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11/4/16 David C. Reardon In the most recent presidential debate, Hillary Clinton claimed late-term abortions are sometimes necessary to save women’s lives. That’s great rhetoric, but it is not supported by even a single medical study. Before examining the “abortion to save women’s lives” question, it is first important to note that only about 1.2 […]
3/31/16 Clarke D. Forsythe writes at LifeNews.com: The political claim—that women were or will be prosecuted or jailed under abortion laws—has been made so frequently by Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and NOW over the past 40 years that it has become an urban legend. It shows the astonishing power of contemporary media to make a complete […]
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 […]
1/22/16 Today is the 43nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions. In a Jan. 24, 1973 editorial, The New York Times proclaimed: The Supreme Court has made a major contribution to the preservation of individual liberties and of free decision-making by its invalidation of state laws inhibiting a woman’s right […]
For Immediate Release December 29, 2015 By David C. Readon, Ph.D. Congressional hearings into Planned Parenthood should look beyond the deceptive fetal tissue donation forms they ask women to sign. These misleading disclosure forms typify a larger pattern of deception and exploitation. An even more shocking abuse lies in the fact that Planned Parenthood abortionists […]
12/3/2015 By Deana Schroeder “She asked for it.” That is how a 17-year-old boy responded when confronted with the rape of an 8-year-old girl. At 8 years old. “She asked for it!” The words ring in my head. Most eight-year-old girls don’t know about sex. Certainly, not enough to ask for it. However, that is […]
9/25/2015 This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Washington, DC for an official state visit, meeting with President Obama to discuss issues such as cybersecurity and North Korea. But today is also the 35th anniversary of China’s “one-child policy”, which has been blamed for “causing more violence against women and girls than any other […]
9/23/15 From Béatrice Fedor at the 400 Words for Women blog: Once a child is conceived unexpectedly, the feminist response should be to empower women with choices they can live with; choices that don’t put them in a situation of coercion in the hands of controlling sex partners and gruesome procedures with heavy psychological implications; […]
9/11/15 From Leon H. Wolf at RedState.com: None of the abortion advocates who constantly and perpetually moan about these regulations have ever offered any convincing reason why abortion as a surgical procedure should be treated differently on the merits from any other outpatient surgery such that these regulations are fair as applied to ortho clinics […]
8/14/15 Brent Rooney, M.Sc. In 1967, long-time, high-profile abortion advocate Dr. Malcolm Potts wrote: … there seems little doubt that there is a true relationship between the high incidence of therapeutic abortion and prematurity. The interruption of pregnancy in the young (under seventeen) is more dangerous than in other cases … [1] In what medical […]
8/4/15 A 14-year-old girl in India who is 25 weeks pregnant as a result of rape is due to to undergo an abortion, the Straits Times is reporting: The father of the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claims she became pregnant in February after her doctor injected her with sedatives and then […]
7/10/15 The United Nations is continuing to push population control despite the fact that the world population continues to decline. From the Population Research Institute: On July 11th, the United Nations will celebrate its 26th World Population Day. The point of this annual exercise is to raise money to promote abortion, sterilization and contraception among […]
1/19/15 The governor of Texas has just signed a measure intended to help protect pregnant teens from abuse and exploitation. According to LifeNews.com, the new law: … addresses the problematic issue of judge shopping — where abortion clinic attorneys seek out abortion-friendly judges who will rubber stamp teen abortions and rarely allow parents to know […]
From the archives: An expert on violence against women has warned that the “right to abortion” enslaves women and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Iñigo Urien Azpitarte of the organization Professionals for Ethics said that abortion puts women in a position of inequality and makes it easier for those who don’t want to […]
From 2008: A police sergeant in California told the media that parental notification laws help protect teens and young girls who are victims of sexual abuse. Sgt. Tom Yarrington was speaking in support of Proposition 4, a ballot measure to require that abortion businesses inform the parents of a minor girl before an abortion is […]
By Deana Schroeder Note: The following is a guest post from a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault (WPSA). I’ve been there. I was 17, drugged and raped. When I learned I was pregnant, my family, counselors, and doctors took control. They intended the best. They wanted to help me. […]
Today, Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers testified before the Congressional Executive Commission on China about the one-child policy. The policy requires Chinese couples to have a birth permit before having a child, with most being allowed only one child. The enforcement of this policy includes birth quotas, invasive medical examinations for women, and […]
At Salon, Valerie Tarico lays out 10 reasons why she is “pro-abortion, not just pro-choice,” writing: I’m pro-abortion because being able to delay and limit childbearing is fundamental to female empowerment and equality. A woman who lacks the means to manage her fertility lacks the means to manage her life. She goes on to write […]
Congressional Democrats are blocking a bill to help victims of sex trafficking because it contains a provision that prohibits funding abortions. Abortion advocates say abortion is necessary to help women and girls who are being trafficked. But a look below the surface shows that abortion is likely to harm, not help, victims of trafficking – […]
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Writing about the decision in a Jan. 24, 1973 editorial, The New York Times proclaimed: The Supreme Court has made a major contribution to the preservation of individual liberties and of free decision-making by its invalidation of state laws inhibiting a woman’s right to […]
As a follow up to yesterday’s post on the “septic abortion wards” myth, here is Rebecca Downs at LifeNews.com responding to one woman’s story about undergoing an illegal abortion in 1959: Diana Weiner’s story is personal and in many ways does seem “incredibly scary.” The piece fails to distinguish though how an abortion today is […]
Twenty years ago, I wish I had had an ally. Not someone who tells me that I messed up, that abortion is my only option and gives me a ride to the clinic. I wish I had had a friend to tell me that everything is going to be all right; that I don’t have […]
This past week, three abortion businesses in Louisiana filed suit over a law that would require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their facility. Backers of the new law, which is set to go into effect Sept. 1, say that lack of admitting privileges puts women’s […]
