| 1. A Doctor's Right to Choose |
| Gives the views from the medical profession's standpoint on political actions that could hamper the types of procedures performed on women ending pregnancies. From Salon Magazine. |
| http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/24/l... |
| 2. Abortion Debates and Polls |
| Pro and Con forum. |
| http://www.youdebate.com/abortion.htm |
| 3. Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview |
| An overview of legislative issues and court rulings affecting the abortion issue, including federal funding of abortion, partial birth abortion, parental notification, and spousal consent. |
| http://www.policyalmanac.org/culture/archive/... |
| 4. Abortion Policies: A Global Review |
| United Nations Population Division report on abortion laws and policies around the world, including a country-by-country survey. [Documents are in PDF and DOC formats.] |
| http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications... |
| 5. Abortion and Ethics |
| Effective meta-site containing facilitated access to relevant articles, books, court decisions, and current news articles. Biographical guide, discussion forum, Internet resources. |
| http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Abortion/i... |
| 6. Abortion: All Sides of the Issue |
| ReligiousTolerance.org site describes the issues and various religious and ethical perspectives. |
| http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.ht... |
| 7. Abortion: History of Abortion in the United States |
| Article on the history of abortion in the United States, plus links to further information on abortion in the US and around the world. Includes prochoice and prolife links. |
| http://womenshistory.about.com/od/abortionusl... |
| 8. Almanac of Policy Issues: Abortion |
| News, background information, and links on abortion policy, including Roe v. Wade, RU-486, fetal tissue research, and related issues. |
| http://www.policyalmanac.org/culture/abortion... |
| 9. Civic Practices Network: Common Ground |
| Describes how pro-life and pro-choice groups use dialogue and shared concerns to find common ground. |
| http://www.cpn.org/topics/families/prolife.ht... |
| 10. Dr. Henry Morgentaler: Fighting Canada's Abortion Laws |
| CBC archives of news reports and analyses on the abortion issue, focused on the Montreal doctor who broke the law and opened an abortion clinic in 1969. Includes TV and radio clips and educational materials. |
| http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-107/life_soci... |
| 11. Fetal Psychology |
| Research study published in Psychology Today (Oct. 1998) addresses the relative developmental capabilities of the human fetus at particular gestation points. Relevant to abortion considerations. |
| http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/tul/psychtoday980... |
| 12. Frontline: Abortion Clinic |
| A PBS archived documentary on an abortion clinic in Chester, Pennsylvania, along with an investigation on the women who went there and why. (April 18, 1983) |
| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/twent... |
| 13. Is it Possible to be both "Pro-Life" and "Pro-Choice"? |
| Essay by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan seeking a middle ground in the abortion debate. |
| http://www.2think.org/abortion.shtml |
| 14. Just Facts - Abortion |
| Large collection of short "facts" about scientific, constitutional, political and other aspects of the abortion debate. Fully footnoted to identify the sources of the information. |
| http://www.justfacts.com/abortion.htm |
