1. Guttmacher Institute. (2021). Induced Abortion in the United States. Retrieved from: https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states
2. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (2020). ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 200: Early Pregnancy Loss. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 135(5), e126-e137.
3. World Health Organization. (2021). Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems (2nd ed.). Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240019193
4. National Abortion Federation. (2021). Facts About Abortion: Induced Abortion in the United States. Retrieved from: https://prochoice.org/abortion-facts/
5. Guttmacher Institute. (2021). State Policies on Later Abortions. Retrieved from: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/state-policies-later-abortions
6. American Psychological Association. (2008). Report of the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/abortion/mental-health.pdf
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2018. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6911a1.htm
8. National Institutes of Health. (2021). Abortion. Retrieved from: https://medlineplus.gov/abortion.html
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- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/abortion - Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB): https://www.fsmb.org/advocacy/position-statements/reproductive-healthcare/ - National Institutes of Health (NIH): https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/abortion/conditioninfo/Pages/default.aspx - World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/abortion/en/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/abortion.htm
Legal and Policy References:
- U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Decision (1973): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113 - Planned Parenthood v. Casey Decision (1992): https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/91-744 - The Hyde Amendment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Amendment - Guttmacher Institute: https://www.guttmacher.org/ - NARAL Pro-Choice America: https://www.prochoice.org/
Ethical and Moral Perspectives:
- Center for Bioethics and Culture: https://cbcbioethics.org/ - The Hastings Center: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/ - Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality: https://www.iahs.org/ - The Conversation: Abortion Ethics Explained: https://theconversation.com/abortion-ethics-explained-126663
Other Resources:
- National Abortion Federation: https://prochoice.org/ - Abortion Care Network: https://abortioncarenetwork.org/ - National Women's Health Network: https://nwhn.org/ - Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: https://rcrc.org/