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Founded in 1988, the Elliot Institute is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to research, education and outreach regarding the effects of abortion on women, men, families and society. Our mission includes: Researching the Impact of Abortion We have published dozens of peer reviewed studies in medical journals proving that abortion is much more harmful to […]
Please note: The services offered by help/healing groups are confidential and, in many cases, free. Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement of any group’s programs or philosophy. Use your best judgment and discretion as you investigate these links. If you are experiencing shame or guilt because of abortion, and have […]
The American Psychological Association has identified numerous risk factors that can predict which women are most likely to have more severe emotional reactions to abortion. This is a link to an online checklist that you can use to evaluate your own unique risk profile.Alternatively, you can download a printable checklist here. Abortion providers who fail to screen […]
Most abortion providers ignore their obligation to screen for coercion and other signs that abortion will hurt more than help women. But a little known law in Nebraska seeks to stop this abuse of women. It requires doctors to ask you if you are feeling any pressure to have an abortion. They are also required […]
Major Resources Making Abortion RareA Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation Examines the importance of post-abortion healing and research to ending the abortion controversy. Price: $14.95 plus shipping. The Jericho PlanBreaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion Healing Discusses spiritual aspects related to abortion and how to promote post-abortion healing, […]
Ending Abortion: Learning the Truth, Telling the Truth By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. A HALF WON BATTLE Abortion in the United States, and throughout the world, has been legalized because of two basic lies. The first lie is that abortion only destroys an inconsequential “bunch of cells,” not a human life. The second lie is […]
Abortion and miscarriage are linked to an increased risk of premature death in women, while live birth is associated with improved longevity. The negative effects are greater for abortion than miscarriage, Each abortion exposure increases the risk of early death by about fifty percent. The elevated risk of death has been identified within the first 180 days following an abortion or miscarriage and may persists for over ten years.
Introduction Recent news reports have put teens and abortion in the news, with the release of undercover videos allegedly showing abortion businesses covering up cases of sexual abuse involving teenage girls. And the pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute has released a report saying that teen pregnancies rose 3 percent in 2006. While critics are questioning the statistics […]
9/9/16 By Msgr. Charles Pope I spent the afternoon today taking part in a “webinar” focused on providing support, Church teaching and information to families who receive a pre-natal diagnosis that their child will be disabled in some way. Perhaps they are informed that the child will have Down Syndrome, or perhaps a birth […]
9/2/16 Pressure, Coercion and Other Things That Happen When Expectant Parents Receive A Negative Prenatal Diagnosis When expectant parents are given a negative diagnosis indicating that their unborn child likely has a disability, illness or other health problem, they are thrown into a situation that is unexpected, confusing and terrifying. “Pregnant woman and their partners […]
For Immediate Release (Jan 27, 2016 – Springfield, IL) The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued a recommendation to screen women for depression before and after pregnancy in an effort to identify women at risk of post-partum depression and other pregnancy-associated mental health illnesses. Elliot Institute Director David Reardon said that “it is important […]
10/5/2015 | by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Women with a history of abortion are three times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorders, according to a new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The researchers’ findings were based on a comparison of reproductive histories of women treated for bipolar disorders with a control […]
From our friends Doug and Angela Grogg: Saturday Morning I received a Google Alert. It was about a 14 year old girl who was raped and is now pregnant. As all of you know this hits close to home with our family. The minute I read the article, I got Doug and we immediately prayed […]
By Cushla Hassan, RN & Joseph Hassan, MBchB A year ago, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand published Rose Stewart’s challenging article, “Conscience ‘not always a force for good’,” giving her perspective on conscience and health care.1 In the article, Stewart expressed her concern that health professionals who invoke their conscientious objection to abortion or contraception […]
“Nothing in human history compares to the magnitude of China’s more than 34-year assault on women and children,” said Smith, who has held almost 50 hearings on human rights violations in China. “Abortion is a weapon of mass destruction. Hundreds of millions of lives have been exterminated.”
Melinda Tankard Reist, an author and advocate for women and girls, writes of the dangers of a plan to include RU-486 in Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for use in abortions: Recent publicity for abortion drug RU486 has given women assurances of its safety. The drug is promoted as do-it-yourself, easy, private and ”more natural”. In […]
8/8/2013 A new review of abortion and mental health complications has been published in Italy: A new metastudy performed by researchers at the University of Siena seems to show a clear link between abortion and subsequent mental illnesses like depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), leading the study’s authors to call for additional […]
Researchers Banned From Giving Presentations at International Women’s Conference Months ago, researchers from the American Association of Pro-life Ob/Gyns were invited to give presentations on abortion’s impact on women at the Medical Women’s International Association, held this year in South Korea. But when they arrived in Seoul last week, they found themselves in an extremely […]
(Springfield, IL – May 7, 2013) — A meta-analysis combining the results of eight studies of women facing unwanted pregnancies, published in the April 2013 issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, has concluded that “there is no available evidence to suggest that abortion has therapeutic effects in reducing the mental health risks of unwanted or […]
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has approved the sale of the Plan B “morning after pill” (also known as “emergency contraception” or EC) for sale to teens as young as 15 without a prescription. The announcement is troubling on many levels. Jacqueline Harvey of Reproductive Research Audit documents the risks to […]
3/29/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. In the three previous installments of this series, I documented the epidemiological evidence for the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link, and the ongoing wall of denial from the official purveyors of public health information, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this final installment, I’ll go over the basic, underlying biology […]
3/28/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. In Part II of this series of articles on the link between abortion and breast cancer, I described how the “reporting bias” or “response bias” argument has been systematically used by the most prominent medical research authorities in the western world to deny the reality of the ABC link. It […]
3/27/2013 By Joel Brind, Ph.D. The following article originally appeared at NRL News Today. In Part I of this four-part series of articles on the link between abortion and breast cancer (the ABC link), I described the two primary ways in which abortion increases a woman’s future risk of breast cancer: 1. Via loss of […]
