds the Women Deserve Better® campaign is the most compelling message the pro-life movement has taken up possibly since Roe…. Sleek, smart brochures and posters and other promotional materials are aimed at catching the eye…. The look and feel of the campaign just exudes coolness." The Women Deserve Better slogan is "potentially revolutionary." —National Review Online editor Kathryn Jean Lopez, Human Life Review, 2003

International Planned Parenthood Association (IPPF) star[offsite link]
The International Planned Parenthood Association (IPPF) is one of the largest international voluntary organizations that focus on the rights of women and men to sexual and reproductive health, including the right to decide when and how to have children. The IPPF site compiles news and documents relating to sexual and reproductive rights. It provides links to regional offices and links to sites of organizations with similar focus.

Saving Women´s Lives star[offsite link]
Saving Women´s Lives is an international collaboration of organizations dedicated to the health and well being of the world´s women. Led by Family Care International, Saving Women´s Lives aims to educate and raise awareness of the broad range of women´s global health and rights issues, including reproductive health, safe motherhood, poverty and economic development, violence against women, women´s social status and education.

The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) star[offsite link]
NARAL is the political arm of the pro-choice movement and a strong advocate of reproductive freedom and choice. NARAL´s mission is to protect and preserve the right to choose while promoting policies and programs that improve women´s health and make abortion less necessary. NARAL works to educate citizens and the government about reproductive rights and health issues and elect pro-choice candidates at all levels of government.

World Health Organization (WHO) -- Gender and Women´s Health Department star[offsite link]
This web site provides comprehensive information on health issues related to women. Among the topics covered are female genital mutilation, violence against women, and women and HIV/AIDs.

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