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First National Conference of “Women at Risk” Slated (Springfield, IL – May 12, 1998) Women at Risk, a national coalition of women and their family members who have been hurt by past abortions, will be holding their first national conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 7th and 8th, 1998. “The goal of this national […]
by David C. Reardon Stephanie Clark was only looking for a pair of her daughter’s pants when she opened the closet door. Imagine her surprise at finding a tiny newborn baby nestled in a blanket. “I screamed in surprise,” she later told reporters. “I called 911. They said, ‘Whose baby is it?’ I said, ‘I […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Note: This article originally appeared in The Post-Abortion Review, Fall 1997. Population control advocates insist that expanded access to abortion is essential to improving the status and health of women throughout the world. Indeed, this message was tirelessly promoted by Hillary Clinton and U.S. officials at a long series of […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In the early seventies, Arthur Shostak accompanied his lover to a well-groomed suburban abortion clinic. They had both agreed abortion was best. But sitting in the waiting room proved to be a “bruising experience.” By the time he left the clinic, he was shocked by about how deeply disturbed he […]
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. There is an important connection between violence in the womb and violence in the home. Certainly not every abortion leads to domestic violence, nor is every case of domestic violence rooted in the trauma of a prior abortion. But it is not a coincidence that the rates of abortion and […]