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After an Abortion: Steps Toward Healing 1. Recognize that the road to full recovery can take time and effort. While God is always near to you, sorting out your life and your feelings, overcoming the ever-present temptation to give in again to despair and doubt–these take time. 2. Recognize that it is normal and good […]
Sit with me for a moment in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. Here you will find women who, in general, are neither philosophers nor fools–categories which admittedly include substantial overlap. Very few of these women have engaged in arcane debates about the meaning of “personhood.” Fewer still are so foolish as to believe […]
The Abortion/Suicide Connection David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In the 1960’s, when abortions were available only for “therapeutic” reasons, it was not uncommon for persons with the means and know-how to obtain an abortion on psychiatric grounds. In some states, all that was necessary was to find an agreeable psychiatrist willing to diagnose every woman with […]
Following a previous survey focusing on the reasons women have abortions (published in Aborted Women, Silent No More, results here) the following survey was developed to look more carefully at the specific emotional reactions to abortion. The following results are also published in Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion. This survey instrument was distributed […]
Two Senseless Deaths: The Long Road to Recovery “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 is […]
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Since 1980, mental health providers have begun treating an increasing number of women who are suffering mental and emotional difficulties as a result of induced abortions. The best available evidence indicates that on average there is a ten year period of denial during which women who were traumatized by their […]
(An updated proposal and website dedicated to this issue can be viewed at www.ElliotInstitute.org/eugenics) MEMO Date: 9/15/97 From: David C. Reardon, Ph.D., Director To: Interested Parties Re: Extending a Cloning Ban to Include A Ban on All Genetic Engineering of Human Beings The Human Engineering Prohibition Act Clearly the cloning issue has attracted public attention […]
Proposals for Legislation A Superior Approach to Banning Abortions: The Woman’s Health Protection Act A shorter version of the Women’s Health Protection Act Protection from Coercion and High Risk Abortion Act These Previous versions have additional features that have been sacrificed to reduce length but still warrant consideration. Protection from Coercion and High Risk Abortion […]
Learn more on how you can help to Expose Deceptive Abortion Practices. Springfield, IL (August 18, 1999) — State attorney generals may soon be prosecuting abortion clinics for deceptive business practices, if the Elliot Institute has it’s way. Working with individuals and organizations around the country, this post-abortion research and education group is spearheading this […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. My own journey to understanding the abortion experience was first prompted in 1982 when I read an article about Nancy Jo Mann, the founder of Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA). Pro-abortion critics of WEBA complained that the name was misleading. “Women aren’t exploited by abortion,” they insisted. “It’s something they […]