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Lead Author Refuses to Release Abortion Data Collected Under Federal Grant Springfield, IL (August 13, 2008) – The credibility of a new report on the mental health effects of abortion from the American Psychological Association is tarnished by the fact that the lead author, Dr. Brenda Major, has violated the APA’s own data sharing rules […]
Springfield, IL (July 29, 2008) — Planned Parenthood of South Dakota is refusing to do abortions. Why? Because a federal court has upheld a new law that would require them to disclose to women the risk factors of abortion. These are statistically proven risk factors that reliably identify which women are at highest risk of […]
Women at Risk, a national coalition of women and their family members who have been hurt by past abortions, will be holding its first national conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 7th and 8th, 1998. “The goal of this national conference is to create state and local chapters which will advocate for laws to […]
Case Study: Linda G. In April of 1974, I became pregnant. I was seventeen, unmarried, and scared to death. My boyfriend, Bill, had wanted to marry me for some time, so when I found out I was pregnant, I said okay. I couldn’t bear the thought of having to tell my parents because I knew […]
If I knew then What I know now You never would have died. I’d have held you close And nurtured you And kept you by my side. I’d have sung you songs And treasured you More than silver, More than gold; But this song is all I can give To the Babe I’ll never hold. […]