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References

Abortion

At Home Abortion Facts. (2023a, February 26). Abortion Health & Safety Checklist | At-Home Abortion Facts. https://athomeabortionfacts.com/checklist

U.S. Food And Drug Administration. (Research) Information about Mifepristone for Medical Termination of Pregnancy Through Ten Weeks Gestation https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/information-about-mifepristone-medical-termination-pregnancy-through-ten-weeks-gestation

Steupert, M. (2023, March 30). Five Things We Don’t Know about Abortion in the U.S. (but Could with Better Reporting) - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/five-things-we-dont-know-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-but-could-with-better-reporting/ 

Reactions to abortion and subsequent mental health, The British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2009, Vol. 195, pp.420-426.

Abortion Pill Reversal. (n.d.-b). Overview. https://abortionpillreversal.com/abortion-pill-reversal/overview 

Alchemy, D. (2023, January 14). VIRGINIA FACT CHECK: Science Demonstrates Unborn Babies Feel Pain by 15 Weeks - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/virginia-fact-check-science-demonstrates-unborn-babies-feel-pain-by-15-weeks/ 

Risk Factors for Abortion and First Trimester Miscarriage-Results From a UK-Population-Based Case-Control Study, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, December 4, 2006, pp. 1-17.

Fertility & Contraception

The Guiding Star Project. (2023, April 5). National Project Home Page - The Guiding Star Project. https://guidingstarproject.com/ 

Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD., Michael J. Schneck, MD., and Jose Biller, MD. Clinical Summary: Oral Contraceptives and Stroke, May 14, 2009.

Higher risk of venous thrombosis associated with drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives: a population-based cohort study, Canadian Medical Association, 2011, pp. 1-7.

U.S. Food And Drug Administration. (Research)  Plan B One-Step (1.5 mg levonorgestrel) Information https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/plan-b-one-step-15-mg-levonorgestrel-information 

Contraceptive Failure in the First Two Years of Use: Differences Across Socioeconomic Subgroups, Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 33, No. 1, January/February 2001.

LlM, S. W. J. (2023, January 14). New Studies Show All Emergency Contraceptives Can Cause Early Abortion - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/emergencycontraceptives/ 

U.S. Food And Drug Administration. (Research) ella Morning After Pill Dosage and Side Effects https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2015/022474s007lbl.pdf 

American Pregnancy Association. (2022b). Taking a Pregnancy Test. American Pregnancy Association. https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/taking-a-pregnancy-test/ 

Pregnancy

American Pregnancy Association. (2022, November 22). Pregnancy Symptoms | American Pregnancy Association. https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/am-i-pregnant/pregnancy-symptoms/ 

American Pregnancy Association. (2022a). What is Implantation Bleeding? American Pregnancy Association. https://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-symptoms/what-is-implantation-bleeding/

Charlotte Lozier Institute. (2023, April 25). Fetal Development: 12 Facts at 12 Weeks - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/12-facts-at-12-weeks/ 

MPH, M. G. (2023, January 14). Fact Sheet: Pregnancy Centers – Serving Women and Saving Lives (2020 Study) - Lozier Institute. Lozier Institute. https://lozierinstitute.org/fact-sheet-pregnancy-centers-serving-women-and-saving-lives-2020/ 

American Pregnancy Association. (2021a, December 9). Facility Choices - American Pregnancy Association. https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/facility-choices/ 

STDs and Sexual Health

Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease, 2008 National STD Prevention Conference, Press Release, March 11, 2008.

STD Facts - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. May 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/std/pid/stdfact-pid.htm 

Time From First Intercourse to First Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis Among Adolescent Women, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 163, No. 12, December 2009, pp. 1106-1111

Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Futures: Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), February 2004, pp. 1-25.

Oral Sex Among Teens - STDs and Pregnancy, National Center for Health Statistics, MedPage Today, September 16, 2005, pp. 1-4

Genus B human papillomaviruses and incidence of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of skin: population-based case-control study, The British Medical Journal, 2010.

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