New Book Documents All the
Risks of Abortion

Libraries, pregnancy centers and researchers can now easily access information on the most hotly-contested social, moral and political topic of our day. Acorn Books has just released Detrimental Effects of Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography with Commentary (3rd Edition). This expanded and newly updated edition is the most complete summary available of statistically significant studies on abortion.

Compiled by attorney and post-abortion expert Thomas W. Strahan, this 276-page reference guide is an indispensable resource for therapists, counselors, medical professionals, students, activists and anyone else interested in post-abortion studies. 

 • Abortion-Decision Making

 • Standard of Care for Abortion Providers

 • Psychological Effects of Abortion

 • Physical Effects of Abortion

 • Social Effects and Implications of Abortion 

 • Abortion and Maternal Mortality

 • Adolescents and Abortion

"Most of the public doesn't know how much solid information is out there. Most of the best information on abortion complications is buried in medical journals and not easily found." Dr. Reardon said. "Every one researching the abortion issue, and especially those who may be considering an abortion, should have ready access to this book in their nearest library."

Though Reardon works full time on post-abortion research, he says Strahan's earlier bibliographies have always been his first reference source whenever he begins a new research project.

"Tom Strahan has performed a great service in tracking down all the best studies and organizing their finding in a way that is easily accessible to the average reader," Dr. Reardon said. "Without it, the task of searching for this material on the Internet or in a reference library would be overwhelming. Many of the best studies are simply not indexed under the keywords you would normally expect to find abortion complications." 

Strahan edits The Research Bulletin for the Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change and has written numerous articles on abortion. He hopes this revised and expanded reference book will help people to better understand the range of risks associated with abortion. 

"Most people think that because abortion is legal, it's safe for women, period," Strahan said. "They think that as long as the government says it's okay, then it must be good for our society. They don't realize that many researchers and scholars studying this issue have found that just the opposite is true." 

Orders with checks can be mailed to Acorn Books, PO Box 7348, Springfield, IL 62791-7348. Credit card orders can be placed through the Acorn Books order line (888) 412-2676 or email amysobie@juno.com for more information. 

You can get a good feel for the content of Detrimental Effects of Abortion by examining the latest supplement covering additional material which is available for free download by clicking here: Supplement#1