Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
From the Mail Bag Dear Mr. Reardon: I am a 24 year old Catholic convert. I was married last October and now God has blessed us with our first child–due to be born in August. My pregnancy has brought me much grace–though some of it has been painful. You see, when I was 15 I […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Regular readers of The Post-Abortion Review have frequently read my suggestions regarding the need to go beyond the Pennsylvania model of standard informed consent which was upheld by the Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Elliot Institute has now finished preparation of model legislation which we believe will […]
LA Butcher to Keep His License Four women have died during or after abortions by Los Angeles doctor Leo Kenneally. One woman died when Dr. Kenneally was doing an emergency tracheotomy in which the patient’s throat was slit. Administrative Law Judge Milford Maron conceded that Kenneally’s negligence had resulted in patient’s deaths, but said mitigating […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. During the last ten years, post-abortion issues have become increasingly important to the pro-life movement. But within the overall pro-life strategy, post-abortion issues are still just an add-on–an extra argument, an extra service. They have yet to become as central to the pro-life strategy as they must be if we […]
Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 1995 A Healing Strategy How to end abortion through post-abortion healing Closing the Net: Beyond Informed Consent Model pro-life legislation reduces the opportunity for attack by pro-abortionists News Briefs From the Mail Bag Hear what our readers have to say Post Abortion Stuff Poem by Dr. Reardon Volume 3, […]
Politically Correct Vs. Politically Smart Why Politicians Should Be Both Pro-woman and Pro-life by David C. Reardon The abortion debate is about women’s rights versus the rights of the unborn. Right? Wrong. That is the way the pro-abortionists and media have framed the debate. They have consciously defined this issue in terms which polarize the […]
Pro-Woman / Pro-Life Sound Bites by David C. Reardon The following is an example of how a candidate for public office can address the abortion issue from a pro-woman/pro-life perspective in a way which provides “sound bites” for the press which are difficult to distort. Speech Inserts: Abortion is a divisive issue. But certainly we […]
Fear and Forgiveness Case Sudy: Teri Lightheart In 1979, I was nineteen years old. I was sharing an apartment with a co-worker. One night I went out for a drink with my 34 year old step-uncle. After a few drinks we left and the next thing I knew we were back at my apartment. I […]
6/10/1994 Artist, editor, and publisher Carolyn Blakeslee is soliciting submissions for Abortion: The Irrevocable Choice, a sensitive, beautifully produced, full-color “cocktail table book.” Through the gentle but powerful collection of artwork, poetry, lyrics, and personal testimonies, Carolyn, who is herself a post-aborted woman, seeks to open hearts to the humanity of the unborn and tragedy […]
Two Senseless Deaths: The Long Road to Recovery by “Mrs. Julia Taylor” This year on Mother’s Day, I helped my grandson place flowers on his mother’s grave. Although Justin is only seven years old, he tries to be brave as he honors his mother’s memory. I can’t help thinking how proud she would be. Justin […]