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Women, health care providers, the media, legislators, educators and the public use the following publications for accurate, unbiased information on abortion.

NAF Hotline Materials

Have information at your fingertips about NAF's toll-free Hotline service (1-800-772-9100). Hotline operators answer questions about abortion, and provide referrals to qualified abortion providers.

  • Rolodex® card: NAF Hotline contact information in standard Rolodex® format (English on one side, Spanish on reverse)
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Having An Abortion? Your Guide To Good Care

Answers common questions and provides a step-by-step explanation of what to expect when seeking abortion services. One cover and text in English and reverse cover and text in Spanish, for easy display in either language.
[4"x 9"; 24 pp]
NAF Member price: $.75 each; 25 for $8; 50 for $16
Non-member price: $1 each; 25 for $10; 50 for $20

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Unsure About Your Pregnancy? A Guide to Making the Right Decision for You

Written by counseling expert Terry Beresford to aid both teens and adults who find it hard to make a decision about an unplanned pregnancy. A neutral discussion of ideas, with questions and writing space, for women considering parenthood, adoption, or abortion. One cover and text in English and reverse cover and text in Spanish, for easy display in either language.
[4"x 9"; 28 pp]
NAF Member price: $.75 each; 25 for $8; 50 for $16
Non-member price: $1 each; 25 for $10; 50 for $20

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Making Your Choice: A Woman's Guide To Medical Abortion (brochure)

Provides a balanced overview of early abortion options and informs women about what to expect during a medical abortion. Available in Chinese, Croatian, English, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
[4"x 9"; tri-folded brochure]
NAF Member price: $.50 each; 20 for $5.00; 50 for $10; 50 + display case for $12
Non-member price: $.75 each; 20 for $7; 50 for $14; 50 + display case for $16

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Making Your Choice: A Woman's Guide To Medical Abortion (video)

This video for women considering or choosing medical abortion provides a balanced overview of early abortion options and informs women about what to expect during a medical abortion. Available in English and Spanish.
[2001; VHS video in cardboard sleeve]
NAF Member price: $15
Non-member price: $20

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Dispatches From the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us

By Carole Joffe, PhD

After thirty years embedded in reproductive-health research, Carole Joffe relays compelling testimony from doctors, health care workers, and patients as they struggle against barriers that attempt to shame women and marginalize physicians, even within the medical community. More
[Hardcover; 208 pp]
$20
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Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice

By Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, Elena Gutierrez

Undivided Rights presents a fresh and textured understanding of the reproductive rights movement by placing the experiences, priorities, and activism of women of color in the foreground. Using historical research, original organizational case studies, and personal interviews, the authors illuminate how women of color have led the fight to control their own bodies and reproductive destinies.
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Life’s Been a Blast: The True Story of Birmingham Bombing Survivor Emily Lyons

By Emily Lyons, Jeff Lyons

When anti-abortion extremist Eric Rudolph bombed a Birmingham abortion clinic in 1998, nurse Emily Lyons sustained extensive injuries, but survived. This is her personal account of the events and her recovery.
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Fact Sheets

NAF's Fact Sheet series is a basic educational tool covering a wide range of topics related to abortion care, access, and policies. Each fact sheet is easy to read and carefully researched.
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Symposium Reports

  • Increasing Access to Abortion for Women in Diverse Communities

In April 2001, the National Abortion Federation invited individuals who have worked to increase women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care to discuss the unique barriers faced by women of color, low-income women, and immigrant women. This report is a compilation of the discussion and provides a summary of the key recommendations that were made during this consortium
[2002; 7 1/4" x 10"]
Available for download online

  • Strategies For Expanding Abortion Access: The Role Of Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, And Nurse-Midwives In Providing Abortions

Report from NAF's 1996 symposium on expanding the scope of practice of advanced practice clinicians to include greater involvement in delivery of abortion services.
[1997; 8" X 11"; soft-bound]
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  • Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights: The Indian Health Service and Its Inconsistent Application of the Hyde Amendment

2001 report from the Native American Health and Education Resource Center (NAWHERC) detailing the alarming inconsistencies in access to reproductive health and abortion services for Native American women who receive health care from the Indian Health Service. The publication is available by contacting NAWHERC Executive Director Charon Asetoyer at (605) 487-7072 or email nativewoman@igc.apc.org
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In October 2000, the National Abortion Federation (NAF), Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC), the Consortium of Planned Parenthood Abortion Providers (CAPS), and The Access Project convened a national symposium to discuss best practices in abortion training and to consider strategies to ensure that the resources invested in abortion training result in actual increases in the number of qualified abortion providers. This report presents the key findings and recommendations of the Symposium participants and can serve as a resource for organizations and individuals engaged in the important work of abortion training and abortion service provision. [2005, 8 ½" x 11"]. Download (PDF file, 283K)

  • Of What Difference? Reflections on the Regina v. Morgentaler Judgment and on Abortion in Canada Today

Report of a January 2008 symposium at the University of Toronto on the 20th anniversary of R v. Morgentaler, the Supreme Court case which decriminalized abortion in Canada. Legal scholars, abortion providers, journalists, and representatives from government and women's advocacy organizations examined the differences the Morgentaler decision has made for women, providers, and the politics of Canada.
[2009; 8 1/2" x 11"]
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NAF Public Service Campaign Posters

Choose from two designs, one in English or Spanish, the other in English

  • "Sister, Daughter, Mother"
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  • "Our Doctors"

black and white.
20" x 30" $3 each. 8 ½" x 11"; $1 each
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