Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
“Hope and Healing” Goes to Washington Nearly one and a half million copies of Hope and Healing, the Elliot Institute’s educational insert on post-abortion grief and healing were inserted as paid advertising in the February 27th issue of The Washington Post, and five community newspapers in California, Florida, North Carolina, and Illinois. This will nearly […]
By Amy Sobie & David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Abortion advocates speak of “the freedom to choose,” conjuring up images of women freely and autonomously making decisions that are “right” for them. But research into abortion decision making presents a far different picture. In most cases, women who abort are violating their own personal desires or […]
Volume 8, Number 1, January-March 2000 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Who’s Making the Choice? Women’s Heightened Vulnerability During a Crisis Pregnancy How and why women are manipulated into unwanted abortions. A Generation at Risk: How Teens Are Manipulated Into Abortion At look at how and why teens are especially vulnerable to coercion. The Many […]
Post-Abortion Outreach Effort Goes National Springfield, IL (February 24, 2000)– How would you help a loved one who struggles with grief over a past abortion? Until recently, post-abortion ministries, many of which were founded by post-abortive women seeking to help each other, have been little known and hard to find. After rapid growth during the […]
A new study has shown that women who abort are TWICE as likely to have pre-term or post-term deliveries. Below is a description of a new study that should require revision of Women’s Right to Know booklets. CITATION Zhou, Weijin, et. al., “Induced Abortion and Subsequent Pregnancy Duration,” Obstetrics & Gynecology 94(6):948-953 (Dec. 1999). METHODOLOGY […]