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John M. Thorp, Jr., and Clark Forsythe write at the Washington Post about the lack of good data on abortion in the U.S., noting that “women’s health cannot be protected without accurate data:” Abortion advocates in Congress and in state legislatures claim that abortions are “safe.” Yet numerous, long-standing problems at the state and federal […]
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 – […]
By Theresa Bonopartis A recent anonymous post, “I Owe My Life to My Mother’s Abortion,” on The Huffington Post Women website, reflected the common feelings and conflicts of those who have lost a sibling to abortion. As counselors, we see the complex thoughts and feelings surrounding the knowledge of a sibling’s termination just coming to […]
“Some women in the United Kingdom are forced or coerced into abortions by their family or partners. Other women are injured during the procedure or die as a result of problems. I have witnessed fights break out between partners, and boyfriends forcing their girlfriends into abortion centers. Abortion providers are seemingly happy to play a […]
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Writing about the decision in a Jan. 24, 1973 editorial, The New York Times proclaimed: The Supreme Court has made a major contribution to the preservation of individual liberties and of free decision-making by its invalidation of state laws inhibiting a woman’s right to […]
12/11/2014 Officials in Finland Concerned About Increased Risk of Suicide After Abortion; Calls for Action in Australia and the U.S. Voluntary guidelines for post-abortion mental health evaluations during the month following an abortion have failed to significantly decrease the rate of suicide after abortion in Finland, according to a new study. Finland adopted the guidelines […]
Once again, Christina Dunigan has provided some valuable information in a post at the RealChoice blog. Here she is posting about the disproportionate number of black women who die from abortions — and the lack of concern shown by those who claim that “black lives matter:” Blacks comprise about 13 percent of the US population, […]
As a follow up to yesterday’s post on the “septic abortion wards” myth, here is Rebecca Downs at LifeNews.com responding to one woman’s story about undergoing an illegal abortion in 1959: Diana Weiner’s story is personal and in many ways does seem “incredibly scary.” The piece fails to distinguish though how an abortion today is […]
Another illegal abortion myth, debunked by Christina Dunigan at Real Choice: Dr. Doug Laube of Wisconsin is one of the many abortion practitioners who repeats hoary old tales of septic abortion wards. In an interview with Feministe’s Clarisse Thorn, he in fact made a rather outrageous claim that before legalization, not only were there entire wards in […]
10/28/14 By Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. On October 6th an article titled “Is So-Called Post-Abortion Trauma Syndrome a Myth?,” written by Zawn Villines, appeared on GoodTherapy.org. In order to address the question she poses, Villines does not focus on the large international body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence indicating that abortion increases women’s risk of experiencing mental […]