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While there is intense controversy regarding how many women experience post-abortion psychological problems, even pro-abortion researchers admit that at least some women are negatively effected. Moreover, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2008 Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion there are at least 15 risk factors that identify the women at greatest risk of […]
New Study Confirms Link Between Abortion and Substance Abuse by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. A recent Elliot Institute study has established a strong statistical correlation between abortion and subsequent drug or alcohol abuse. This finding is based on a national, random sample of 700 women participating in a reproductive history survey. After excluding women who […]
Looking for Advice in All the Wrong Places Case Study: “Colleen” I was 18 and dating a man my parents strongly disapproved of. So they “made a deal” with me: they would send me to college if I would break up with him. I agreed, though I never really meant to keep my end of […]
Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1993 Elliot Institute’s 1992 Year-End Report Reproductive History Survey Moves Forward Progress of survey comparing a random sample of women who’ve had abortions to women who haven’t. Elliot Institute’s Voice Heard at the Supreme Court Elliot Institute files an amicus brief for the Supreme Court’s review of Planned Parenthood v. […]
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 […]
