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The Hidden Epidemic: Forced Abortions In America

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.

Planned Parenthood’s “I Had An Abortion” Shirt Draws Criticism

Posted in Volume 12

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 […]

Women Who Have Experienced Pregnancy From Sexual Assault Plead for Public Hearings

Posted in Volume 12

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 […]

Norwegian women who undergo abortions are more likely to experience negative feelings afterwards than are women who have miscarriages

Posted in Volume 12

New Study Shows Abortion’s Negative Impact Findings Underscore Elliot Institute Studies Showing Mental Health Problems After Abortion A new survey of Norwegian women has found that those who undergo abortions are more likely to experience negative feelings afterwards than are women who have miscarriages. Women were asked to chart their feelings at 10 days, six […]

So Grateful That I Lived – Testimony

Posted in Testimonies, Volume 12

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 […]