Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
1) Make sure you have worked through the grief process first. Parents need to be far enough along in their own healing to be able to cope with their children’s emotional reactions. 2) Seek the advice of a trusted counselor, minister, priest, support group leader or other trusted source. If you are a religious person, […]
13-year Population Study in Published in Top OB/Gyn Journal Springfield, IL (March 5, 2004) — A study of pregnancy-associated deaths published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has found that the mortality rate associated with abortion is 2.95 times higher than that associated with pregnancies carried to term. The […]
Host of New ” Television Series Comments Springfield, IL (Jan. 4, 2004) — “The abortion industry is a house of cards ready to collapse,” said David C. Reardon, Ph.D., host of a new television program that will premiere in January on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), during the week of the anniversary of Roe […]
By Sydna Masse The fingers of abortion reach into many lives and cross all generational lines. It affects everyone whether they know it or not. We often forget the extended wounded in the need to help the grieving post-abortive individual. Wounded family and friends don’t even know where to go to get help. Some don’t […]
A Hidden Giant Post-Abortion Expert Leaves Legacy of Written and Living Treasures David C. Reardon On November 13, 2003, God called home one of his champions, Tom Strahan. Tom died of a heart attack shortly after he and his wife, Carol, returned home from a fund-raising banquet for a pregnancy help center in Minneapolis. To […]
Springfield, Ill. (May 13, 2003) — Is abortion a benign experience for women? Or can it cause or contribute to emotional problems, even severe ones? The American Psychological Association (APA), which has consistently lobbied in favor of abortion rights, has frequently insisted that abortion is a benign experience that predominately brings relief to most women. […]
Women Are Concerned About Violence, Not Abortion — But Abortion Advocates Are Not Addressing the Violence of Unwanted Abortions Are abortion advocates really concerned about women? Or are they fixated on an outdated and harmful agenda that is opposed by most American women? The answers to these questions are suggested in a new poll conducted […]
Researchers Call for More Studies on Links Among Depression, Abortion, and Suicide Women with a history of abortion are at significantly higher risk of experiencing clinical depression compared to women who give birth, according to a nationally representative study of 1,884 women published in the latest issue of the Medical Science Monitor. Researchers compared data […]
News Briefs 1 in 6 Americans Involved in Abortion, Study Says A University of Chicago study shows that one in six Americans have been involved in a pregnancy that ended in abortion. The study also found that women are more likely to abort their first pregnancy or a later pregnancy than are women in their […]
The Impact of Abortion After Prenatal Testing Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles In advanced industrial countries, prenatal testing in order to detect fetal abnormalities has become routine. The amount of genetic information that has become available has expanded enormously in the past few years. While there are a number of ways of carrying out these […]