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A recent New York Times Magazine story has highlighted the controversy surrounding “selective reduction” — in which a multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets or more) is “reduced” by aborting some of the babies before birth. Multiple pregnancies are a common result of in vitro fertilization, since clinics may implant multiple embryos in an effort to increase […]
Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2011 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Elliot Institute Launches New Church Awareness Project Survey: More Awareness, Outreach Needed in Churches Later Abortions More Likely to Be Unwanted, Linked to Psychological Problems First Study to Compare the Psychological Impact of Later vs. Earlier Abortions Woman Silenced at New Jersey Senate Hearing […]
Here’s a short clip from the GOP Presidential candidate debate that aired Aug. 11, in which candidate Rick Santorum defends the humanity of the unborn child conceived in rape, but also points out that abortion constitutes a second trauma for the woman who was assaulted: Indeed, most people assume that women and girls who become […]
Duelo Prohibido El dolor no expresado del Aborto “Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women. Burke and Reardon clearly document this offense against women.” —Serrin Foster, president, Feminists for Life of America Click here to read this text in Spanish For more than 30 years, our nation has argued about abortion. In that […]
Get 25 percent off until Aug. 31 A Spanish-language translation of the book Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke and David Reardon, is now available. The new book is entitled Duelo Prohibido: El dolor no expresado del Aborto. Read the back cover text in Spanish. The book is based on personal […]