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Abortion Risk Factors Self-Assessment Form Can Save Lives

A new free, fast and accurate checklist of risk factors for abortion related complications is available to help women avoid unsafe, unwanted and unnecessary abortions. Organizations referring individuals or clients to the Abortion Risks Factors Assessment (ARFA) form are asked to create and register a referral code with us. The checklist provides valuable information to […]

It’s Time to Focus on Unwanted Abortions

Over 60% of aborting women report they felt pressured to abort contrary to their own preferences. 24% describe their abortions as unwanted or coerced. Unregulated abortion empowers abusers, denies women the help they need to avoid unwanted abortions, and enriches unethical abortion providers. Why aren’t we talking more about the national crisis of unwanted abortions?!! […]

Turnaway Study Exposed for Deceptive Abortion Suicide Report, New Study

—For Immediate Release—  November 12th, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study claiming to have disproven research linking abortion to elevated risks of suicide has itself been proven to be inaccurate and deceptive, according to a new reanalysis of Turnaway Study data. The original analysis, conducted by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), reported no […]

Recent Studies Authored or Coauthored by David C. Reardon, Director, Elliot Institute

2025 Is relief the most common reaction to abortion? Self-assessed intensity of emotions attributed to abortion in a national sample of women aged 41 to 45. Reardon D. F1000 Research 2025, 14:240 Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41-45 years of age. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2025 Jan;46(1):2455086. A Forensic […]

Unreliable Turnaway Abortion Study Violated Women’s Privacy Rights, New Report

October 29, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study cited in abortion rights lawsuits is based on the unethical use of personal identifying information, according to a new peer reviewed report. In addition, the report catalogues numerous ways the Turnaway Study has violated the accepted standards for reporting scientific results. The report is authored by David […]

Women Highly Rate Help from Pregnancy Resource Centers: New National Study

News Release — 6/13/2023 Women facing a problematic pregnancy who have had contact with a pro-life pregnancy resource center almost always give the centers high marks for improving their lives, according to a new peer reviewed study, “Welcomed Pregnancies: Characteristics and Patterns of Adjusting to Unwanted, Unplanned, Untimely or Otherwise Difficult Pregnancies.” In this national […]

Abortion Linked to More Mental Health Disorders in Danish National Study

News Release — May 13, 2024 There is a 50% increased risk of a first time psychiatric treatment in the year following a first abortion, according to a newly published reanalysis of Danish medical records. The elevated risk was highest (87% increased risk) for personality and behavioral disorders. This study corrects the methodological errors of a […]

Psychiatric Treatments Rise After Abortion, New Study

Washington, DC (11/10/2023)—Women exposed to abortion of a first pregnancy face elevated rates of subsequent psychiatric admissions, and longer hospitalization, than women who carry a first pregnancy to term, according to a new peer reviewed study published in the International Journal of Women’s Health. Figure 1: Average rate of psychiatric inpatient admissions per patient per year, prior […]

Most Abortion Choices Violate Women’s Own Preferences, New Study Examines Harms When Abortion is Not Freely Chosen

Washington, DC (May 11, 2023) — The assumption that abortions only occur when women freely want them has been overturned by a new study interviewing a national sample of 1000 women 41 to 45 years of age.  Of women with a history of abortion, only 33% described their abortions as a “wanted and consistent with my values and preferences.”  […]

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