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4/15/16 A woman who was a victim of human trafficking spoke out about being forced to abort in a UK study of people who survived trafficking. From the Independent: “If I don’t go ahead with it, I’ll be dead.” With those chilling words, a victim of human trafficking explained to a nurse in a British […]
12/3/2015 By Deana Schroeder “She asked for it.” That is how a 17-year-old boy responded when confronted with the rape of an 8-year-old girl. At 8 years old. “She asked for it!” The words ring in my head. Most eight-year-old girls don’t know about sex. Certainly, not enough to ask for it. However, that is […]
Congressional Democrats are blocking a bill to help victims of sex trafficking because it contains a provision that prohibits funding abortions. Abortion advocates say abortion is necessary to help women and girls who are being trafficked. But a look below the surface shows that abortion is likely to harm, not help, victims of trafficking – […]
10/9/2014 A new U.S. study of women who survived sex trafficking found that forced abortion was common among victims who became pregnant, calling it an “especially disturbing trend.” Laura Lederer, one the authors of the study, testified about the findings at a congressional hearing on on sex trafficking and health care on Sept. 11. The […]
Through your support, we were blessed during the last year to accomplish a number of projects, including: * We had two studies of women’s death rates following abortion published in peer-reviewed journals. Our studies included all women of reproductive age in Denmark from 1980 to 2004. The findings showed that: * Following their first pregnancies, […]
The Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault (WPSA), is a group of women who have experienced pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. WPSA is asking Congress and state legislators to hold hearings where women who have experienced a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault can tell their stories and talk about the real […]
The Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault (WPSA), is a group of women who have experienced pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. WPSA is asking Congress and state legislators to hold hearings where women who have experienced a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault can tell their stories and talk about the real […]
Women Who Became Pregnant Through Rape Renew Calls for Congressional Hearings Group Asks Both Sides to Listen to and Respond to Real Needs of Pregnant Sexual Assault Victims We are members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual Assault (WPSA). This group was formed eight years ago to petition Congress to hold […]
The following is excerpted from the book Aborted Women, Silent No More: Twenty Women Share Their Personal Journeys from the Tragedy of Abortion to Restored Wholeness by David C. Reardon. Since the mid-1960s, abortion has been a major national issue, the subject of state and Congressional investigations, thousands of articles, and hundreds of books. But […]
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