Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
Abuse of Parental Notification Law Puts Girls At Risk The passage of a parental notification law in Alaska and plans by abortion advocates to skirt the law highlight the risks of abortions — including unwanted abortions and abortions used to cover up sexual abuse — for teens. Alaska voters approved a law on Aug. 24 […]
by Vincent M. Rue, Ph.D. Abortion is a profoundly human and complex issue. Because it is such an intensely personal experience, it carries serious and significant consequences for both the individual and society. The choice of abortion confronts moral reasoning, beliefs about human development, personal identity, family structure and functions, role conflicts in relationships and […]
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: In previous issues of The Post-Abortion Review(Spring 1995 and Fall 1995) we examined the role of despair in driving women and men toward choosing abortion and then in holding them back from healing after an abortion. I have been reminded by readers that I had promised at that […]
Lime5, Mark Crutcher, $19.95 Life Dynamics, P0 Box 2226, Denton, IX 76202; Orders: (817) 380-8800. Victims of Choice, Kevin Sherlock, $19.95 Brennyman Books, P0 Box 2629, Akron, OH 44309; Orders: (330) 882-4686. Abortion is inherently dangerous, both to the physical and psychological well-being of women. But these dangers are made worse by the fact that […]
by Victoria M. Thorn With over thirteen years of experience in post-abortion ministry, I continue to ask myself, “Who are the people who phone our office?” Their stories are so consistent-both in the pain they experience and in their feelings of abandonment. I believe we could better help these wounded people if we could better […]
by Warren Williams Fathers become involved in an abortion in one of five ways: (1) they encourage or support the woman to choose abortion; (2) they pressure her to abort; (3) they abandon her to make the decision alone: (4) they unsuccessfully oppose the abortion; or (5) they learn about the abortion only after it […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In the early seventies, Arthur Shostak accompanied his lover to a well-groomed suburban abortion clinic. They had both agreed abortion was best. But sitting in the waiting room proved to be a “bruising experience.” By the time he left the clinic, he was shocked by about how deeply disturbed he […]
How ever can I explain it? Tell me, where do I begin, To try and justify the cause of just another sin? I remember the day she told me, and the fear within her eyes. I hid my love for you behind “it’s-your-decision” lies. How could I fight a verdict that she so quickly made? […]
by Wayne F. Brauning, M. Div., D. Min. I have a friend whose father disappeared in Mexico. The loss has been more painful for him than if his father had died in his arms. How can one grieve for a father who has simply disappeared? For that matter, how can one grieve for a child […]
By David Reardon Lorena Bobbitt’s abortion was unwanted. It violated her moral beliefs and signified the destruction of her dream to have a family just like the one in which she had grown up. It was an attack on her self-identity and her maternal self. By understanding how her abortion traumatized Lorena, we can understand […]