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Introduction.
Although it may seem a minor point to many readers and researchers,
there is nothing more aggravating for a reader or researcher than
encountering an unexplained acronym or abbreviation that is critical to
understanding a written passage.
Many authors simply assume that their readers are expert in their own
particular field, and so they often do not bother to clutter up their
text with explanations. Communist and homosexual newspapers, medical
writers, and certain conservative and Neoliberal policy digests are
especially prone to using unfamiliar abbreviations.
A list of abbreviations occasionally comes in handy for those
coordinating or participating in pro-life work. Pro-lifers routinely use
words in place of names, i.e., FOCA, NARAL, NOW, CPC, and RCAR. These
initials may not have any meaning to the new activist.
Additionally, if a veteran pro-lifer sees a flyer about an abortion
debate at BPOE Lodge #1138 of Elkpole, Indiana, what does he look for in
the phone book? If one of the speakers at this event has a string of
initials behind his name such as DD, STD, and CSsR, how does a person
address him?
A Thousand Acronyms Upon Your House!
The remainder of this appendix consists of explanations of more than
one thousand acronyms and abbreviations that the reader may encounter
when reading about and researching the life issues. Some of these
initials are obviously outdated and will of use only to those people
poring over documents that are half a century old, but others are very
timely, and more initials are being invented every week.
Many of the abbreviations listed below include a notation that
identifies the entity as either pro-life or anti-life, as follows.
IDENTIFICATION OF LISTED ENTITIES
Pro-Life Entities
Organizations or entities opposing abortion[1]
Organizations or entities opposing euthanasia[2]
Organizations or entities opposing pornography[3]
Anti-Life Entities
Humanist or atheist organization or entity[4]
Pro-abortion or international population control organization, entity,
or publication[5]
Pro-euthanasia organization or entity[6]
Homosexual or pro-homosexual organization, entity, or publication[7]
Pro-pornography organization or entity[8]
Communist/Socialist/Marxist organization, entity, or publication[9]
Radical environmental or animal-rights organization or entity[10]
Other Entities
'Mainstream' environmental or animal-rights organization or entity[11]
'Peace and justice' organization or entity[12]
[A medium text size on your computer's 'view'
setting is recommended, otherwise, the table may be discombobulated.]
A&A
Amniocentesis and abortion
AA
American Atheists (4)
AAA
Americans Against Abortion (1)
AAA
American Adoption Agency
AAAS American
Association for the Advancement of Science
AACP American Academy
of Child Psychiatry (5)
AAD
Alliance Against Defamation (7)
AAFP American Academy
of Family Physicians (5)
AAHA American Academy of
Health Administration (5)
AAHS Americans
Against Human Suffering (6)
AAI
Alternatives to Abortion International (1)
AAL
American Abolitionist League (1)
AAMCH American Association of Maternal &
Child Health (5)
AAME American Academy of
Medical Ethics
AAMFT American Association for Marriage
and Family Therapy
AANFP American Academy of Natural
Family Planning (1)
AANP American Academy of
Nurse Practitioners
AANS American Academy of
Neurological Surgeons
AAP
American Academy of Pediatrics (5)
AAR
American Academy of Religion
AARP American
Association of Retired Persons
AAS
American Association of Suicidology
AAS
Abortion Abolition Society (1)
AASECT American Association of Sex Educators,
Counselors and Therapists (5)
AASK Aid to Adoption
of Special Kids
AATB American
Association of Tissue Banks (5)
AAUN American Association
of the United Nations
AAUW American Association of
University Women (5)
ABA
American Booksellers' Association
ABA
American Bar Association (5)
ABC American
Baby Code
ABC American
Broadcasting Company
AB American Birth
Control League (later Planned Parenthood)
ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic
Development in Africa
ABM Anti-ballistic missile
ABMS American Board of
Medical Specialties
ABOG American Board of
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Abp
Archbishop
ABS
American Bible Society
ACA Americans
for a Constitutional Amendment
ACA Americans
for Constitutional Action
ACA Arms
Control Association
ACC Arab
Cooperation Council
ACCL American Citizens
Concerned for Life (1)
ACCT Agence de
Cooperation Culturelle et Technique (Agency for Cultural and
Technical Cooperation)
ACE
Alliance for Chastity Education (1)
ACE
American Council on Education
ACF
Americans for Constitutional Freedom
ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education
ACHR American Convention on
Human Rights
ACL
American Collegians for Life (1)
ACLA
American Catholic
Lawyers Association
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union (5,6,7,8)
ACNM American College of Nurse-Midwives
ACOG American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecology (5)
ACOOG American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians
and Gynecologists
ACOP American College of
Osteopathic Pediatricians
ACP American
College of Physicians
ACP African,
Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
ACS Americans
for Common Sense
ACS
American
College of Surgeons
ACT-UP AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (7)
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic
hormone
ACW Action for World
Community
AD
Anno
Domini
ADA Americans for
Democratic Action (5)
ADA Adenosine
deaminase
ADL Anti-Defamation
League [of B'nai B'rith] (5)
ADRDAA Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Association
AE
Artificial embryonation
AE American Education Association
AEA
Adoption Exchange
Program
AEC
Atomic Energy
Commission
AED
Academy for Educational
Development (5)
AEI
American
Enterprise Institute
AELC Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches
AEU
American Ethical Union (4)
AFA
American Family Association
(formerly National Federation for Decency)
(1,3)
AFAM Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
AFC
Apostolate for Family
Consecration (1)
AfDB
African Development Bank
AFDC American Family Defense Coalition (1)
AFDC Aid for Families with Dependent Children
AFE
Americans for the Environment
(11)
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AFGE
American Federation of Government
Employees
AFJ
Alliance for
Justice
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations
AFL
Adolescent Family
Life
AFLM
Advocates for Life Ministries (1)
AFMCH American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health
AFP
[Maternal] alpha-feto protein
AFS
American
Fertility Society (5)
AFSC
American Friends Service
Committee (5)
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees
AFT
American
Federation of Teachers (5)
AG
Attorney general
AG
Andean Group
AGA Alliance of
Gay Artists (7,8)
AGA American
Gay Atheists (4,7)
AGA American
Genetic Association
AGI
Alan
Guttmacher Institute (5)
AGP Association
of Gay Psychologists (7)
AGPA American Group
Psychotherapy Association
AGS
American Geriatrics Society
AGS American Gynecological Society
AHA American Hospital Association (5)
AHA American Humane Association
AHA American Historical Association
AHA American Humanist Association (4,5,6,7,8)
AHEA American Home
Economics Association (5)
AI Amnesty International
AI Artificial insemination
AI Artificial intelligence
AIAA
Americans for
International Aid and Adoption
AID Artificial insemination (by donor)
AID [United States] Agency for International Development (5)
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIFR
American
Institute of Family Relations
AIH
Artificial insemination (by husband)
AIHCA American Indian Health Care
Association
AIM Accuracy in Media (3)
AIM American Indian Movement
AIPOP American Institute of
Public Opinion Poll
AIR-PLUS American Information Route Toward a Pro-Life
United States (1)
AISA Adoption Information Service Agency
AIUM American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
AJC
American Jewish Congress (5)
AJOG American
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
AKA
Also
known as
AL
Arab League
ALA
American Library Association (8)
ALADI Asociacion
Latinoamericana de Integracion; (Latin American
Integration Association
(LAIA))
ALC
American Lutheran Church
ALD
Adrenoleukodystrophy
ALEC
American
Legislative Exchange Council
ALERT American Life
Education and Research Trust (1)
ALF
Animal Liberation Front (10)
ALG
American Lawyer's Guild (5)
ALI
American Law Institute
ALI
American Liberties Institute
ALL
American Life League (1)
ALL
American Life Lobby (1)
ALMA Adoptee's
Liberty Movement Association
ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALSE Advocates for Gay and Lesbian State Employees (7)
AMA
American Medical Association (5)
AMEN AIDS in
Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods Study
AMEND Moms Experiencing Neonatal Death
AMF Arab Monetary Fund
AMFAR American Foundation for
AIDS Research
AMOS Assumptions are
the mother of all screwups
AMU Arab
Maghreb Union
AMWA American Medical
Women's Association
ANA
American Nurses Association (5)
ANC
African National Congress (9)
ANM
Auxiliary nurse-midwife
ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United
States Security Treaty
AOA
American Orthopsychiatric Association
AOG
Assembly of God
AOH
Ancient Order of Hibernians
AORN American Association of Registered Nurses
AP
Associated Press
APA
American Psychoanalytic Association
APA
American Psychiatric Association (5)
APA
American Pharmaceutical Association
APA
American Psychological Association (5,7)
APC
American Parents Committee
APCW Adolescent Pregnancy Childwatch Project
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APHA
American Public Health Association (5)
APHA
American Protestant Hospital Association
APL
Adopted People for Life (1)
APLIC Association for Population/Family Planning and Information
Centers (5)
APO
Army Post Office
APPP
Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians (5)
APS
Artificial placentation system
APSH
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
APTN
American Public Television Network
APWU American Postal Workers Union (5)
ARAC Animal Rights Activists for Choice (5,10)
ARAL Association to Repeal Abortion Laws (5)
ARC
American Red Cross
ARC
AIDS-Related Complex
ARF Animal Rights Front (10)
ARHO Association of Reproductive Health Officials (5)
ARHP Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (5)
ARL Americans for Religious Liberty
ARM Abortion Rights Mobilization (5)
ARMS Abortion-Related Ministries (1)
ARP
Association for Retarded Persons
ARSC
Abortion Survivors Rescue Committee (1)
ARV
AIDS-related virus
ASA
Association for the Study of Abortion (5)
ASA
American Sociological Association
ASAHP Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
ASAP As soon as possible
ASAT
Anti-satellite weapons
ASC
American Security Council
ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
AsDB Asian Development Bank
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASF
American Suicide Foundation
ASHA American Social Health Association
ASHG American Society of Human Genetics
ASHS Association of Secular Humanist Societies (4)
ASLM American Society of Law and Medicine (5)
ASM
American Society of Mammologists
ASMA American Student Medical Association
ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (6)
ASRC Abortion Survivors Rescue Committee
AT&T Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph
ATCC American Type [Cell] Culture Collection
ATL
Association of Trial Lawyers
ATP
Adenosine triphosphate
AU Angstrom unit
AUL
Americans United for Life (1)
AUSCS Americans United for Separation of Church and State (4)
AVA
American Victims of Abortion (1)
AVC
American Veterans Committee
AVDA American Venereal Disease Association
AVDP
Avoirdupois
AVES Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society
AVS
Association for Voluntary Sterilization (5)
AWMA American Women's Medical Association (5)
AWOL Absent without leave
AZT
Azidothymidine
BA
Bachelor of Arts
BACAOR Bay Area Coalition Against Operation Rescue (5,7)
BAD
Banque Africaine de Developpement [African Development
Bank
(AfDB)]
BADEA Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique
(Arab Bank
for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA))
BATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BB/BSA Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
BBA
Balanced Budget Amendment
BBB
Better Business Bureau
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBT Basal body temperature
BCFA Birth Control Federation of America (5)
BCIE Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico (Central
American
Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE))
BCR
Benefit-cost ratio
BCS
Bethany Christian Services (1)
BD
Bachelor of Divinity
BDEAC Banque de Developpment des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
(Central
African States Development Bank (BDEAC))
BIDS Birth Defects Information System
BEU
Benelux Economic Union
BGCS Boyhood Gender Conformity Scale
BID
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American
Development Bank
(IADB))
BIP
Basic infertile pattern
BIRTH Born Individuals Rescuing the Helpless (1)
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BM
Basal metabolism
BMA
British Medical Association
BOAD Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (West African
Development
Bank (WADB))
BOHICA Bend over here it comes again!
BOM
Billings Ovulation Method
BORN Bi-State Operation Rescue Network (1)
BPOE
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
BS
Bachelor of Science
BSA
Boy Scouts of America
BSCS
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
BVM
Blessed Virgin Mother
BWMT Black and White Men Together (7)
BWS
Better World Society (5,10)
C
Commonwealth
C-PLAN Communist Party Legislative Action Network (9)
C
[Degrees] Celsius
C-Span Congressional Coverage Cable Network
CAC Christian Action Council (1)
CACM Central American Common Market
CAEU Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAH Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
CAHEA Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation
CALC Clergy & Laity Concerned (12)
CALM Custody Action for Lesbian Mothers (5,7)
CAMPUS Coalition of American Pro-Life University Students (1)
CAN Cult Awareness Network
CAP
Children Awaiting Parents
CAP Committee for American Principles
CAPD Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
CARAL California Abortion Rights Action League (5)
CARAL Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (5)
CARD Committee Against Registration and the Draft (12)
CARE Co-operative for American Remittances to Everywhere
CARE Counseling for Abortion-Related Experiences (1)
CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market
CARR Coalition Against the Radical Right (4)
CASE Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (1)
CBA
Christian Booksellers Association
CBC
Congressional Black Caucus
CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBE
Center for Biomedical Ethics
CBPP
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
CBTV Coalition for Better Television (3)
CCA Christian Community Association
CCAR Central Conference of American Rabbis
CCBA Coalition of Concerned Black Americans
CCC Customs Cooperation Council
CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
CCD
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
CCEL Christian Civic Education League
CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (of Canada)
CCL Conference for 'Catholic' Lesbians (7)
CCL Couple to Couple League (1)
CCPA Catholics for Christian Political Action (1)
CCR Center for Constitutional Rights (5)
CCR Citizens for Congressional Reform
CCREF Conservative Caucus Research and Education Fund
CCS
Clergy Consultation Service (5)
CD
Congressional district
CDA
Catholic Daughters of America
CDB
Caribbean Development Bank
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CDF
Children's Defense Fund (5)
CDI
Center for Defense Information
CDL
Citizens for Decency Through Law (3)
CDRR Committee for the Defense of Reproductive Rights (5)
CE
[International Society of] Christian Endeavor
CE
Council of Europe
CEAO Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (West
African
Economic Community (CEAO))
CED
Committee for Economic Development
CEDPA Centre for Development and Population Activities (5)
CEEAC Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
(Economic
Community of Central African States (CEEAC))
CEI
Central European Initiative
CEIP
Carnegie Endowment for National Peace (12)
CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
(CMEA, COMECON)
CEO
Chief executive officer
CEP
Council on Economic Priorities
CEP
Council on Environmental Quality (11)
CEPGL Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs
(Economic
Community of the Great Lakes Countries)
CERES Center for Research in Education and Sexuality
CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (European
Organization
for Nuclear Research (CERN))
CETA
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
CFA
Committee for Future America
CFC
Chlorofluourocarbons
CFC
Combined Federal Campaign
CFD
Concern for Dying (6)
CFFC
'Catholics' for a Free Choice (5)
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CG
Contadora Group
CGD
Chronic granulomatous disease
CHA
Catholic Health Association
CHA
Christian Holiness Association
CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Veterans
Administration
CHAP Child Health Assurance Program
CHAUS Catholic Health Association of the United States
CHCE
Center for Health Care Ethics
CHD
Campaign for Human Development
CHEER Center for Homosexual Education, Evaluation and Research (7)
CHILD Christians Helping in Life's Defense (1)
CHOICE Concern for Health Options, Information, Care and Education
(5)
CHSA
Consumer Health Service of America
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CICRED Committee for International Cooperation in National Research
in
Demography (5)
CID
Criminal Investigation Department ("Scotland Yard")
CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency
CIF
Conservation International Foundation
CIN
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
CIOMS Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
CIS
Center for Inter-American Security
CISPES Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador (12)
CISS
Chromosomal in-situ suppression hybridization
CIV
Cultures, ideas and values [course]
CJ
Chief Justice
CJR
Citizens for Judicial Restraint
CLC
Campaign Life Coalition (1)
CLC
Clergy and Laity Concerned (12)
Clear-TV Christian Leaders for Responsible Television (3)
CLF
Conservation Law Foundation
CLRCR Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (1)
CLS
Critical Legal Studies
CLS
Christian Legal Society (1)
CLW
Council for a Livable World
CM
Calendar method ("rhythm")
CM
Congregation for the Mission
CM-BBT Cervical Mucus-Basal Body
Temperature
CMA
Catholics for a Moral America (1,3)
CMAC Catholic Marriage Advisory Council
CMEA
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA, COMECON)
CMF
Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation
CMA
Canadian Medical Association
CN-M Certified nurse-midwife
CNF
Conservation Network Foundation
CNN
Cable News Network
CNS
Central nervous system
CNS
Committee for National Security
CO
Conscientious objector
CODEL Coordination in Development
COMECON Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (CEMA, CMEA)
Con-Con Constitutional Convention
CONRAD Contraceptive Research and Development Program, Eastern
Virginia
Medical School (5)
CONUS Continental United States
COPE Committee on Political Education
COR
Coalition on Revival
CORE Congress of Racial Equality
COYOTE Cast Off Your Old Tired Ethics
CP
Colombo Plan
CP
Congregation of the Passion
CP
Communist Party (9)
CPA
Certified public accountant
CPA
Center for Policy Alternatives
CPB
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
CPC
Crisis Pregnancy Center (1)
CPE
Council on Population and Environment
CPF
Committee to Protect the Family
CPFH
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University
(5)
CPG
Catholic Physicians Guild (1)
CPG
Catholic Pharmaceutical Guild (1)
CPGAF Committee on Population Growth and the American Family
CPM
Cesarian Prevention Movement
CPS
Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys
CPS
Current Population Surveys
CPUSA Communist Party of the United States of America (9)
CR
Calendar rhythm
CRA
Center for Reproductive Alternatives
CRASH Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health (5)
CRASH Committee Against Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism (5,7)
CREOG Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
CRF
Constitutional Rights Foundation
CRLP
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (5)
CRTI
Center for the Rights of the Terminally Ill
CRW
Council of Religious Women
CS
Christian Science (practitioner)
CSC
Civil Service Commission
CSC
Congregatio Sanctae Crucis (Congregation of the Holy
Cross)
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSCPA Committee for Social Change and Political Action
CSE
Classroom sex education system
CSER
Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion (4)
CSFC
Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress
CSII
Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion
CSOW Commission on the Status of Women
CSP
Center for Security Policy
CSSP
Center for Studies of Suicide Prevention
CSsR
Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris (Congregation of the
Most Holy
Redeemer)
CT
Certified teacher
CTFA
Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association
CTS
Catholic Truth Society
CTSA
Catholic Theological Society of America
CTW
Children's Television Network
CU
Consumer's Union
CUA
Catholic University of America
CUDESH Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism (4)
CUF
Catholics United for the Faith (1)
CUL
Catholics United for Life (1)
CULT Catholics United Against Liberation Theology
CURE Citizens United for Responsible Education
CURE Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia (2)
CUSA
Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator
CUT
Church Universal and Triumphant
CVS
Chorionic Villi Sampling
CW
Conventional wisdom
CWA
Concerned Women for America (1,2,3)
CWLA Child Welfare League of America
CWRR
'Catholic' Women for Reproductive Rights (5)
CWU
Church Women United
CYO
Catholic Youth Organization
D.A.
District attorney
D&C
Dilatation and curettage
D&E
Dilatation and evacuation
DACOWITS Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
DAD
Dads Against Discrimination
DAP
Dial-a-porn
DAR
Daughters of the American Revolution
DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DARE Dykes Against Racism Everywhere (5,7)
DAV
Disabled American Veterans
DBP
Defense Budget Project
DC
Developed country
DC
District of Columbia
DC
Doctor of Chiropractic
DCL
Doctor of Canon Law
DD
Doctor of Divinity
DDC
Dewey Decimal Classification
DEIS
Draft environmental impact statement
DES
Diethylstilbestrol
DFA
Development Fund for Africa
DG
Dei Gratia (by the grace of God)
DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
DHS
Demographic and Health Surveys
DHS
Demographic and Health Surveys (5)
DHT
Dihydrotestosterone
DINK
Double-income, no kids
DLC
Democratic Leadership Council
DM
Deutsche Mark
DMPA Depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera)
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNC
Democratic National Committee (5,7)
DNR
Do not resuscitate
DoD
Department of Defense
DOM
Deo optimo maximo (to God, the best and greatest)
DORIS Defending Our Rights in the Streets (7)
DPA
Durable power of attorney
DRG
Diagnosis-related group
DSI
Development Services International of Canada (5)
DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
DSOC Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (9)
DSP
Daughters of St. Paul (1)
DSS
Delayed Shock Syndrome
DV
Douay Version
DV
Deo volente (God willing)
e.g.
Exempli gratia (for example)
EAB
Ethics advisory board
EADB
East African Development Bank
EAF
Environmental Action Foundation (11)
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Community
EC
Evangelicals Concerned (7)
ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (Economic and
Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP))
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECG
Electrocardiogram
ECLA
Economic Commission for Latin America (Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC))
ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC [United Nations] Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ECWA Economic Commission for Western Asia (see Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA))
EDF
Environmental Defense Fund (11)
EDT
Eastern daylight time
EE
Engaged Encounter
EE2
Ethinyl estradiol
EEC
European Economic Community
EEC
Euthanasia Educational Council (6)
EEG
Electroencephalogram
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EFM
Electronic fetal monitoring
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EGF
Epidermal growth factor
EI
Eosinophilic index
EIB
European Investment Bank
EIB
Excellence in Broadcasting [Network]
EIFT
Embryo intrafallopian transfer
EIS
Environmental impact statement
EKG
Electrocardiogram
ELCA
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELI
Environmental Law Institute (11)
ELISA
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMILY Early Money is Like Yeast (5)
EMP
Electromagnetic pulse
ENTA
Norethindrone acetate
EO
Executive Order
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (11)
EPC
Environmental Policy Center (11)
EPH
Edema/proteinuria/hypertension
EPK&C Early prenatal karyotype farenand cell scan
EPS
Early Pregnancy Services (5)
ERC
Ethical Research Committee
ERIS
Exoatmospheric Reentry Intercept System
ESA
European Space Agency
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
ESF
Economic support funds
ESMP
Enhanced survival of multifetal pregnancy
EST
[Werner] Erhardt Sensitivity Training Seminars
EST
Eastern standard time
et seq
Et sequens (and the following one)
ET
Embryo transfer
ETA
Estimated time of arrival
ETO
Estimated time of ovulation
EWTN Eternal Word Television Network (1)
F
[Degrees] Fahrenheit
FA
Fundamentalists Anonymous (4)
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Foreign Assistance Act
FACE
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances [Act]
FACES National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped
FACOG Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FACP
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FACS Flourescence-activated cell sorter
FACS
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
FAM
Fertility awareness method
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization (of the United Nations)
FARM Farm Animal Reform Movement (10)
FAS
Fetal alcohol syndrome
FAS
Federation of American Scientists
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCA
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (1)
FCAA Florence Crittenden Association of America (5)
FCC
Freedom of Choice Coalition (5)
FCC
Federal Council of Churches (now the National Council of
Churches, or
NCC) (5)
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCF
Free Congress Foundation (1)
FCI
Family Care International, Inc. (5)
FDA
[United States] Food and Drug Administration
FEBS
Federation of European Biochemical Societies
FEC
Federal Elections Commission
FEHB
Federal Employee's Health Benefits
FEMALE Formerly Employed Mothers at Loose Ends
FEW
Federally Employed Women
FFLA
Feminists for Life of America (1)
FFM
Fund for a Feminist Majority (5)
FFP
Friends of Family Planning (5)
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Future Homemakers of America
FHI
Family Health International (5)
FIAMC International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations
FINRRAGE Feminist International Network of Resistance to
Reproductive and Genetic
Engineering
FISH
Fluorescent in-situ hybridization
FLE
Family Life Education
FLS
Front Line States
FOA
Field operating activity
FOCA Freedom of Choice Act
FOE
Friends of the Earth (10)
FOE
Fraternal Order of Eagles
FOI
Freedom of Information [Act]
FOLKS Friends of Little Kids (pedophile group) (7)
FOR
Fellowship of Reconciliation
FPA
Family planning associates
FPA
Family Protection Act
FPIA
Family Planning International Assistance Program (5)
FPWA Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (5)
FRC
Family Research Council (1)
FRCP
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London
FRCS
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London
FRG
Federal Republic of Germany (the former West Germany)
FRI
Family Research Institute (1)
FSA
Family Service Association
FSA
Free Speech Advocates (1)
FSH
Follicle-stimulating hormone
FSP
Fallopian tube sperm perfusion
FTA-Abs Fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption
FUAA Fathers United Against Abortion
FUBAR Fouled up beyond all recognition
FWHC Feminist Women's Health Center (5)
FY
Fiscal year
FYI
For your information
FZ
Franc Zone
G-77
Group of 77
G
Grand ($1,000)
G7
Group of Seven
GALA Gay and Lesbian Alliance (7)
GALA Gay Atheists League of America (4,7)
GALAS Great American Lesbian Art Show (7)
GAMDA Group Against Media Dishonesty on Abortion (1)
GAO
General Accounting Office
GAP
Gay Awareness Program (7)
GAS
Gay Alliance of Students (7)
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GAU
Gay Academic Union (7)
GB
Gigabyte
GBS
Gay bowel syndrome
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCC
Gay Community Center (7)
GDABM Global Defense Against Ballistic Missiles
GDP
Genome Data Base
GDR
German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany)
GEA
Gay Educators Association (7)
GEEP Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and exogenous estradiol
and
progesterone
GFC
Gay Father's Coalition (7)
GFWC General Federation of Women's Clubs
GHOST Grand Homosexual Organization to Stop Televangelists (7)
GI
Government issue
GI
Girls Incorporated
GIFT
Gamete intra-fallopian transfer
GLAAD Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (7)
GLAD
Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day(s) (7)
GLF
Gay Liberation Front (7)
GLSA Gay Law Students Association (7)
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GMA
Gay Militant Atheists (4,7)
GMC
General Medical Council
GNP
Gross national product
GnRH
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone
GnRHa Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist
GnRHa
Gonadotrophin-releasing-hormone analogue
GOA
Government Accounting Office
GOBs
Good old boys
GOMER Get out of my emergency room (a hopeless trauma case)
GOP
Grand Old Party (Republican) (1)
GORK God only really knows
GP
General practitioner
GPA
Grade-point average
GPHW Gay Public Health Workers (7)
GPO
[United States] Government Printing Office
GRID
Gay-Related Immune Deficiency
GRINCH Gay Retaliation for Inexcusable Negligence and Criminal
Homophobia (7)
GRNC
Gay Rights National Lobby (7)
GSA
Genetics Society of America
GSA
Girl Scouts of America
GSA
General Services Administration
GSA
Gay Students Association (7)
GTA
Gay Theatre Alliance (7)
GTA
Gay Teachers Association (7)
GTC
Global Tomorrow Coalition, Inc. (5)
GTC
Gay Teachers Coalition (7)
GTW
Multiglycosides of Tripterygium wilfordii
GUM
Great unwashed masses
H.B.
House Bill
H.J.R.
House Joint Resolution
HATTS Hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis
HC
House of Commons
HC
Holy Communion
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HCG
Human chorionic gonadotrophin
HCS
Human chorionic somatomammotropin
HD
Huntington's disease
HDDA Humane and Dignified Death Act (6)
HDL
High-density lipoprotein (cholesterol)
HEW
[United States Department of] Health, Education and Welfare
HGP
Human Genome Project
HHH Hyperornithinaemia, Hyperammonaemia, and Homocitrullinuria
Syndrome
HHS
[United States Department of] Health and Human Services
HIRE
Hooking is Respectable Employment
HIT
Herd of independent thinkers [syndrome]
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
HIV-Ag Human immunodeficiency virus antigen
HL
House of Lords
HLA
Human Life Amendment (1)
HLB
Human Life Bill (1)
HLC
Human Life Center (1)
HLF
Human Life Foundation (1)
HLI
Human Life International (1)
HLS
Human Life Statute (1)
HLSC Human Life Statute Coalition (1)
HM
His or Her Majesty
HMG
Human menopausal gonadotrophin
HMO
Health maintenance organization
HOPE
Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere
HOPING Helping in Normal Grieving
HOW
Happiness of Womanhood
HQ
Headquarters
HRH
His or Her Royal Highness
HRT
Hormone replacement therapy
HSA
Health Systems Agencies (1)
HSG
Hysterosalpingogram
HSLDA Home School Legal Defense Association
HTLV
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus
HUGO Human Genome Organization
HV
Humanae Vitae (1,2)
HZA
Hemizona assay
IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAETF
International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force
IASR
International Academy of Sex Research
IAWS
Intercollegiate Association of Women Students (5)
IBEC
International Bank for Economic Cooperation
IBM
International Business Machine
IBRC
Infant Bioethical Review Committee
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAM-1 Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICASC International Contraception, Abortion, and Sterilization
Campaign (5)
ICBM
Intercontinental ballistic missile
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICCC
International Concerns Committee for Children
ICCR
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
ICD
Intracervical device
ICEA
International Childbirth Education Association
ICEM
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (see
International
Organization for Migration (IOM))
ICFTU
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICGI
International Conference on Gender Identity
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICM
Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (International
Organization for
Migration (IOM))
ICOMP International Council on Management of Population Programmes
(5)
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICS
Institute for Creation Spirituality
ICU
Intensive care unit
IDA
International Development Association
IDB
Islamic Development Bank
IDDS
Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies (12)
IEA
International Energy Agency
IEC
Institutional ethics committee
IEP
Inhibin-enriched preparation
IERA
Inclusive Equal Rights Amendment (combined Human Life Amendment
and Equal Rights Amendment)
IF
Intellectual Freedom
IFA
International Fertility Association
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFCA
International Federation of Catholic Alumnae
IFFLP
International Federation for Family Life Promotion (5)
IFFS
International Federation of Fertility Societies
IFGR
International Foundation for Genetic Research (The Michael Fund)
IFN
Interferon
IFRP
International Fertility Research Program
IGA
International Gay Association (7)
IGAB
Interagency Group for Action on Breastfeeding
IGADD Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development
IGF
Insulin-like growth factor
IHM
[Servants of the] Immaculate Heart of Mary
IHS
Indian Health Service
IIB
International Investment Bank
IIE
Institute of International Education
IIED
International Institute for Environment and Development (5)
iiFAR
Incurably Ill for Animal Research
IISHR
International Institution for the Study of Human Reproduction
(5)
ILGWU International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
ILO
International Labor Organization
ILO0
International Labor Organization (5)
ILS
International Life Services (1)
IMAP
[International Planned Parenthood Federation] Medical Advisory
Board
(5)
IMCO Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
(International
Maritime Organization (IMO))
IME
Institute of Medical Ethics
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMP
Imprimatur (let it be printed)
IMPACT Innovative Materials for Population Action (5)
InCAR
International Committee Against Racism
INFACT Infant Formula Coalition
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization
INPLAN Integrated Population and Development Planning (5)
INRI
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King
of the Jews)
INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INSERM Institut National de la Sant:e et de la Recherche Medicale
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
INTRAH [Program for] International Training in Health, University of
North
Carolina (5)
IOC
International Olympic Committee
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IOOF
International Order of Odd Fellows
IPA
International Phonetic Alphabet
IPAS
International Projects Assistance Services (5)
IPPF
International Planned Parenthood Federation (1,2)
IPS
Institute for Policy Studies
IR
International Review (formerly International Review
of Natural
Family Planning) (1)
IRBM
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRC
Interchange Resource Network
IRCAR
International Reference Center for Abortion Research (5)
IRD
Institute for Resource Development, Westinghouse (5)
IRLF
International Right to Life Foundation (1)
IRNFP
International Review of Natural Family Planning (now International
Review) (1)
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
IRTLF
International Right to Life Federation (IRTLF)
ISIS
Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality (1)
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISTI
International Science and Technology Institute, Inc. (5)
ITEST
Institute for Theological Encounter With Science and
Technology
ITOP
Induced termination of pregnancy
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
IUB
Intrauterine occlusion body
IUCD
Intra-uterine contraceptive device
IUD
Intra-uterine device
IUI
Intra-uterine insemination
IUP
Intrauterine pregnancy
IUSSP
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (5)
IV
Intravenous
IVD
Intravas device
IVF-DS IVF-donor sperm
IVF-SET IVF-surrogate embryo transfer
IVF-DO IVF-donor ova
IVF-DE IVF-donor embryo
IVF
In-vitro fertilization
IVH
Intraventricular hemorrhage
IVIG
Intravenous immunoglobulin
IWHC International Women's Health Coalition (5)
IWO
Institute for World Order
IWW
Industrial Workers of the World (5)
IWY
International Women's Year (5)
IYC
International Year of the Child
IYD
International Year of the Disabled
JACGUAR Johns and Call Girls United Against Repression
JAMA
Journal of the American Medical Association
JBS
John Birch Society (1)
JCAH
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals
JCB
Bachelor of Canon Law
JCHA
Joint Committee of Hospital Associations
JCL
Licentiate in Canon Law
JD
Juris Doctor (Doctor of Law)
JDL
Jewish Defense League
JHPIEGO Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology
and
Obstetrics (5)
JLC
Juvenile Law Center
JLIC
Jewish Life Issues Committee
JOICFP
Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family
Planning,
Inc. (5)
JP
Justice of the Peace
JPSA
Joint Program for the Study of Abortion
JS&A
John Short & Associates, Inc. (5)
JSD
Doctor of Juristic Science
JSI
John Snow, Inc. (5)
JW
Jehovah's Witness
K of
P
Knights of Pythias
K of
C
Knights of Columbus (1)
kB
Kilobyte
KI
Karyopyknotic index
KIA
Killed in action
KISS
Keep it simple, stupid
KJV
King James Version
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
KROW Keep Rockefeller out of Washington
KS
Kaposi's Sarcoma
KTF
Keep the Faith (Publishers) (1)
L/GHTS
Lesbian and Gay Humanists (4,7)
L.A.
Latin America
LAAL
Life After [sexual] Assault League (1)
LABIA
Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (7)
LAES
Latin American Economic System
LAIA
Latin American Integration Association
LAPAC Life Amendment Political Action Committee (1)
LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
LARFPC Los Angeles Regional Family Planning Council (5)
LAS
League of Arab States (Arab League (AL))
LAV
Lymphadenopathy Virus
LAW
Legal Action for Women (1)
LC-WS Lutheran Church-Wisconsin Synod
LC-MS Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1)
LC
Library of Congress
LCD
Lowest common denominator
LCL
League of Catholic Laymen (1)
LD50
Lethal Dose 50%
LDC
Less-developed country
LDL
Low-density lipoprotein (cholesterol)
LDS
Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (1)
LEAD
League for Economic Assistance and Development
LH
Luteinizing hormone
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