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

2025 Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41-45 years of age. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2025 Dec;46(1):2455086. 2024 Comparative Acuity of Emergency Department Visits Following Pregnancy Outcomes Among Medicaid Eligible Women, 2004-2015. International Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health Research. A Forensic Investigation and Critique of Suicidal Ideation […]

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

Posted in Articles, Research, Turnaway Study

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

Posted in Abortion & Mental Health Controversy, Articles, Research

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 […]

Pro-Abortion Comedian Discusses Intense Grief Following Her Abortion

Posted in Forbidden Grief, Testimonies

British comedian Grace Campbell has recently written a lengthy description of her unexpected “self hatred and grief” following her recent abortion. “Ever since I was a teenager, I’d been under the impression that an abortion was like a really bad period. It hurt for a few days and then, after it was done, back to the […]

A Push to Increase Unwanted Abortions?!!

Posted in Coerced Abortions, Commentary, Politics

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 […]