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Why are we pro-choice? The short answer is that we do not feel that any person, group, community or culture can consider those who can become pregnant as equally human and whole, with as much right to everything that happens within their bodies as those who cannot become pregnant have over theirs…

Considered by many to be *the* sex and relationships book for young people, this Lambda Literary Award nominee currently in its 2nd edition covers everything from STIs to sexual orientation⁠, body image⁠ to birth control, masturbation⁠ to media to misogyny, the anatomy⁠ of the clitoris⁠ to considering cohabitation.

We’ve been here providing comprehensive, inclusive and progressive sex and relationships information, education and support for young people all around the world since 1998.

Everything there is to know about Scarleteen: who we are, what we do and how we do it, our history and core values and more!

(The article is no longer available at nerve.com, but fortunately is archived on the Wayback Machine.)

Callers can be connected directly to help in their communities, including emergency services and shelters, as well as receive information and referrals, counseling, and assistance in reporting abuse.

The Body is the comprehensive HIV resource with topics on HIV testing, prevention, myths, blood donation, and how HIV works and is treated. There are galleries, forums and chats for discussions of topics and to get questions answered.

“The 4 million members of NARAL Pro-Choice America fight for reproductive freedom for every body. Each day, we organize and mobilize to protect that freedom by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave, and protections from pregnancy discrimination.”

A resource that promotes positive parenting, coping with communication, mental health issues, pregnancy and parenting, and dealing with teens.

The online companion to the print edition of Mothering magazine, offering natural and organic solutions to parenting issues. Lots of links and information on activism, pregnancy and birth, childrearing and more.

La Leche League is about ‘happy mothers, breastfed babies,’ seeking to provide women with resources and information about breastfeeding, laws and legislation and Leche League leaders in your area.

A comprehensive resource on all things dealing with women’s health and health issues, aimed at women and medical professionals. While there is lots of technical information, the site offers a wiki, forums and more.

Mousing over the flags on the images gives the reader technical terms and information about each system.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is a Planned Parenthood affiliate that operates more than 30 health centers in mid-California and Northern Nevada, serving over 200,000 patients each year. They provide reproductive, sexual and gender-affirming healthcare and education. Search for locations here: Health…

Supported by the American Social Health Association, iwannaknow.org is a search function that allows youth to easily search topics of interest to them. Primarily devoted to preventing the transmission of STIs, there are also topics on puberty, love and relationships, and reproductive information.

Trichomoniasis is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, mainly affecting 16-to-35-year old females.

Syphilis has been called “the great imitator” because many of its signs look like other diseases. It is also difficult to know if someone has syphilis because a person might not have any symptoms at all.

This disease has bothered humans for thousands of years, but it seems to come and go in unexplainable cycles. Scabies used to be very rare in America, but now it is coming back again.

Pubic lice is also called “crabs.” It’s caused by very tiny insects that live in pubic hair and feed on human blood. Pubic lice are often spread through sexual contact, though genital contact or sexual intercourse is not necessary for transmission. I

“Pelvic inflammatory disease” is shorthand for any serious bacterial infection of the reproductive organs that are housed in the pelvis: the uterus, uterine lining, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. These infections usually start in the vagina and, when left untreated, can progressively infect other reproductive organs. 20% of PID cases are found in teens, who often are afraid or unable to get reproductive health care. PID can result in permanent infertility and chronic pain.

As many as one in four Americans have HPV.

In the United States, approximately 75% of all reported gonorrhea is found in people age 15 to 29.

One member of a group of herpes-type viruses, CMV is transmitted through body fluids, sexually and nonsexually, and from mother to infant during birth. CMV is also incredibly dangerous for people who are immunocompromised or people with HIV.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginitis symptoms among people with vaginas of childbearing age (15-45). However, half have no symptoms!