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Redirect A List of Major Psychological Sequelae of Abortion REQUIREMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT: In a study of post-abortion patients only 8 weeks after their abortion, researchers found that 44% complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced sleep disturbances, 31% had regrets about their decision, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic medicine by their family doctor. […]
Summaries of the most recent studies published
The Devil’s Bargain Despair vs. Hope, Part 2 There is a great need for us to be compassionate and understanding toward the women, men, and families who have been involved in abortion. The temptation to judge them and condemn them is a great evil because such attitudes push people away from the embrace of God’s healing. […]
If you have had an abortion(s), you may be suffering from post-abortion stress. Answering the following questions can help you figure out how the abortion(s) may have effected your life. Do you find yourself struggling to turn off feelings or memories related to your abortion(s)? Do you need to keep reminding yourself to just forget […]
The ramifications of bill will be more easiliy and completely understood by examining the following chapters of Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for A Divided Nation which are now posted on line: CHAPTER FOUR: THE KEY IS IN ROE CHAPTER FIVE: DEVIATIONS FROM THE ROE IDEAL CHAPTER SIX: PROPER SCREENING OF PATIENTS CHAPTER SEVEN: […]
In a major national poll by the Los Angeles Times, 56 percent of women admitting to a past abortion reported a sense of guilt and 26 percent regretted choosing abortion.(1) It should be noted that as with similar studies, the number of women who admitted having abortions was much less than half the actual abortion […]
CHAPTER FIVE: SAMPLES OF THE JERICHO SERMONS IN THREE STEPS The following three sermons are intended as an example of a series of sermons which build upon each other to cover all seven steps of the JERICHO PLAN as previously outlined in the introduction. Because some people may not hear all three sermons, each sermon […]
CHAPTER SIX: MISCELLANY This chapter contains material suitable for publication in your weekly bulletin, “bits and pieces” for your sermons, and an assortment of thoughts which will help you to gain further insights into the needs of women and men in your community who are scarred by abortion. After an Abortion: Steps Toward Healing 1. […]
By Connie Nykiel “Sorrow makes us all children again.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson I teach childbirth education to pregnant teenagers. My job is to prepare young parents for parenthood. This includes the possibility of parenting a baby with a birth defect or being the parent of a baby that is miscarried, stillborn, or dies soon after […]
Dear Dr. Reardon, I was surprised and pleased to see your article in the recent Post-Abortion Review concerning how parental notification/judicial bypass hearings are conducted. I believe it is the first discussion I have seen on this most important point. It is a shame and quite unfair that these hearings are merely one-sided and give […]
