Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
The decision to have an abortion can be difficult. The potential risks and benefits of abortion should be carefully evaluated. These risks will vary widely between different people and in different circumstances. Unfortunately, as many as 62% of women thinking about abortion feel pressured by other people to undergo an abortion regardless of its risks. […]
Major Resources Making Abortion RareA Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation Examines the importance of post-abortion healing and research to ending the abortion controversy. Price: $14.95 plus shipping. The Jericho PlanBreaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion Healing Discusses spiritual aspects related to abortion and how to promote post-abortion healing, […]
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 indicate that unwanted and coerced abortions are common, and that coercion can take many direct […]
Ad Hominem Attacks, Guilt by Association, Shifting Standards, Avoiding Simple Truths A Commentary by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. The abortion and mental health controversy shifted into high gear following the recent publication in The British Journal of Psychiatry of a meta-analysis review that combined results of 22 studies and reported that women who have abortions are 81 […]
Duelo Prohibido El dolor no expresado del Aborto “Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women. Burke and Reardon clearly document this offense against women.” —Serrin Foster, president, Feminists for Life of America Click here to read this text in Spanish For more than 30 years, our nation has argued about abortion. In that […]
Get 25 percent off until Aug. 31 A Spanish-language translation of the book Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke and David Reardon, is now available. The new book is entitled Duelo Prohibido: El dolor no expresado del Aborto. Read the back cover text in Spanish. The book is based on personal […]
If you are in immediate distress and need to talk to someone right now, please call the 24 hour, national helpline for abortion recovery, toll-free, at 1-866-482-5433. Someone is there to listen to you at every hour of every day. Remember, you are not alone! Many others have experienced abortion and pregnancy-related injustices harm and […]
Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D. For some women, abortion is the result of an outright threat of abandonment if the woman won’t “do the right thing” and abort. Other times, the pressure is more subtle: “It’s your decision, but….” Unfortunately, all the evidence shows that abortion to “save a relationship” almost never works. Many relationships between […]
Amazing Grace Case Study: Carolyn “Allen” I was 24 years old, and had recently had sex for the first time-outside of marriage. I had grown up in a Christian home and was already ashamed and ambivalent about my sexual relationship. Then I got pregnant right off the bat. I had a pregnancy test at my […]
Biographical Sketch David C. Reardon, Ph.D. David C. Reardon, Ph.D., director of the Elliot Institute, is widely recognized as one of the leading experts on the aftereffects of pregnancy loss on women. He is the author of numerous books and popular and scholarly articles on this topic, including the most comprehensive summary of the medical […]
