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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: […]
THE ABORTION CHOICE ACT MODEL LEGISLATION 12/8/96 Synopsis: Creates the Abortion Choice Act. Requires physicians providing abortions to inform women of their rights under the law, of all risks and alternatives to the abortion which would be relevant to the decision of a reasonable patient, of unique and predisposing risk factors which she may possess, […]
Woman’s Right to Know Act June 27, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Woman’s Right to Know Act. Section 5. Legislative findings and purposes. (a) the Legislature of the State of Illinois finds […]
THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT January 15, 1998 Text from Mississippi Senate Bill 3039 THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT Synopsis: Creates the Protection From High Risk And Coercive Abortion Act. Requires physicians and the facilities where they are providing abortions to inform each woman of her rights […]
CHAPTER SEVEN: TESTIMONIES It is important to share stories of women who have had abortions with your congregation for two very special reasons. First, they help those who have not had abortions to better understand the pressures which women face and to have a more sincere compassion for those who have had abortions. Second, they […]
News Briefs Australian Woman Wins Landmark Abortion Case An Australian woman has created legal history in her country by winning a case against a hospital that she says failed to warn her about the psychological risks of abortion. “Ellen” settled out of court with the Royal Women’s Hospital and a Melbourne gynecologist for an undisclosed […]
Incest Case Exposes Shortcomings of Judicial and Medical Reviews of Abortion Cases By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. On July 17th, 1998, a Michigan judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the parents of a 12-year-old girl from transporting her to Kansas for a late-term partial-birth abortion. The girl was 28 weeks pregnant and had allegedly […]
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 […]
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1998 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: When the Doll Breaks Psychotherapist Dr. Theresa Karminski Burke uses the example of a college friend to decode the common anti-child behavior in our society. Abortion Trauma and Child Abuse Book Review Deeply Damaged: An Explanation for the Profound Problems Arising from Aborting Babies […]
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 […]