Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by David C. Reardon In the 1960’s, when abortions were available only for “therapeutic” reasons, it was not uncommon for persons with the means and know-how to obtain an abortion on psychiatric grounds. In some states, all that was necessary was to find an agreeable psychiatrist willing to diagnose every woman with a problem pregnancy […]
Your Help is Needed to Document the Pain Two academic research groups, The Association for Interdisciplinary Research and the Elliot Institute for Social Sciences Research, have organized a national project to collect case studies documenting the negative impact of abortion on women, men, and relatives. The goal of this project is to collect tens of […]
The Supreme Court Declares Itself Infallible by David C. Reardon As you know, the Court refused to reject the basic premise in Roe which declared that women have a right to abortions. The swing vote of “conservative” Justices (O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter) avoided a direct reexamination of Roe by deciding that whatever has already been […]
As the director, secretary, receptionist, bookkeeper, and gopher for the Elliot Institute I have been involved in many projects, big and small. In addition to the major research and writing tasks, there are literally hundreds of smaller tasks in which I have been involved. Indeed, these smaller tasks seem to monopolize most of my time. […]
Elliot Institute’s Voice Heard at the Supreme Court Most of March was occupied in writing an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court’s review of Planned Parenthood v Casey. Springfield attorney Stephen Kaufmann provided invaluable assistance in the preparation and filing of this brief. Drawing on our past research, the Elliot Institute provided evidence to […]