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March of Dimes Cover-up of Abortion / Preemie Link is the Real Mystery Springfield, IL (Feb. 11, 2003) March of Dimes has announced a major fund raising effort to understand and battle premature deliveries. March of Dimes medical director, Dr. Nancy Green, told Time magazine that the 27% rise in premature births over the last […]
12/15/2002 New Study Shows Substance Abuse Among Pregnant Women Linked to Prior Abortion, Puts Later Children At Risk Springfield, IL (December 15, 2002)– Women with a prior history of abortion are twice as likely to use alcohol, five times more likely to use illicit drugs, and ten times more likely to use marijuana during the […]
Study Shows Less Home Support, More Behavioral Problems Among Children Whose Mothers Had Abortions An Elliot Institute co-authored study, published in the newest issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, has found that children whose mothers have a history of abortion tend to have less emotional support at home and more behavioral problems […]
Propaganda Distorts Abortion Debate By Rep. John Hostettler Maybe the writers for the NBC drama “Law and Order” just ran out of plot ideas. Instead of a fresh new storyline, their Jan. 6 episode recycled a tired and reliable media theme: a “pro-lifer” stalking and killing an abortion practitioner. The abortionist, predictably, was portrayed as […]
Clinic Counselors Urge Pregnant “Teen” to Lie About Age Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation (NAF) are accomplices in the sexual exploitation of teenage girls by older men, according to research released by Life Dynamics. The research says that sexual abuse and exploitation of teenage girls in the U.S. has reached “epidemic” proportions, and […]
Elliot Institute Study Shows Higher Treatment Rates Persist Over Four Years Six months after her abortion, Jane had a mental breakdown. When she later delivered a healthy son, unresolved grief over her abortion contributed to severe post-partum psychosis. “I remember wanting to throw him out the window of the hospital room,” she later told her […]
News Briefs Man Gets Life Sentence in Abortion/Murder Case A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting a bomb that killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her children because she refused to have an abortion. Police said Joseph Mienerd, 48, had threatened to kill his girlfriend, Deena Mitts, and that on New […]
Elliot Institute Research Has Major Implications For Women’s Health, Abortion Politics A study published in the August edition of the Southern Medical Journal reveals that women who have abortions are at significantly higher risk of death than women who give birth. Researchers examined death records linked to Medi-Cal payments for births and abortions for approximately […]
Springfield, IL (8/20/02) — Six months after her abortion, Jane had a mental breakdown. When she later delivered a healthy son, unresolved grief over her abortion contributed to severe post-partum psychosis. “I remember wanting to throw him out the window of the hospital room,” she later told her therapist. A study published in the most […]
Elliot Institute Research Has Major Implications For Women’s Health, Abortion Politics Springfield IL (August 12, 2002) – A study published in the August edition of the Southern Medical Journal reveals that women who have abortions are at significantly higher risk of death than women who give birth. Researchers examined death records linked to Medi-Cal payments for births […]