Resources

Practical tools, support services, research, and resource hubs organized by topic.

Disclaimer: This list is not exhaustive. We have made a good-faith effort to include credible, relevant resources, but some linked content or viewpoints may not align with every reader. Please use discernment and do your own research to find the resources that best fit your needs and values.

Important: These resources are a starting point only. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. If you need crisis support related to mental health or substance use, call or text 988.

• Trafficking: National Human Trafficking Hotline — Immediate support, reporting options, and referral help for trafficking situations.
• Sexual assault: RAINN Hotline — Confidential crisis support and information for survivors of sexual assault.
• Child abuse: Childhelp Hotline — 24/7 crisis intervention, information, and referrals for child abuse concerns.

Table of Contents

Evidence & Resources for Our 7 Practical Steps

Key data and research sources.

• CDC Unintended Pregnancy — Provides public health information and prevention context related to unintended pregnancy.
• CDC Teen Pregnancy — Summarizes teen pregnancy trends, statistics, and contributing prevention factors.
• The Community Guide (CPSTF) — Comprehensive Risk Reduction — Reviews evidence-based interventions that reduce risk of teen pregnancy, HIV, and STIs.
• CDC Contraception Guidance — Offers clinical guidance and recommendations for contraceptive counseling and use.
• CHOICE Project (overview) — Highlights a well-known project examining how contraceptive access affects pregnancy prevention.
• ACA contraceptive cost-sharing evidence (overview) — Explains the impact of contraceptive coverage requirements on access and affordability.

Abstinence & Sexual Risk Avoidance

• CDC Teen Pregnancy (abstinence + contraception drivers) — Notes evidence that declines in teen pregnancy are linked to both delayed sexual activity and contraceptive use.
• Ascend (Sexual Risk Avoidance field resources) — Provides sexual risk avoidance resources, training, and educational materials.

Contraception & No-Cost Access

• CDC Contraceptive Effectiveness (typical vs. perfect use) — Compares real-world and perfect-use effectiveness across contraceptive methods.
• FDA Birth Control Chart (public education) — Gives a simple side-by-side overview of birth control options and how they work.
• CDC Practice Recommendations (U.S. SPR) — Provides practical recommendations for safe and effective contraceptive use.
• Title X Service Grants (OPA) — Describes the federal family planning grant program that supports access to reproductive health services.

Natural Family Planning / Fertility Awareness

• CDC Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FABMs) — Summarizes CDC classifications and considerations for fertility awareness-based methods.
• ACOG FAQ: Fertility Awareness-Based Methods — Explains how fertility awareness methods work and what users should know.
• KFF explainer on FABMs (typical-use variation) — Reviews fertility awareness methods with attention to effectiveness and real-world use.

Adoption & Foster Care

• AdoptUSKids (national hub) — Connects families with adoption and foster care information, support, and waiting child profiles.
• Children’s Bureau AFCARS Report — Provides federal foster care and adoption data used by policymakers and researchers.
• Dave Thomas Foundation — Wendy’s Wonderful Kids research — Summarizes research on a child-focused adoption recruitment model for waiting children.
• Voice for Adoption (policy) — Advocates for federal policy that supports permanence and better outcomes for children in foster care.
• National Council For Adoption (policy + education) — Offers adoption-related education, resources, and policy advocacy.

Abortion / Post-Abortion Support

Support resources from multiple perspectives; choose what fits your needs.

• Exhale Pro-Voice (after-abortion support) — Provides nonjudgmental emotional support after abortion.
• All-Options Talkline (pregnancy, parenting, abortion, adoption) — Offers confidential support for people processing pregnancy, parenting, abortion, or adoption experiences.
• Postpartum Support International — After Abortion Support Group — Hosts peer support for people seeking emotional care after abortion.
• Reproductive Health Access Project — Counseling resources — Supports clinicians and patients with reproductive health education and counseling-related resources.
• Lumina (post-abortion help) — Offers post-abortion healing support and referrals.
• Elliot Institute (after abortion) — Provides educational material and recovery-related resources on abortion aftereffects.
• Support After Abortion — Serves as a directory-style hub for post-abortion support and healing options.
• Focus on the Family — post-abortive recovery — Shares recovery-oriented resources for those seeking faith-based post-abortion support.

Books

• The Healing Choice — Candace De Puy & Dana Dovitch — A book focused on healing and emotional recovery after abortion.
• You’re Not Alone — Jennifer O’Neill — A support-oriented book aimed at helping readers process abortion-related pain and healing.
• A Solitary Sorrow — Teri Reisser (with Paul Reisser) — Explores grief, emotional recovery, and support after abortion.
• Forbidden Grief — Theresa Burke (with David C. Reardon) — Addresses unresolved grief and emotional pain related to abortion experiences.
• Moving Forward After Abortion — Camille Cates — Offers practical and emotional guidance for healing after abortion.
• Peace After Abortion — Ava Torre-Bueno — Provides reflections and support for readers seeking emotional peace after abortion.

Rape / Incest / Sexual Assault Support

• RAINN Hotline & Chat — Provides immediate confidential support for survivors of sexual assault.
• CDC Sexual Violence (about + data) — Explains sexual violence and offers public health data and prevention information.
• DOJ Office on Violence Against Women (grants/resources) — Shares federal resources and initiatives addressing violence against women, including sexual assault.
• NSVRC (education & prevention tools) — Provides research, training, and educational tools related to sexual violence prevention.

Child Sexual Abuse / CSEC / Pedophilia Prevention & Reporting

• NCMEC CyberTipline (report online exploitation) — Allows reporting of online child sexual exploitation and related offenses.
• Stop It Now! (prevention + confidential help) — Offers prevention-oriented help and confidential guidance for child sexual abuse concerns.
• Darkness to Light — Stewards of Children training — Provides evidence-informed training to help adults prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.
• Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline — Gives crisis support, guidance, and referrals for child abuse situations.
• CDC Child Sexual Abuse definition — Defines child sexual abuse and offers basic public health context.

Human Trafficking / Prostitution / Online Sex Work

• National Human Trafficking Hotline + Referral Directory — Helps users find services, referrals, and support for trafficking-related needs.
• Polaris (data & policy) — Provides anti-trafficking data, education, and policy-related resources.
• DHS Blue Campaign (report tips) — Offers awareness materials and guidance for identifying and reporting trafficking.
• U.S. State Dept TIP Report — Presents the U.S. government’s annual trafficking assessment and global policy report.
• CDC: About Sex Trafficking — Explains sex trafficking from a public health perspective.

Pornography & Compulsive Sexual Behavior

• Mayo Clinic — Compulsive sexual behavior — Describes symptoms, causes, and treatment considerations for compulsive sexual behavior.
• AASECT Position on “sex addiction” — Explains AASECT’s professional position on sex addiction terminology and treatment framing.
• SASH (sexual health & problematic sexual behavior resources) — Provides professional resources related to sexual health and problematic sexual behavior.
• Fight the New Drug (education + research citations) — Shares educational material and cited content about pornography’s possible effects on individuals and relationships.
• NCOSE (anti-exploitation advocacy) — Advocates against sexual exploitation through education, policy, and awareness efforts.

Alcohol & Drugs

• SAMHSA National Helpline (treatment referral) — Offers confidential treatment referral and information for substance use and mental health concerns.
• FindTreatment.gov — Helps users locate substance use and mental health treatment services.
• CDC Youth Substance Use (risk overview) — Summarizes youth substance use patterns and related health risks.
• NIAAA Alcohol & Pregnancy — Explains the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy.

Men’s Responsibility / Women’s Responsibility / Healthy Relationships

• Responsible Fatherhood (ACF) — Supports programs that strengthen fathers’ involvement, family stability, and responsible parenting.
• CDC: Talking with your teens about sex & relationships — Offers conversation guidance for parents discussing sex and relationships with teens.
• love is respect (healthy relationships + dating abuse help) — Provides education and support related to healthy dating relationships and abuse prevention.
• CDC Teen Dating Violence prevention programs — Shares prevention information and tools related to teen dating violence.

Marriage

• National Healthy Marriage Resource Center — Provides relationship and marriage education resources for practitioners and families.
• National Center for Family & Marriage Research (BGSU) — Shares family and marriage research, reports, and data resources.

Parenting & Support for Young Parents

• CDC Essentials for Parenting — Offers practical parenting strategies to support child behavior and healthy development.
• HealthyChildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics) — Provides pediatrician-backed parenting and child health information.
• Healthy Marriage & Relationship Education evaluation tools (ACF) — Gives tools for evaluating relationship and family-strengthening programs.

Relationships & Dating books

• The New Rules for Love, Sex, and Dating — Andy Stanley — A relationship-oriented book offering guidance on dating, boundaries, and decision-making.
• He’s Just Not That Into You — Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo — A popular relationship book about recognizing unhealthy dating patterns and mixed signals.
• It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken — Greg Behrendt & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt — A recovery-focused relationship book about moving forward after a breakup.

Policy & Advocacy (Across Viewpoints)

Congressional caucuses and policy ecosystems.

• Reproductive Freedom Caucus (House) — Represents a congressional policy perspective focused on reproductive freedom and access.
• House Congressional Pro-Life Caucus (example caucus leadership news page) — Provides an example official House page tied to caucus leadership and pro-life advocacy.
• Senate Pro-Life Caucus (overview) — Outlines a Senate caucus perspective centered on pro-life policy priorities.
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute — Supports adoption and child welfare policy education and leadership development.

Neutral “data backbone” sources

• CDC (pregnancy, contraception, abortion surveillance) — Offers public health information related to contraception, pregnancy, and reproductive health surveillance.
• NSFG (family growth data) — Provides national survey data on fertility, family life, and reproductive health.
• Children’s Bureau (AFCARS) — Supplies federal foster care and adoption data used as a policy and research reference point.