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News Briefs Kansas Abortionist Not Punished in Consent Case A Kansas abortionist who was accused of performing an abortion after a sedated patient had withdrawn her consent will not be punished after reaching an agreement with state officials. Kristin Neuhaus’s agreement with the state health board requires her to comply with existing laws on sedating […]
Focusing on Hope How Emphasizing Falling Abortion Rates Enhances Pro-Life Educational Efforts Rachel M. MacNair, Ph.D. Is it just a coincidence that abortion rates have been on the decline during the same period of time that there has been increasing public awareness of post-abortion trauma? Or are the millions of women who have had abortions, […]
The Hard Truth vs. The Soft Sell As Rachel MacNair points out in the preceding article (see “Focusing on Hope,” from this issue) most people would rather ignore the abortion issue than face up to the moral judgement it implies on us as a nation. As she succinctly stated: “For nearly three decades the pro-life […]
The Awakening of African Americans Peggy Lehner Recently I was asked to participate in a debate on abortion at an African American conference. The invitation came from the conference director, who had heard me speaking on a local black radio station about the prevalence of abortion in the black community. My opponent was to be […]
Elliot Institute Presents New Findings at International Women’s Health Conference A new Elliot Institute study has found that women who have had abortions are more likely to commit suicide than those who have given birth. The study examined Medi-Cal records for more than 173,000 low-income California women who had abortions or gave birth in 1989. […]