C

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