The following resources are recommended by Vivian Peters.  She does this as an individual sharing personal preferences, not as a representative of any agency or group.  She is not responsible for the accuracy or content of information contained on these sites.  Nothing on this website is intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians.  The reader should consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health.

For parents and mentors who want additional information about teen sexuality and family communication:

• Power To Decide (formerly The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)
  • Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy
• Advocates For Youth, Parents’ Sex Ed Center
• American Sexual Health Association, Inc. 
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Teen Pregnancy-Reproductive Health-Parent and Guardian Resources 
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., Tools for Parents
• American Academy of Pediatrics 
• The Mayo Clinic

For teen-friendly, accurate information about sexuality and reproductive health:

• Bedsider
• Sex, Etc.
• Planned Parenthood
• Go Ask Alice! From Columbia University, New York City

For information about what it means to be sexually healthy:

• The World Health Organization (defines terms such as sex, sexuality, and sexual health)
• American Sexual Health Association (defines and discusses sexual health)

For help talking about abortion:

• Abortion Conversation Project, Inc.

For information about reproductive justice:

• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

For information regarding U.S. and worldwide statistics related to a wide range of subjects regarding reproductive health:

• The World Health Organization
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute

For information about Marie Stopes International, an organization that has worked successfully for over 40 years to help women to have children by choice, not chance:

• Marie Stopes International

For ongoing, evidence-based news, analysis, commentary, and investigative reporting on issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice:

• Rewire 

For more information for and about the LGBTQ community:

• GLSEN, Inc. The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
• PFLAG, Inc. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc.
• Drugwatch

For more information regarding U.S. teens’ sexual activity, contraception, and pregnancy, note that The Alan Guttmacher Institute updates their fact sheets regularly.  For the most current information:

• Fact Sheet: American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health, The Alan Guttmacher Institute 

For more information regarding the Positive Youth Development model for engaging youth in creating communities in which youth postpone parenting until they are prepared:

• Principles of Youth Development, ACT for Youth Center of Excellence 
• Guiding Principles for Sexual Health Education for Young People, New York State Department of Health
• Youth Development: Strengthening Prevention Strategies, Susan Pagliaro and Kent Klindera, Advocates for Youth, Revised edition, August 2001

For information regarding sexuality education:

• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) 

For a helpful tool for advocating for comprehensive sexuality education programs:

• SIECUS’s CommunityAction Kit 

For information about the Global Gag Rule, a U.S. foreign policy that, when enacted, prohibits organizations from even mentioning the word abortion—much less provide abortion services with their own funds—as a condition for receiving U.S. funding, including funding for contraception:

• Engender Health  (short video)
• Engender Health Fact Sheet

For more information about Emergency Contraception (EC), including the changing laws regarding over the counter sales:

• The Emergency Contraception Website  and associated Hotline (1-888-NOT-2-LATE) operated by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University and by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals