Women’s Health
Articles, slide shows, and syllabus covering violence against women, reproductive rights, access to contraception and abortion, sex education, teen pregnancy, and rape.
Slide Shows:
Abortion, Conscientious Practice, Drug testing in pregnancy.ppt
Slide show on ethical issues relevant to abortion and drug testing of pregnant women
*female genital cutting.ppt
Slide show on female genital cutting
Human Rights and Women’s Rights Timeline & Overview.ppt
Slide show covering the history of women’s rights
Management of rape victims.ppt
Slide show on the clinical management of rape victims
*Obstacles to Abortion
Comprehensive version of slide show covering obstacles to abortion and reproductive health care
Obstacles to Abortion short version
Short version of slide show covering obstacles to abortion and reproductive health care
*Violence Against Women
Slide show on individual and societal forms of violence against women
*War, Rape and Genocide
Slide show on war, rape, and genocide, with historical perspectives and coverage of Darfur, Sudan
*Women’s Health & Human Rights
Slide show covering myriad issues relevant to women’s health and human rights
Articles:
adolescent pregnancy jama lte
Letter re adolescent pregnancy from JAMA
compelled medical rx of preg women jama lte
Letter re compelled medical treatment of pregnant women from JAMA
domestic violence jama letter
Letter re domestic violence from JAMA
*Emergency Contraception – Virtual Mentor.doc
Article on emergency contraception
*Female Genital Cutting – Medscape
Article on female genital cutting
*History of Hysteria – The Pharos.doc
Article on the history of hysteria
*Indiv & Societal Violence Against Women – Curr Wom Hlth Rept.doc
Article on individual and societal violence against women
*Indoor Air Pollution and biomass cooking stoves – Medscape.doc
Article on health effects of indoor air pollution from biomass cooking stoves
Msr 43 – parental consent for teen abortion – LO Review 10-0.doc
Editorial on failed Oregon state ballot measure 43, which would have required parental consent for teen abortions
Obstacles to Abortion – JAMWA.pdf
Article on obstacles to abortion in 2005
*Obstacles to abortion – Medscape.doc
Updated article on obstacles to abortion in 2006
*Parental Notification and Consent Laws – Medscape.doc
Article on parental consent and notification laws for teen abortions
*partner abuse and sexual assault – Hospital Physician.pdf
Article on partner abuse and sexual assault
Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Birth Weight in Syracuse, NY – Lane et al
Case studies from the Cases in Population-Oriented Prevention series
*Teen Pregnancy – Z Magazine
Article on teen pregnancy
Violence Against Women in Developing World – Medscape.doc
Article on individual and societal forms of violence against women in the developing world
*Violence Against Women in the Military – Medscape.doc
Article on violence against women in the military
*War, Rape, and Genocide – Medscape.doc
Article on war, rape, and genocide, with historical perspectives and coverage of Darfur, Sudan
Syllabus:
*Women’s Hlth and Human Rights syllabus.doc
Syllabus for Women’s Health and Human Rights course, Portland State University
External Links:
Abortion Access Project: http://www.abortionaccess.org:80/
Advocates for Youth: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.php
Alan Guttmacher Institute: http://www.psrh.org/index.html
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: http://www.acog.org/
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: http://www.arhp.org/
Canadian Women’s Health Network: http://www.cwhn.ca/
Catholics for Choice: http://www.catholicsforchoice.org
Center for Reproductive Rights: http://www.reproductiverights.org/index.html
Coalition for Positive Sexuality: http://www.positive.org/Home/index.html
CORE (Curricula Organizer for Reproductive Health Education), ARHP: http://core.arhp.org/
Cover My Pills: http://www.covermypills.org/
Family Violence Prevention Fund: http://endabuse.org/
Gender Equity in Sports: http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge/
Get the Pill: http://www.getthepill.com/
International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region: www.ippfwhr.org
Madre: http://www.madre.org
Marie Stopes International: http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/index.shtml
NARAL Pro-Choice America: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon: http://www.prochoiceoregon.org/
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence: http://www.ncdsv.org/index.html
National Organization for Women: http://www.now.org/
National Women’s Health Information Center: http://www.4woman.gov/
National Women’s Law Center: http://www.nwlc.org/index.cfm
New View Campaign – Challenging the Medicalization of Sex: http://newviewcampaign.org/
Organization for the Study of Sex Differences: http://www.ossdweb.org/mc/page.do
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health: http://www.prch.org/
Planned Parenthood: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Population Council: www.popcouncil.org
Sensitive Crimes Book List: http://www.danecountyrcc.org/support/index.php?category_id=3913
Sex, etc. (Sex education by teens, for teens): http://www.sexetc.org/
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm
Society for Women’s Health Research: http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer
Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom: http://www.syrf.org/web/guest/home
Teenwire: http://www.teenwire.com/
Women and Health Protection: http://www.whp-apsf.ca/en/index.html
Women’sNet: http://www.womensnet.org.za/
Women’s Bioethics Project: http://www.womensbioethics.org/
Women’s Sports Foundation: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/