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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
American Life League
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., 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 Some of these initials are obviously outdated and will of use only to those people poring over documents that are half a century old, but others are very timely, and more initials are being invented every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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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- 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
LIST OF Abbreviations AND Acronyms
Course: English teacher education
University: Universitas Negeri Semarang
