Research

It’s Time to Focus on Unwanted Abortions

Over 60% of aborting women report they felt pressured to abort contrary to their own preferences. 24% describe their abortions as unwanted or coerced. Unregulated abortion empowers abusers, denies women the help they need to avoid unwanted abortions, and enriches unethical abortion providers. Why aren’t we talking more about the national crisis of unwanted abortions?!! […]

Half of Abortion Patients’ Suicide Attempts Self-Attributed to Their Abortions, New Study of Random Sample

Pensacola, FL (January 22, 2025) — One-third of abortion patients report having attempted suicide, with 94% reporting that their abortion experiences contributed to that attempt, according to a new peer reviewed study of a national, random sample of women. By the age of 45, fully 35% of women who had a history of abortion reported […]

Turnaway Study Exposed for Deceptive Abortion Suicide Report, New Study

—For Immediate Release—  November 12th, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study claiming to have disproven research linking abortion to elevated risks of suicide has itself been proven to be inaccurate and deceptive, according to a new reanalysis of Turnaway Study data. The original analysis, conducted by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), reported no […]

Recent Studies Authored or Coauthored by David C. Reardon, Director, Elliot Institute

2025 Is relief the most common reaction to abortion? Self-assessed intensity of emotions attributed to abortion in a national sample of women aged 41 to 45. Reardon D. F1000 Research 2025, 14:240 Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41-45 years of age. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2025 Jan;46(1):2455086. 2024 Comparative […]

Scroll to top