Helpful Links
Medical – Fertility – Infertility sites
Veranova Health provides evidence-based healthcare to women and families, specializing in obstetrics, gynecology, infertility, adolescent health, addiction medicine, family medicine, cycle education and natural family planning classes. The women’s healthcare and family practice is built upon the foundation that life has inherent dignity and value at every stage. Learn more at veranovahealth.org or call for an appointment at (440) 732-2173.
FertilityCare Centers of America>> is a dynamic, growing group of affiliated centers that provide professional instruction in the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System which features the new women’s health science, NaProTECHNOLOGY.
Natural Womanhood >> Summarizes various FABM’s and links to national NFP providers. Sponsored by Natural Womanhood, a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of fertility charting for disease prevention, self-knowledge, relational intimacy, and effective family planning. This site also has frequent updates / blog posts regarding medical developments and social impacts of NFP.
Restorative Reproductive Medicine>> Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RRM) exclusively focuses investigations and treatments on identifying and correcting abnormalities, restoring or optimizing normal reproductive function.
FACTS >> FACTS is the Fertility Appreciation Collaborative, a group comprised of physicians, other health care professionals and educators working together to Teach the Science of natural or fertility awareness based methods (FABMs) of family planning. This site has very well documented scientific studies of FABMs and NFP and reports of its own studies published in medical journals.
Marriage – Marriage Preparation – Marriage Enrichment sites
For Your Marriage >> Website with articles, blogs and resources to support and enrich marriage. Sponsored by USCCB.
Cleveland Diocese Marriage and Family Office >> Resources for Cleveland marriage prep and NFP.
Youngstown Diocese Marriage and Family Office >> Resources for Youngstown marriage prep and NFP.
Marriages of Grace >> A non-profit dedicated to enriching and strengthening Catholic couples in Northeast Ohio. The primary means is the hosting of an annual Marriage Enrichment day.
Counseling
Cornerstone of Hope>> A counseling center for grieving children, teens and adults, including those grieving from miscarriage, loss of a child, or post sterilization.
Cornerstone of Hope has counseled over 27,000 northeast Ohioans grieving from loss.
5905 Brecksville Road
Independence, Ohio 44131
Ethics
The National Catholic Bioethics Center>> established in 1972, conducts research, consultation, publishing and education to promote human dignity in health care and the life sciences, and derives its message directly from the teachings of the Catholic Church. Position papers from the NCBC available at this site include: ‘Abortion, Contraception and Parenthood’, Ectopic Pregnancy, Infertility Treatments, Natural Family Planning.