Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
American Abbreviation
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
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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)
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NFL National Football League
NFL National Federation for Life (1)
NFP Natural family planning
NFPC National Federation of Priests' Councils (dissident group)
NFPFA Natural Family Planning Federation of America (1)
NFPRHA National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (5)
NFS National Fertility Study
NGF National Genetics Foundation
NGHC National Gay Health Coalition (7)
NGHEF National Gay Health Education Foundation, Inc. (7)
NGLTF National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (7)
NGO Non-governmental organization
NGU Non-gonococcal urethritis
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHI National Health Insurance (Britain)
NHLA National Hispanic Lawyers Association
NHO National Hospice Organization
NHS National Health Service
NIAAA National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIB Nordic Investment Bank
NIC Newly industrializing country
NICA National Interfaith Coalition on Aging
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NICM National Institute for Campus Ministries
NICU Neonatal intensive care unit
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIE Newly industrializing economy
NIE National Institute for Education
NIEO New International Economic Order
NIH National Institute of Health
NIMBY Not in my back yard
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NINA No Irish need apply
NIRS Nuclear Information Resource Service
NLF National Liberation Front
NLFO National Lesbian Feminist Organization (5,7)
NLG National Lawyer's Guild (5,7,8)
NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
NMA National Medical Association
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OM Ovulation method
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMI Oblates of Mary Immaculate
ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
oob off our backs [Magazine] (5,7)
Op cit Opere citato (in the work cited)
OP Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
OP Optimum Population, Inc.
OPA Organ Procurement Agency
OPANAL Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la
America Latina y el Caribe (Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean)
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEN Organization to Promote Equality Now
OPM Office of Personnel Management
OPR Office of Population Research, Princeton University (5)
OR Operation Rescue (1)
OSA Order of St. Augustine
OSB Order of St. Benedict (Benedictines)
OSF Order of St. Francis
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSM Order of the Servants of Mary
OSU Order of St. Ursula
OSV Our Sunday Visitor [Magazine]
OT Old Testament
OT Ovum transfer
OT Occupational therapy
OTA Office of Technology Assessment
OTC Over the counter
OTGH Old-Time Gospel Hour
OURS Organization for United Response
P-FLAG Parents and Fri
PA Prothonotary apostolic
PA Parents Anonymous
PAA Population Association [or Assistance] of America (5)
PAC Political action committee
PAC Population Action Council (5)
PACE Post-Abortion Counseling and Education (1)
PAF Platelet-activating factor
PAHO Pan American Health Organization (5)
PAPOC Parents Alliance to Protect Our Children (1)
PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A
PAS Post-abortion syndrome
PATH Post-Abortion Trauma Healing (1)
PATH Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (5)
PAU Pan American Union
PAW People for the American Way (4,8)
PBS Public Broadcasting System
PC Personal computer
PC Population Communication (5)
PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCA Presbyterian Church in America
PCC Population Crisis [or Control] Committee (5)
PCI Pax Christi International
PCI Population Communications International (5)
PCO Polycystic ovary syndrome
PCS Population Communication Services, Johns Hopkins University (5)
PCUC People Concerned for the Unborn Child (Pennsylvania) (1)
PCUSA Presbyterian Church of the USA
PD Peak day
PDA Population Development Association (5)
PDA Pregnancy Disability Act
PDQ Pretty damn quick
PDR Physicians Desk Reference
PDW People's Daily World Magazine (9)
PEACE People Expressing a Concern for Everyone
PECAM Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule
PEI Prince Edward Island
PEN [International Association of] Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and
Novelists (8)
PEP Promoting Enduring Peace (12)
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (10)
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VP Vice President
VSC Voluntary surgical contraception
VVF Vesico-vaginal fistula
WAA Women's Action Alliance (5)
WADB West African Development Bank
WAP Whale Adoption Project (10)
WAP Women Against Pornography (3)
WARN Women of All Red Nations (5)
WASP We Are Sexual Perverts (trash rock group)
WASP We are Satan's people (graffiti)
WATS Wide Area Telephone System
WCC World Council of Churches (5,7)
WCCL Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Life (1)
WCF Women's Campaign Fund
WCL World Confederation of Labor
WEAL Women's Equity Action League (5)
WEBA Women Exploited By Abortion (1)
WENCH Women with Enough Nerve to Create Havoc (5)
WETSU We eat this sh_t up
WEU Western European Union
WFAVS World Federation of Associations for Voluntary Sterilization (5)
WFC World Food Council
WFF Women for Faith and Family (1,2,3)
WFP World Food Program
WFP Witness for Peace (12)
WFS World Fertility Survey
WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
WHAM Women's Health Action Mobilization (5)
WHCA White House Conference on Aging
WHCCY White House Conference on Children and Youth
WHCF White House Conference on Families
WHCH White House Conference on Hunger
WHO World Health Organization
WHO World Health Organization (5)
WIC Women's International Conference
WIC Women, Infants and Children Program
WICCA Women in Constant Creative Action
WILPF Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (5,12)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WISC Washington Interreligious Staff Council
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