Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by Victoria M. Thorn With over thirteen years of experience in post-abortion ministry, I continue to ask myself, “Who are the people who phone our office?” Their stories are so consistent-both in the pain they experience and in their feelings of abandonment. I believe we could better help these wounded people if we could better […]
Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1997 The Wounded Generation Vicki Thorn examines the impact of abortion on the emotional makeup of Generation X. Book Reviews Dr. Reardon reviews Lime 5 by Mark Crutcher and Victims of Choice by Kevin Sherlock. Abortion and Suicide Are women who have had abortions more likely to commit suicide? […]
by Warren Williams Fathers become involved in an abortion in one of five ways: (1) they encourage or support the woman to choose abortion; (2) they pressure her to abort; (3) they abandon her to make the decision alone: (4) they unsuccessfully oppose the abortion; or (5) they learn about the abortion only after it […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In the early seventies, Arthur Shostak accompanied his lover to a well-groomed suburban abortion clinic. They had both agreed abortion was best. But sitting in the waiting room proved to be a “bruising experience.” By the time he left the clinic, he was shocked by about how deeply disturbed he […]
How ever can I explain it? Tell me, where do I begin, To try and justify the cause of just another sin? I remember the day she told me, and the fear within her eyes. I hid my love for you behind “it’s-your-decision” lies. How could I fight a verdict that she so quickly made? […]