Update on the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: Lessons Learned from Asia
Medical studies in the last ten years have overwhelmingly confirmed a link between abortion and breast cancer. Why haven’t you heard the news?
Author : Amy at Elliot Institute
New Study Links Abortion to Higher Rates of Suicide, Again
07/22/2019 A new analysis of suicide deaths in Italy found that in the year following a pregnancy, women who had an abortion were 2.3 times more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. This is just the latest of numerous studies linking abortion to higher rates of suicide and elevated risk of death […]
Bad Advice: Using Judicial Bypass to Encourage Teen Abortions
6/18/2019 An advice columnist writing in Teen Vogue magazine is advising a teen on how to use judicial bypass to get an abortion without telling her parents. The column from Nona Willis Aronowitz offers advice to a reader who says she is 16 and pregnant and “doesn’t want to be,” but is not sure if […]
What Is the True Extent of Abortion’s Tragedy?
By Mark Davis Pickup | 06/12/2019 My fifteen-year-old granddaughter is debating abortion at the public high school she attends. She has discovered a wall of pro-abortion feminism coming down on her like a ton of bricks. This evening she contacted her grandmother LaRee to ask if she could use LaRee’s and my abortion story in […]
It Takes a Village … To Abort a Child
5/1/2019 Kevin Burke, LSW You’re no doubt familiar with the African proverb, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Read carefully the following abortion testimony. I highlighted, in bold italics, those individuals who were influential in the decision to abort the developing child in Dora’s womb. As you will see, abortion is rarely a […]
After 46 Years, Legalized Abortion Has Done Nothing to Help Women
1/22/2019 Abortion does nothing to change a woman’s life situation. All it does is end the life of her unborn child. So why do we act as if abortion is the cure-all solution we’ve been looking for since the beginning of time? Abortion does not end poverty, so why do we offer it as a […]
Parents Concerned by Rise in Abortion for Down Syndrome
12/18/2018 For years, parents and advocacy groups for children with Down Syndrome have been deeply concerned by the increase in abortion when a diagnosis of Down Syndrome is made. Now new statistics on abortion from England and Wales show that such abortions have increased by 50 percent in the last 10 years. These abortions often […]
Abortion Contributes to Mental Health Problems: Both Sides Agree According to a Comprehensive Medical Review
Experts on both sides of the abortion debate agree that abortion contributes to mental health problems in some women. But they disagree whether or not abortion is ever the sole cause of mental illness.
How to Help Someone You Love Heal After An Abortion
9/19/2018 By Theresa Bonopartis In working in post-abortion healing, we often get calls from family members or friends of those who have experienced abortion. Since the passage of Roe v Wade in 1973, over 60 million abortions have taken place in our country. We all know someone who has had an abortion. The calls usually […]
Testimony: The “Choice”
By Sally Garneau I learned that I was pregnant at the age of eighteen, shortly after moving in with my boyfriend. Feeling scared and insecure, I didn’t know how a baby would fit into my future. Upon seeking counsel from friends and family, it seemed logical to consider abortion as an option. After all, I […]
JAMA Attack on Pregnancy Centers Ignores the Truth
8/28/18 The last few years have seen increased attacks on pregnancy help centers from state legislators, the abortion lobby and their allies in the media, including laws forcing pregnancy centers to refer clients to abortion businesses or even counsel them about the “benefits” of abortion. Now an article in the Journal of the America Medical […]
The Turnaway Study Deceives Public About Abortion Risks
Springfield, IL (July 27, 2018) — The claim that 95 percent of women have no regrets or mental illness after their abortions is based on the Turnaway Study’s intentionally inaccurate analysis and an unrepresentative sample of women, according to a new review published in the Linacre Quarterly medical journal. The review examines a series of studies […]
5 Ways Legalizing Abortion Harms, Doesn’t Protect, Women
7/10/2018 Following on the heels of the Irish vote to overturn constitutional protections for unborn children, a bill in Argentina could legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, while Northern Ireland is also facing pressure to overturn its abortion ban. Abortion advocates claim that abortion is needed to protect the lives and well-being of […]
Indiana Abortionists Accused of Failing to Report Sexual Abuse for Girls As Young as 12
6/25/2018 Nearly 50 consumer complaints have been filed against nine Indiana abortionists for performing abortions on sexual abuse victims as young as 12 and failing to report those cases to authorities: Nine abortion practitioners in the state of Indiana have been caught failing to report child sex abuse in cases where they did abortions on […]
Legalizing Abortion in Ireland Is a Recipe for Harm
5/22/2018 Voters in Ireland are preparing to vote on Friday on whether or not to retain the Eighth Amendment recognizing the right to life of unborn children. Repealing the amendment would allow the government to implement a plan to allow abortion for any reason up to 12 weeks and for “health” reasons throughout pregnancy. Abortion […]
New Mexico Medical Board Files Complaint in Woman’s Death From Abortion
3/12/18 Operation Rescue is reporting that a complaint has been filed against a New Mexico abortionist by the state medical board with the intent of investigating a woman’s death from abortion in 2017: A complaint filed by pro-life activist Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico has prompted the New Mexico Board of Medicine to […]
Men’s Pain and Need for Healing After Abortion Is Real
2/27/2018 Over the past several days, we’ve received two reminders of the often hidden impact of abortion on the fathers involved. One was a comment posted on our web site from a man whose girlfriend is considering an abortion. He wrote: So, what on earth is the male partner supposed to do? My girlfriend wants […]
2018 Is Our 30th Year! See What We’ve Accomplished
Founded in 1988, the Elliot Institute has been a leader in research, education, and advocacy for women, men and families who are at risk of or who have been harmed by abortion. Indeed, according to a pro-abortion New York Times columnist, it is the Elliot Institute which is to blame for resurrecting the idea (or […]
New Study Sheds Light on Experiences, Risk Factors of Women Who Struggle After Abortion
1/22/18 Pressure to Abort, Attachment to Pregnancy and Difficulty Making the Decision Widespread Among Women Who Suffer After Abortion A newly-published survey of women who sought help from a crisis pregnancy center after abortion sheds light on the experiences of women who suffer after abortion. Published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JP&S), […]
Our Most Popular Posts of 2017
2017 was a busy year for us here at the Elliot Institute! Here are our most popular newsletter posts of the year: Video: Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death Each Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death by 50 Percent, New Study Reports New Legislation Would Help Women Who Have Suffered Psychological Distress Following […]
Stop Betraying Girls Pregnant Through Rape by Giving Them Abortions
12/11/2017 Women Who’ve Been There Say Abortion Doesn’t Help, Causes More Harm A teen girl is pregnant as a result of rape. Does she need an abortion? That’s what many judges in India seem to be thinking, as yet another court has granted permission for an abortion to be performed on a 13 year-old girl […]
Video: Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death
This video provides an overview of a new systematic review of the medical literature that reveals that each induced abortion a woman undergoes increases her risk of premature death by 50 percent or more. The elevated risk of death is evident within the first 180 days, the risk of death from any cause is […]
Abortion a Tragedy for Teen Girl, Unborn Baby at Center of Court Fight
11/7/2017 A pregnant teenage girl who is in the US illegally has undergone an abortion, in the midst of a legal battle between abortion advocates and the Trump administration over whether the abortion could take place. According to the Associated Press, the Department of Justice has accused the ACLU of failing to tell them about […]