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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 […]
Concurring Opinion of Judge Edith H. Jones McCorvey v. Hill, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Sept. 14, 2004 Editor’s Note: references and footnotes have been omitted. I agree that Ms. McCorvey’s Rule 60(b) case is now moot. A judicial decision in her favor cannot turn back Texas’s legislative clock to reinstate the laws, no longer […]
News Briefs Court Blocks Florida Law Requiring Abortionists to Give Women Information on Risks A federal appeals court has overturned a Florida law requiring abortionists to give women information about the risks of abortion, ruling that it imposes “burdens upon the pregnant woman which improperly intrude upon the exercise of her choice between abortion and […]
Survey: Most Americans Think Abortion Hurts Women New Nationwide Wirthlin Poll Confirms Elliot Institute Findings A new, nationwide Wirthlin poll has found that a significant majority of Americans believe that abortion is “almost always bad” for women, echoing an earlier Elliot Institute poll that found that the majority of Americans believe abortion generally makes women’s […]
Abortion Only Compounds the Trauma, Women Say A group of women who have experienced pregnancies resulting from rape or incest are petitioning Congress and state legislatures to hear their stories, saying women who become pregnant from sexual assault don’t want or need abortions. The petition from the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual […]
New Study Shows Abortion’s Negative Impact Findings Underscore Elliot Institute Studies Showing Mental Health Problems After Abortion A new survey of Norwegian women has found that those who undergo abortions are more likely to experience negative feelings afterwards than are women who have miscarriages. Women were asked to chart their feelings at 10 days, six […]
So Grateful That I Lived Case Study: “Julia” I had my first abortion when I was 26 years old. I was married at the time to a successful chiropractor. We had two young children, a boy and a girl, ages four and two. You wouldn’t think I would be a candidate for an abortion; we […]
Elliot Institute’s 21-page special report, “Forced Abortion in America” combines the frightening headlines, the compelling first hand accounts, and the peer reviewed studies documenting the crisis of forced abortions in America. Up to 64% of women tell researchers that they felt pressured to undergo an unwanted abortion. This report includes numerous examples of girls and women who were forced to undergo unwanted abortions by parents, sexual molesters, school officials, employers, and others.
News Briefs Planned Parenthood’s “I Had An Abortion” Shirt Draws Criticism from Affiliates, Post-Abortion Groups Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is defending its new t-shirt reading, “I Had an Abortion,” despite criticism not only from post-abortion groups but also some of PPFA’s local affiliates. PPFA says the shirts offer “a powerful message in support […]
Finding Grace Khristey Walker I am the director of a crisis pregnancy center in Houston. I am also a post-abortive woman. I know this is not a big shocker, but I also know that there are many serving in this ministry who are still locked in silence and shame over their own abortions. When I […]
New Study Shows Abortion’s Negative Impact Findings Underscore Elliot Institute Studies Showing Mental Health Problems After Abortion A new survey of Norwegian women has found that those who undergo abortions are more likely to experience negative feelings afterwards than are women who have miscarriages. Women were asked to chart their feelings at 10 days, six […]
Resource Reviews Beyond Regret Video & Resource Guide Paraclete Press 1-800-451-5006 or www.paracletepress.com. $69.95 / video and resource guide. ISBN: 1-55725-301-3. Many women and men are suffering emotionally from their involvement in terminating a pregnancy, and they are not sure where they can turn for help in a society that is deeply divided over the […]
An Elliot Institute law review article published in the latest issue of The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy concludes that the number of women suffering abortion-related injuries can be dramatically reduced through better pre-abortion screening. The article includes an analysis of 63 medical studies identifying risk factors that predict negative psychological reactions to […]
Judges Say They Won’t Hear Oral Arguments in McCorvey Case A federal appeals court has named a judicial panel to hear arguments in McCorvey vs. Hill — a case that could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade — but says it will not hear oral arguments in the case. The Fifth Circuit Court […]
Suicide Rates Triple Among Young Women — Could Abortion Be a Factor? The National Institutes of Health reports that suicide is now the third leading cause of death among American young people, and has tripled among teen girls and young women in the past 25 years — despite a drop in the overall suicide rate […]
New Poll Results: Most Believe Abortion Makes Women’s Lives Worse As the 2004 election year heats up, candidates must once again grapple with the divisive issue of abortion. All the same old arguments will be heard, of course. But this year may also witness a major shift in goals, rhetoric, and voting patterns — if […]
South Dakota Kills Abortion Ban A bill that would have banned most abortions in South Dakota has died after the state Senate refused to approve technical corrections that the governor wanted to be made to the bill. Pro-life Gov. Mike Rounds had said he would sign the bill if legislators made changes to ensure that […]
Talking With Your Children About Your Abortion Amy R. Sobie Theresa Bonopartis vividly remembers the day, more than 20 years ago, that she phoned her doctor for the results of her pregnancy test. She was 18, unmarried, and scared. The doctor’s words confirmed what, despite months of denial, she already knew–she was almost four months […]
1) Make sure you have worked through the grief process first. Parents need to be far enough along in their own healing to be able to cope with their children’s emotional reactions. 2) Seek the advice of a trusted counselor, minister, priest, support group leader or other trusted source. If you are a religious person, […]
Volume 12, Number 1, January-March 2004 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Talking With Your Children About Your Abortion Tips for Talking With Your Children About A Past Abortion Panel To Hear Case Asking Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade Judges Say They Won’t Hear Oral Arguments in McCorvey Case News Briefs Suicide Rates Triple […]
