Recent Studies Authored or Coauthored by David C. Reardon, Director, Elliot Institute

2025 Is relief the most common reaction to abortion? Self-assessed intensity of emotions attributed to abortion in a national sample of women aged 41 to 45. Reardon D. F1000 Research 2025, 14:240 Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41-45 years of age. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2025 Jan;46(1):2455086. 2024 Comparative […]

Unreliable Turnaway Abortion Study Violated Women’s Privacy Rights, New Report

October 29, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study cited in abortion rights lawsuits is based on the unethical use of personal identifying information, according to a new peer reviewed report. In addition, the report catalogues numerous ways the Turnaway Study has violated the accepted standards for reporting scientific results. The report is authored by David […]

Women Highly Rate Help from Pregnancy Resource Centers: New National Study

News Release — 6/13/2023 Women facing a problematic pregnancy who have had contact with a pro-life pregnancy resource center almost always give the centers high marks for improving their lives, according to a new peer reviewed study, “Welcomed Pregnancies: Characteristics and Patterns of Adjusting to Unwanted, Unplanned, Untimely or Otherwise Difficult Pregnancies.” In this national […]

A Push to Increase Unwanted Abortions?!!

Recent Elliot Institute research has shown that the majority of abortions are unwanted, as defined by the fact that most women report feeling pressured to agree to an abortion that violated their own personal values and preferences. It is our firm belief that population controllers are actually fine with unwanted abortions, as evidenced by their efforts […]

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