Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. My own journey to understanding the abortion experience was first prompted in 1982 when I read an article about Nancy Jo Mann, the founder of Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA). Pro-abortion critics of WEBA complained that the name was misleading. “Women aren’t exploited by abortion,” they insisted. “It’s something they […]
Announcements Post-Abortion Art Work Sought for National Exhibit The Elliot Institute is co-sponsoring a national art exhibit that reflects the post-abortion experience. The exhibit is being prepared by artist and publisher Carolyn Blakeslee, founder and former editor of Art Calendar. Blakeslee has already collected more than a hundred submissions for the exhibit over the past […]
Released Case Study: “Jamie Smith” I grew up in a physically and verbally abusive home. My youngest sister drowned when I was seven years old and my mother blamed me for it. I cooked, cleaned, cared for my siblings, and received daily beatings from my mother. I was told to be quiet, take what was […]
News Briefs Australian Woman Wins Landmark Abortion Case An Australian woman has created legal history in her country by winning a case against a hospital that she says failed to warn her about the psychological risks of abortion. “Ellen” settled out of court with the Royal Women’s Hospital and a Melbourne gynecologist for an undisclosed […]
by Laurie Velker “. . . I was in prison and you came to visit Me.” — Matt. 25: 36(b) I had asked God many times to allow me the opportunity to minister behind prison walls. I didn’t know how He would open the door for me, but I never stopped asking Him. Then others […]