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Witnesses Report Seeing Young Girl Forced Into Abortion Facility 11/4/11 Congressional Hearings on Abortion’s Link to Suicide and Mental Illness Needed 9/27/11 Abortion and Mental Health Controversy Reignited by New Study 9/2/11 Most Studies Show Abortion Linked to Increased Mental Health Problems 9/1/11 Abortion, Depression and the Impact on Later Children 8/17/11 Don’t Traumatize Women […]
TheUnChoiceTM Campaign Trademark Issues The Elliot Institute is claiming a trademark on the slogans “Poor-Choice” and “Poor Choice” as of the March 2003 when the Elliot Institute first began promoting the use of this phrase. Why? So we can give it over to the public domain to make sure you have the right to use […]
On March 1, 1989, Erica Richardson, a 16-year-old Maryland resident, bled to death from a punctured uterus only hours after undergoing an abortion. During the next five months, two other residents of Maryland, Gladys Estanislao and Debra Gray, also died from abortion complications.[1] Since there is not a standard, much less reliable, mechanism for tracking […]
Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2010 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Nebraska First to Allow Women to Sue for Psychological Injury After Abortion Governor Signs Bill Holding Abortionists Liable for Failing to Screen for Coercion, Other Risk Factors Historic Law Result of 25-Year Effort to Change Abortion Malpractice Laws New Study Affirms Link Between Abortion […]
Book Review The Atonement Child Francine Rivers Tyndale House Publishers 351 Executive Dr., Carol Stream, IL 60188 Orders: (630) 668-8300. The Atonement Child explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of abortion through the fictional story of a young woman experiencing a crisis pregnancy. Author Francine Rivers drew on her own abortion experience and the stories […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Ever since the dragon was released, the kingdom was split into angry factions. The king’s high counselors, who had released the dragon, continued to defend their decision. “The dragon has a right to be free,” they argued. “Indeed, it is ridding the land of excess children.” “And of course,” added […]
by Amy R. Sobie Every day in America, women undergo abortions without receiving adequate counseling, being properly screened for known risk factors, or even being told that they could be at risk for physical or psychological trauma. Traditionally, the courts have allowed states very little control over the abortion industry. When injuries do occur, many […]
If I knew then What I know now You never would have died. I’d have held you close And nurtured you And kept you by my side. I’d have sung you songs And treasured you More than silver, More than gold; But this song is all I can give To the Babe I’ll never hold. […]
Case Study: Linda G. In April of 1974, I became pregnant. I was seventeen, unmarried, and scared to death. My boyfriend, Bill, had wanted to marry me for some time, so when I found out I was pregnant, I said okay. I couldn’t bear the thought of having to tell my parents because I knew […]
Women at Risk, a national coalition of women and their family members who have been hurt by past abortions, will be holding its first national conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 7th and 8th, 1998. “The goal of this national conference is to create state and local chapters which will advocate for laws to […]
Volume 16, Number 1, January-March 2008 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Study Finds High Rates of PTSD Among Women Who Had Abortions A study from the journal BMC Psychiatry What Women Want Hint: Not Reproductive Healthcare “Living Is Hell for Me” Woman’s Death Part of Dangerous Trend of Unwanted Abortions, Post-Abortion Trauma Men, Abortion and […]
Volume 14, Number 1, January-March 2006 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: New Zealand Led by Pro-Choice Researcher Study Finds Increase in Mental Health Problems After Abortion: A study from the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry Evidence of Abortion’s Harm Doesn’t Matter, APA Spokesperson Says Sleep Disorders Increase After Abortion A study from the journal […]
A pro-life legal organization has uncovered a letter written by a prominent member of the abortion lobby that urged the Clinton Administration to use surgical and chemical abortion as a tool to “eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor segment of the country.” The letter, written by Ron Weddington, who served as co-counsel in Roe […]
Book Review Mom, Dad . . . I’m Pregnant When Your Daughter or Son Faces an Unplanned Pregnancy Jayne E. Schooler Available from Navpress at www.navpress.com ISBN: 1-57683-482-4, 206 pp. Few things can change a parent’s life so much as learning that their teen daughter or son is involved in an unplanned pregnancy. Most parents […]
Victims and Victors Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault TABLE OF CONTENTS FORWARD Section I – Overview and Survey Results CHAPTER 1 – Rape, Incest and Abortion: Searching Beyond the Myths CHAPTER 2 – A Survey of Rape and Incest Pregnancies Section II – Rape and Abortion CHAPTER 3 […]
This compelling book addresses the complex issues surrounding sexual assault pregnancy and abortion in a clear and insightful manner. Drawn from a survey of nearly 200 women who experienced rape or incest pregnancies, Victims and Victors reveals a seldom-heard truth: that most women who become pregnant through sexual assault do not want abortions! Victims and […]
Volume 13, Number 1, January-March 2005 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear McCorvey Case Trauma Symptoms Common After Abortion 64 Percent of Women Report Feeling Pressured Into Abortion Recent Research A Fact Sheet Showing Abortion’s Harm to Women (note: for a more updated fact sheet, click here) When the Freedom to […]
New Poor-Choice Rhetoric Exposes Abortion’s Dangers Substitute “Poor-Choice” for “Pro-Choice,” Expert Advises Springfield, IL (Feb. 15, 2005)–“Pro-choice” rhetoric implies that abortion and childbirth are equal options. But research shows that women who choose abortion suffer significantly more physical and psychological health problems than those who give birth. Moreover, there is no research showing that abortion […]
Women Who Abort Experience More Anxiety New Elliot Institute Study Compares Women With Unintended First Pregnancies Women who abort unintended pregnancies are more likely to experience subsequent problems with anxiety compared to women who deliver their unintended pregnancies, according to a new Elliot Institute study published in the latest edition of the prestigious Journal of […]
A Need for Compassion Case Study: Susan S. I need your compassion, as do many other women like me. I am a post-abortion woman. At the age of 54, I am finally confronting the damage that three abortions have done to me. I was one of the lucky ones: I did not suffer any physical […]
Germaine Greer on Abortion and “Choice” On the subject of abortion and “choice” for women, feminist writer Germaine Greer wrote in her 1999 book, The Whole Woman: “What women ‘won’ was the right to undergo invasive procedures in order to terminate unwanted pregnancies, unwanted not just by them but by their parents, their sexual partners, […]
Federal Court Points Way to Protecting Women’s Rights By Overturning Roe New Facts Must Be Backed by New Legislative Effort The efforts of Norma McCorvey, the “Roe” of the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortions, to have that landmark decision reversed has taken two steps forward and one step back with the recent […]