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Survey: Most Americans Think Abortion Hurts Women New Nationwide Wirthlin Poll Confirms Elliot Institute Findings A new, nationwide Wirthlin poll has found that a significant majority of Americans believe that abortion is “almost always bad” for women, echoing an earlier Elliot Institute poll that found that the majority of Americans believe abortion generally makes women’s […]
So Grateful That I Lived Case Study: “Julia” I had my first abortion when I was 26 years old. I was married at the time to a successful chiropractor. We had two young children, a boy and a girl, ages four and two. You wouldn’t think I would be a candidate for an abortion; we […]
Elliot Institute’s 21-page special report, “Forced Abortion in America” combines the frightening headlines, the compelling first hand accounts, and the peer reviewed studies documenting the crisis of forced abortions in America. Up to 64% of women tell researchers that they felt pressured to undergo an unwanted abortion. This report includes numerous examples of girls and women who were forced to undergo unwanted abortions by parents, sexual molesters, school officials, employers, and others.
News Briefs Planned Parenthood’s “I Had An Abortion” Shirt Draws Criticism from Affiliates, Post-Abortion Groups Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is defending its new t-shirt reading, “I Had an Abortion,” despite criticism not only from post-abortion groups but also some of PPFA’s local affiliates. PPFA says the shirts offer “a powerful message in support […]
Abortion Only Compounds the Trauma, Women Say A group of women who have experienced pregnancies resulting from rape or incest are petitioning Congress and state legislatures to hear their stories, saying women who become pregnant from sexual assault don’t want or need abortions. The petition from the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual […]
