Search Results for: abort

Business Before Medicine

How the Abortion Industry Dropped Medical Standards In Order to Make a Profit In honor of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the classic book, Aborted Women, Silent No More, we are publishing edited excerpts from the book. The … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Abortion Fundraiser Rolls Another Gutterball for Women

Annual Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon Raises $468,000 in Another Strike Against Women and Children The National Network of Abortion Funds — representing over 100 grassroots groups — once again took aim at bowling pins, babies and mothers in yet another misguided … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Commentary, Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Church Awareness Project Doors Still Open

Thanks to all who participated in this year’s Church Awareness Project during the second annual Coerced Abortion Awareness Week. Many people helped to “light one candle” by sharing The Jericho Plan and resources about unwanted abortions. This information is an … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Coerced Abortions, News | Leave a comment

Looking at the Larger Landscape

The stories mentioned in books such as Aborted Women, Silent No More, Forbidden Grief and Giving Sorrow Words are part of a larger picture and an emerging body of evidence about abortion’s impact on women. Both qualitative and quantitative evidence … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Books, Coerced Abortions, Commentary, How to Help, News, Opinion, Resources, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Excerpts from Aborted Women, Silent No More

The following is excerpted from the book Aborted Women, Silent No More: Twenty Women Share Their Personal Journeys from the Tragedy of Abortion to Restored Wholeness by David C. Reardon. Since the mid-1960s, abortion has been a major national issue, … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Books, Coerced Abortions, News, Opinion, Resources | Leave a comment

OJNY Redirect

Go here: http://afterabortion.org/OJNY/index.htm

Comments Off

Dr. Coleman Responds to Abortion Research Controversy

By Dr. Priscilla Coleman Over the past few days there has been a great deal of press concerning a peer-reviewed article I published in 2009 with co-authors Dr. Catherine Coyle, Dr. Vincent Rue, and Dr. Martha Shuping in the Journal … Continue reading

Posted in Featured, News, Research | Leave a comment

Elliot Institute News Archives

Read the back issues of our email newsletter, The Elliot Institute News. Sign up for our free e-mail list to get the timely and important information on research, commentary, educational resources and more. Simply fill out your name and email … Continue reading

Leave a comment

Getting It All Wrong on Second-Trimester Abortions

Guest Opinion by Theresa Bonopartis Salon.com, an online magazine, recently published an article “Why Women Have Second Trimester Abortions” by Irin Carmon. As a woman who had a second trimester abortion I found it inaccurate and, to be frank, downright … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Opinion, Testimonies | Leave a comment

Dr. Reardon Responds to Attacks on Research

Response to Critics Published in Leading Medical Journal After several months’ delay, a leading medical journal has published a letter by Elliot Institute director Dr. David Reardon in response to recent ad hominem attacks by abortion advocates attempting to deny … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Research | Leave a comment

Rehash of Abortion Safety Claim Ignores All Inconvenient Evidence to the Contrary

Springfield, IL (January 25, 2012) — Hundreds of news articles appeared this week claiming, once again, that the best medical evidence shows that abortion is safer than childbirth.  The rash of articles were all tied to a blatant piece of … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Featured, Mortality, Research | 1 Comment

The Selling of Abortion

The Ideas Behind the Abortion Industry’s Deceptive Counseling Practices The article below is excerpted from the classic book Aborted Women, Silent No More, by David C. Reardon. This excerpt describes how, in the 1970s, the abortion industry’s approach to “counseling”  … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Abortion Industry’s “Mission Is To Pressure Women”

Former Employees Describe How Abortion Businesses Hide Information, Coerce Women to Abort “Planned Parenthood’s mission is to pressure as many women into having an abortion as it can,” a former abortion facility worker has revealed. From Catherine Anthony Adair’s op-ed … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Featured, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Women Speak Out About “Counseling” in the Abortion Industry

Many people assume that if a woman or girl goes to an abortion facility, she wants an abortion. But many women and girls who have been there say that they were looking for information and help — often help to … Continue reading

Posted in Articles, Commentary | Leave a comment

If You or Someone You Know Is Being Forced to Abort …

New video describes the free legal help available for teens and women who are being forced to abort, and what they can do to protect their rights and stop it from happening. Share this video with others so that girls … Continue reading

Posted in ALL, Featured, Pregnancy Help, Resources, Uncategorized | Leave a comment