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- Abortion and Ethics - - Effective meta-site containing facilitated access to relevant articles, books, court decisions, and current news articles. Biographical guide, discussion forum, Internet resources.
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- The Abortion Debate - - One person's attempt to take a rational look at the abortion debate, exposing flaws in the arguments on both sides. This is the preface from The Abortion Debate, a booklet for sale.
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- Abortion in Law, History, and Religion - - Outlines the history of abortion, restrictions on it, different religious views of abortion, and its current and evolving legal status around the world.
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- Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview - - An overview of legislative issues and court rulings affecting the abortion issue, including federal funding of abortion, partial birth abortion, parental notification, and spousal consent.
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- Abortion Policies: A Global Review - - United Nations Population Division report on abortion laws and policies around the world, including a country-by-country survey. [Documents are in PDF and DOC formats..
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- Against Murdering Babies (Sorta) - - Musings about how the anti-abortion position usually includes some exceptions, and the pro-choice position is not necessarily pro-abortion.
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- Almanac of Policy Issues: Abortion - - News, background information, and links on abortion policy, including Roe v. Wade, RU-486, fetal tissue research, and related issues.
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- The Atlantic Online: Abortion - - A collection of articles published in the magazine between 1965 and 1997. Topics include abortion in American history and a variety of individual perspectives on the issue.
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- A Doctor's Right to Choose - - Gives the views from the medical profession's standpoint on political actions that could hamper the types of procedures performed on women ending pregnancies. From Salon Magazine.
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- Fairfield County Weekly: Roe v. Wade - - Five articles about abortion in America before the Roe v. Wade decision. One is a personal account of the reasons for being a pro-life activist. The other four look at various aspects of the history of abortion in the U.S., from a pro-choice perspective.
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- Fetal Psychology - - Research study published in Psychology Today (Oct. 1998) addresses the relative developmental capabilities of the human fetus at particular gestation points. Relevant to abortion considerations.
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- Frontline: Abortion Clinic - - A PBS archived documentary on an abortion clinic in Chester, Pennsylvania, along with an investigation on the women who went there and why. (April 18, 1983.
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- Just Facts - Abortion - - Large collection of short "facts" about scientific, constitutional, political and other aspects of the abortion debate. Fully footnoted to identify the sources of the information.
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- The Morality of Abortion: A Critique - - Personal philosophical essay that concludes that both pro-choice and pro-life positions, as understood by the author, contain anti-intuitive premises.
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- On Abortion: A Lincolnian Position - - Principled yet pragmatic, Lincoln's stand on slavery offers a basis for a new politics of civility that is at once anti-abortion and pro-choice. Published in the Atlantic Monthly, September 1995.
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- Pro Choice Talk - - An issue neutral, free public forum organization for abortion debate. Contains articles, essays, member posted facts, quotes and different views on the legal abortion issue.
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- Resources on Abortion - - Includes definitions of important terms, background information on abortion law, news stories about the issue, and various opinions. Produced for the Ohio University Computer Assisted Language Learning Lab.
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- Respect for Life - - An organization that calls itself anti-abortion yet pro-choice, and seeks to keep abortion legal and lessen it through increased birth control iniatives.
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- The Right to Incite - - Question: Did anti-abortion activists have a legal right to post information about doctors who perform abortions.
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- Roe v. Wade (1973) - - The U.S. Supreme Court decision which struck down many state laws restricting abortion. At the Legal Information Institue (Cornell University).
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- Stenberg v. Carhart - - U.S. Supreme Court opinions on the controversial Nebraska partial-birth abortion case. Hosted by Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
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- Surveillance and Research - Abortion - - Provides the latest statistics on abortion in America, grouped by demographics and trimester when abortions were sought. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Adobe Acrobat Reader required].
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- Ultimate Abortion Law Homepage - - Text and commentary on Roe v. Wade and its successors. Other legal elements of abortion issue including state and canon law.
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