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Springfield, IL (July 26, 2004) — A recently published law review article suggests that a ban on abortion, even in the first trimester, may now be allowed under the legal standards established in the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v Wade decision. The team of authors, including medical researchers, physicians, and an attorney, argue that this […]
Focusing on Hope How Emphasizing Falling Abortion Rates Enhances Pro-Life Educational Efforts Rachel M. MacNair, Ph.D. Is it just a coincidence that abortion rates have been on the decline during the same period of time that there has been increasing public awareness of post-abortion trauma? Or are the millions of women who have had abortions, […]
The Hard Truth vs. The Soft Sell As Rachel MacNair points out in the preceding article (see “Focusing on Hope,” from this issue) most people would rather ignore the abortion issue than face up to the moral judgement it implies on us as a nation. As she succinctly stated: “For nearly three decades the pro-life […]
By Amy Sobie & David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Abortion advocates speak of “the freedom to choose,” conjuring up images of women freely and autonomously making decisions that are “right” for them. But research into abortion decision making presents a far different picture. In most cases, women who abort are violating their own personal desires or […]
The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act Version 3.2 October 29, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of STATE , represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act. Section 5. Legislative findings […]