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Post-Abortive Women To Overturn Roe v Wade Springfield, IL (May 3 2001)–The Elliot Institute has joined a national effort to give post-abortive women a voice in the federal courts. According to Dr. David Reardon, director of the Elliot Institute and a nationally recognized expert on post-abortion complications, “This is a great opportunity, through legal affidavits, […]
There Is No Such Thing As a Safe Abortion New Book Documents the Dangers of Abortion Springfield, IL (April 14, 2001)– “Keep abortion safe and legal.” These words are often seen and heard at this time of year, when pro-life and pro-abortion activists mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that […]
Ban on Human Engineering Needed David C. Reardon, Ph.D. The Elliot Institute has renewed its call for a presumptive criminal ban against human cloning and genetic engineering of human beings. This appeal was first issued in 1997 following the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Now as the British government has legalized the cloning of human […]
News Briefs Babysitter Sentenced in Abortion Trauma Death An Iowa babysitter who claimed that post-abortion trauma led her to kill a toddler by slamming him on the floor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Tifany Meyers, 19, pled guilty in October to second-degree murder in the death of 21-month-old Joel Vasquez. She later […]
By Amy R. Sobie and David C. Reardon, Ph.D. About 20 percent of all abortions taking place in the U.S. today are performed on teens.(1) Teenage abortion has been linked to a number of physical and psychological problems, including drug and alcohol abuse,(2) suicide attempts and suicidal ideation,(3) and other self-destructive behaviors. Compared to women […]