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2017 was a busy year for us here at the Elliot Institute! Here are our most popular newsletter posts of the year: Video: Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death Each Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death by 50 Percent, New Study Reports New Legislation Would Help Women Who Have Suffered Psychological Distress Following […]
12/11/2017 Women Who’ve Been There Say Abortion Doesn’t Help, Causes More Harm A teen girl is pregnant as a result of rape. Does she need an abortion? That’s what many judges in India seem to be thinking, as yet another court has granted permission for an abortion to be performed on a 13 year-old girl […]
Ending Abortion: Learning the Truth, Telling the Truth By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. A HALF WON BATTLE Abortion in the United States, and throughout the world, has been legalized because of two basic lies. The first lie is that abortion only destroys an inconsequential “bunch of cells,” not a human life. The second lie is […]
This video provides an overview of a new systematic review of the medical literature that reveals that each induced abortion a woman undergoes increases her risk of premature death by 50 percent or more. The elevated risk of death is evident within the first 180 days, the risk of death from any cause is […]
Abortion and miscarriage are linked to an increased risk of premature death in women, while live birth is associated with improved longevity. The negative effects are greater for abortion than miscarriage, Each abortion exposure increases the risk of early death by about fifty percent. The elevated risk of death has been identified within the first 180 days following an abortion or miscarriage and may persists for over ten years.
11/7/2017 A pregnant teenage girl who is in the US illegally has undergone an abortion, in the midst of a legal battle between abortion advocates and the Trump administration over whether the abortion could take place. According to the Associated Press, the Department of Justice has accused the ACLU of failing to tell them about […]
10/24/17 A government report on the United Kingdom’s largest abortion chain, Marie Stopes International, has found allegations that the company based performance bonuses for the staff on encouraging women to have abortions: One section of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on the Marie Stopes center in Maidstone, Kent, infers that staff felt pressure to encourage women to go […]
By Secular Pro-Life Perspectives One of the more disturbing articles I’ve read this week comes from an Ohio affiliate of National Public Radio, and it is entitled “Unaccompanied In Pain: Gaps In Ohio Law Hurt Teen Moms.” It describes how pregnant teens who are estranged from their families are caught in a horrific legal loophole: […]
9/11/2017 An appeals court in Alabama has reversed a judge’s ruling preventing a minor girl from undergoing an abortion: Alabama state law says minors must get permission from their parents to have an abortion (§ 26-21-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975). The statute does, however, say that minors can obtain waivers from the court that […]
8/15/2017 Writing at Save the 1, a mother who conceived a child as a result of rape speaks out in defense of children conceived in rape and their mothers: I have a question for the people … who claim great concern for the pregnant rape victim to the point of demanding abortion: What have you […]
