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Frameworks Institute, The mission of the FrameWorks Institute is to advance the nonprofit sector's communications capacity by identifying, translating and modeling relevant scholarly research for framing the public discourse about social problems.

Rockridge Institute, The Rockridge Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening U.S. democracy by providing intellectual support to the progressive community. The Institute partners with advocates, activists, and policy professionals to articulate the system of American values and ideas and reframe public debate.

Longview Institute, The mission of the Longview Institute is to articulate and promote a vision of our nation based on a moral economy and a just society. Our belief in individual liberty, accompanied by collective responsibility, is deeply rooted in the highest ideals of the American progressive tradition. Working with others, we seek to influence Americans to think about old problems in new ways and to change the terms of debate. Our ultimate goal is to rethink and promote public policy that will lead to an America admired for its moral economy, its personal freedom, and its social and economic justice.

Opportunity Agenda, The Opportunity Agenda is a communications, research, and advocacy organization dedicated to building the national will to expand opportunity in America. By employing a coordinated strategy that includes communications work, research and policy analysis, and advocacy, The Opportunity Agenda ties together the work of diverse social justice and issue groups, and creates effective strategies to expand opportunity in America.

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Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, SIECUS – the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States – has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for more than 40 years.

Advocates for Youth, Established in 1980 as the Center for Population Options, Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates believes it can best serve the field by boldly advocating for a more positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health.

Healthy Teen Network, The Healthy Teen Network is a national professional membership organization founded on the belief that youth can make responsible decisions about their sexuality and reproductive health when they have complete, accurate and culturally relevant information, skills, resources and support.

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National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) is a non-profit membership organization based in Washington, D.C. that has served as an important source of advocacy, education and training for the family planning and reproductive health care field for more than 35 years.

The Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP), The Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) works to advance the ability of every woman to achieve full reproductive freedom with access to the safest, most effective, and preferred methods for controlling her fertility and protecting her health.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a world-renowned leader in reproductive rights and health. PPFA provides support to affiliates nationwide and addresses reproductive health needs in developing countries through our international programs and our membership in the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

NARAL, NARAL Pro-Choice America is the nation's leading advocate for privacy and a woman's right to choose. With more than one million members and supporters, NARAL Pro-Choice America is fighting to protect the pro-choice values of freedom and personal responsibility.

Office of Population Research at Princeton University: The Emergency Contraception Website is operated by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University and by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. This website has no connection with any companies that manufacture or sell emergency contraceptives. The Mission of The Emergency Contraception Website is to increase women's knowledge about and timely access to emergency contraception and other reproductive health choices, both in the United States and abroad.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

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Compassion & Choices, Compassion & Choices is a nonprofit organization working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life. As a national organization with over 60 chapters and 30,000 members, Compassion & Choices helps patients and their loved ones face the end of life with calm facts and choices of action during a difficult time. Compassion & Choices also aggressively pursues legal reform to promote pain care, strengthen advance directives and legalize physician aid in dying.

Death with Dignity National Center, Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) is a 501(c)3, non-partisan, non-profit organization that has led the legal defense and education of the Oregon Death with Dignity Law for more than 10 years. DDNC board of directors is comprised of some of the death with dignity movement's most esteemed medical, legal and scholarly experts.

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Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR), is the nation's leading pro-cures coalition. It is comprised of nationally-recognized patient organizations, universities, scientific societies, and foundations advocating for the advancement of breakthrough research and technologies in regenerative medicine - including stem cell research and somatic cell nuclear transfer - in order to cure disease and alleviate suffering for individuals with life-threatening illnesses and disorders.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation.

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