Web Links

National Abortion Federation provides information to help you decide which choice will be best for you, whether it be abortion, adoption or parenthood. They also have a free, anonymous hotline for questions about abortions or unplanned pregnancies.

Pregnancy Options is an online workbook/guide that can walk you through abortions and choices around your pregnancy. If you are pregnant and unsure about your next step, working through this workbook is a great first step.

Hotline: (800) 4-A-CHILD (422-4453)

You can call the confidential and anonymous National Abuse Hotline free, 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the US, US territories, and Canada. The hotline is staffed by professional crisis counselors. Interpreters are available in 140 languages. The Hotline offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources.

CUAV – Community United Against Violence, CUAV is the nation’s first LGBTQQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) anti-violence organization. Their mission is to prevent and respond to violence against and within diverse LGBTQQ communities.

Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 170 languages through interpreter services. If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the largest anti-sexual assault organization in the nation. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, the nation's first secure web-based hotline that provides live and completely confidential help to victims through instant messaging with trained staff.

Toll-Free: (800) 656-HOPE (4673)

Amplify, a project of Advocates for Youth, is an online community dedicated to sexual health, reproductive justice, and youth-led grassroots movement building.

Rock the Vote encourages youth to get involved in the social and political issues affecting their communities.

Pregnancy Options is an online workbook/guide that can walk you through abortions and choices around your pregnancy. If you are pregnant and unsure about your next step, working through this workbook is a great first step.

College Drinking: Changing the Culture, is a website related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students. The website provides an alcohol calorie calculator, an alcohol cost calculator, and a calculator that allows the user to figure out his/her blood alcohol level.

This Web site was created to educate adolescents ages 11 through 15 (and parents and teachers) on the science behind drug abuse. You will find animated illustrations, quizzes, and games throughout the site.

The Truth website provides information about cigarette smoking and the tobacco industry that enables individuals to make informed choices about tobacco use.

Musicians for Mental Health is a website dedicated to reaching out to teens about a range of mental health issues, including depression, substance abuse, anxiety, eating disorders and suicide, and providing important resources and information to encourage those in need to seek help. Supporting artists include The Neptunes, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, Third Eye Blind, and Fat Joe. You can hear what these artists have to say about various mental health issues.

A site for Latino GLBTQ youth, hosted by Advocates for Youth.

PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Local PFLAG chapters are located throughout the country.

This site was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they might face as they grow older.

The mission of Young Men’s Health is to help teen boys improve their understanding of normal health and development, as well as of specific diseases and conditions. We want to empower teen boys and young men around the world to take an active role in their own health care.

Hotline: (800) 4-A-CHILD (422-4453)

You can call the confidential and anonymous National Abuse Hotline free, 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the US, US territories, and Canada. The hotline is staffed by professional crisis counselors. Interpreters are available in 140 languages. The Hotline offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources.

Toll-Free: (800) 621-4000

Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home.

Planned Parenthood delivers health care services, sex education, and sexual health information to millions of women, men, and teens in the US. Their website provides health information on basic sexual health information, abortion, and adoption. You can ask questions and they will be answered by a doctor and posted for public view. Find a Planned Parenthood clinic near you using the clinic finder on their website.

A place to ask anonymous questions and get honest, straight forward answers. Answers to your questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted disease prevention from the American Social Health Association.

Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults who teach them.

Get aware and involved, find resources and communication tools on sexually transmitted diseases.