Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
While there is intense controversy regarding how many women experience post-abortion psychological problems, even pro-abortion researchers admit that at least some women are negatively effected. Moreover, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2008 Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion there are at least 15 risk factors that identify the women at greatest risk of […]
by David C. Reardon Abortion advocates claim that the abortion of unplanned pregnancies empowers women. They view unplanned children as the cause of lost education and career opportunities. Abortion, they claim, enables women to control their lives, pursue their dreams, and ultimately improve their socio-economic status. But this argument presupposes that the birth of an […]
Trying to Survive Case Study: Judith Evans When I became pregnant for the fifth time in seven years, my doctor asked me if I really thought I should “continue the pregnancy.” Abortion had never occurred to me until he suggested it. I’m a former foster child. Conceived illegitimately, my father was forced to marry my […]
Researchers Needed The Elliot Institute has several data sets available for use by qualified researchers. (See, for example, the last issue for a description of our random “Reproductive History Survey” which includes 58,906 data points.) We also have three other data sets available, plus over a thousand case study forms which are available for qualitative […]
by David C. Reardon The American Medical Association has long supported legal abortion. Indeed, since 1972, the AMA’s amicus briefs to the Supreme Court have generously provided Justice Harry Blackmun and his cohorts with a “medical” justification for abortion on demand. The crux of this “medical” justification is the claim that abortion is “safe” – […]
