25 Years of Loving Them Both

by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Twenty-five years of abortion on demand is something to mourn, and certainly many pro-life groups plan to do just that during the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade this coming January. By emphasizing a mourning attitude, however, we may only be adding fuel to the pro-abortion media’s efforts to portray […]

Trusting God’s Mercy for Unborn Children

By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: In previous issues of The Post-Abortion Review(Spring 1995 and Fall 1995) we examined the role of despair in driving women and men toward choosing abortion and then in holding them back from healing after an abortion. I have been reminded by readers that I had promised at that […]

Knowing Your Audience: The Three Levels of Moral Development

by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Child development theorists describe three levels of moral development. At the lowest level is concern only for oneself. The second level is concern only for those close to you: family, friends, or a suffering person whom you can see. The third level is an abstract moral concern for all others, […]

Be Kind to “Vegetables”

by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Jackie lies motionless, incapable of smiling, or crying, or responding to a gentle touch. She is seemingly dead to all that is around her. Her doctor has diagnosed her as being in an irreversible “persistent vegetative state” (PVS). She is only a “vegetable.” Yet she breathes. She sleeps. She can […]

A Daughter’s Grief and a Family’s Burden

by Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D. For ten years I’ve been counseling people traumatized by the effects of abortion. Only twice has someone’s father called me for help. The most recent was a man I will call Mr. Davis. (I’ve changed names to protect identities.) He asked me to help his daughter. “She needs counseling. Somebody […]

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