Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Since 1980, mental health providers have begun treating an increasing number of women who are suffering mental and emotional difficulties as a result of induced abortions. The best available evidence indicates that on average there is a ten year period of denial during which women who were traumatized by their […]
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Two Senseless Deaths: The Long Road to Recovery “Mrs. Julia Taylor” This year on Mother’s Day, I helped my grandson place flowers on his mother’s grave. Although Justin is only seven years old, he tries to be brave as he honors his mother’s memory. I can’t help thinking how proud she would be. Justin is […]
By “Denise Kalasky” I am a victim of incest; one of the “hard cases” for abortion. I was raped by my father when I was fifteen years old. It was not the first time, nor would it be the last. However, this time, I became pregnant. One night, I became very sick and my […]
Following a previous survey focusing on the reasons women have abortions (published in Aborted Women, Silent No More, results here) the following survey was developed to look more carefully at the specific emotional reactions to abortion. The following results are also published in Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion. This survey instrument was distributed […]