Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D. For ten years I’ve been counseling people traumatized by the effects of abortion. Only twice has someone’s father called me for help. The most recent was a man I will call Mr. Davis. (I’ve changed names to protect identities.) He asked me to help his daughter. “She needs counseling. Somebody […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Jackie lies motionless, incapable of smiling, or crying, or responding to a gentle touch. She is seemingly dead to all that is around her. Her doctor has diagnosed her as being in an irreversible “persistent vegetative state” (PVS). She is only a “vegetable.” Yet she breathes. She sleeps. She can […]
Lime5, Mark Crutcher, $19.95 Life Dynamics, P0 Box 2226, Denton, IX 76202; Orders: (817) 380-8800. Victims of Choice, Kevin Sherlock, $19.95 Brennyman Books, P0 Box 2629, Akron, OH 44309; Orders: (330) 882-4686. Abortion is inherently dangerous, both to the physical and psychological well-being of women. But these dangers are made worse by the fact that […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Examining the recent medical history of suicide victims, researchers in Finland found a strong association between abortion and suicide. In their findings, published in the British Medical Journal (Mika Gissler, Elina Hemminki, Jouko Lonnqvist, “Suicides after pregnancy in Finland: 1987-94: register linkage study” British Medical Journal 313:1431-4, 1996) they report […]
by Victoria M. Thorn With over thirteen years of experience in post-abortion ministry, I continue to ask myself, “Who are the people who phone our office?” Their stories are so consistent-both in the pain they experience and in their feelings of abandonment. I believe we could better help these wounded people if we could better […]