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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 […]
A Study of Deception: Feminist Researcher “Proves” Abortion Increases Self-Esteem David C. Reardon Pro-abortion researchers will go to extraordinary lengths in their efforts to conceal the psychological harm caused by abortion. A recent example of this is found in a highly publicized study by Nancy Felipe Russo, the director of women’s studies at Arizona State […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. During the last ten years, post-abortion issues have become increasingly important to the pro-life movement. But within the overall pro-life strategy, post-abortion issues are still just an add-on–an extra argument, an extra service. They have yet to become as central to the pro-life strategy as they must be if we […]