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For Immediate Release (Jan 27, 2016 – Springfield, IL) The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued a recommendation to screen women for depression before and after pregnancy in an effort to identify women at risk of post-partum depression and other pregnancy-associated mental health illnesses. Elliot Institute Director David Reardon said that “it is important […]
12/8/15 A Nebraska couple has filed a lawsuit against a Colorado abortion business over an incomplete abortion that led to a hysterectomy, The Denver Post is reporting: Jennifer and Jason DeBuhr of Auburn, Neb., have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Warren Hern and the Boulder Abortion Clinic seeking more then $75,000 damages, claiming the doctor […]
9/25/2015 This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Washington, DC for an official state visit, meeting with President Obama to discuss issues such as cybersecurity and North Korea. But today is also the 35th anniversary of China’s “one-child policy”, which has been blamed for “causing more violence against women and girls than any other […]
8/25/15 A new study has found that having a single induced abortion or miscarriage can lead to complications in future pregnancies. The study, published in the Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, examined deliveries for 15,000 women in Tel Aviv who were giving birth for the first time, of whom 1,500 had a previous […]
8/12/15 In a new video released this morning by the Center for Medical Progress, Holly O’Donnell, a former procurement technician for Planned Parenthood partner StemExpress, claims that women undergoing abortions at Planned Parenthood may have had their blood and fetal tissue harvested for sale without their consent. O’Donnell says in the video that technicians were […]
