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3/25/13 Lauren Enriquez writes at LiveAction News about how the abortion industry uses “judicial bypass” to get around laws requiring them to notify parents before performing abortions on teenage girls. She notes: The judicial bypass process is essential to ensuring that cash flow into the abortion industry does not suffer due to one demographic (minors) […]
Most assume that if a woman or girl is being pressured or forced to abort, that she will have the right or option of saying “no” at the clinic and be given the help she needs. But the truth is that vulnerable women and girls can’t count on clinics to help. For example, Operation Rescue […]
By Christina Dunigan Christina Dunigan of Real Choice, a researcher who tracks women’s deaths from abortion, writes about how abortionists can violate informed consent laws and the need for right to redress laws to protect the rights of pregnant women. I’m all in favor of informed consent — particularly in the case of abortion, where […]
Physical Side Effects Associated With Abortion Printable Fact Sheets Psychological Complications More articles on abortion complications Approximately 10% of women undergoing induced abortion suffer from immediate complications, of which one-fifth (2%) were considered major.19 However the majority of complications take time to develop and will not be apparent for days, months or even years. Negative psychological […]
By David C. Reardon The accusations that Indiana U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock believes “God intends pregnancies resulting from rape” reveal a despicable attitude toward justice and truth. But even worse, the commentary and debate taking place about rape pregnancies is profoundly hurtful to both women who became pregnant through rape and their children. While the comments may […]
Note: The following is an excerpt from the book Giving Sorrow Words: Women’s Stories of Grief After Abortion. I remember the events surrounding my abortions clearly. There are some things that are so utterly terrible, so devastating, they never fade from the mind or heart. I idolized my boyfriend, whom I met when I was […]
10/12/2012 According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, approximately 45 percent of abortions are repeat abortions. Two new studies released last month have found increased risks for women who undergo multiple abortions. One study, co-authored by Elliot Institute director Dr. David Reardon, found that women who undergo abortions have an increased risk of death: A single induced […]
Women Who Became Pregnant Through Rape Renew Calls for Congressional Hearings Group Asks Both Sides to Listen to and Respond to Real Needs of Pregnant Sexual Assault Victims We are members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual Assault (WPSA). This group was formed eight years ago to petition Congress to hold […]
One of our past posts included the stories of five women in Maryland who died as a result of abortion, and whose deaths were never counted as abortion-related in any official statistics. Here’s a link to an article about another “invisible death” on the RealChoice blog — that of 17-year-old Latachie Veal, who died in […]
9/18/12 A new study has found that women who undergo multiple abortions have an increased risk of preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy. According to a report: A new study released from Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare finds women who have multiple abortions have a greater risk of premature birth and low-birthweight babies […]
Here’s an excerpt from Mary Ann Glendon’s address on behalf of the Vatican Delegation at the UN Conference on Women, Beijing, September 5, 1995: The position of the Holy See that abortion is the purposeful destruction of human life, and that it can never be a means of family planning is well known. At the […]
Springfield, IL (September 7, 2012) — A single induced abortion increases the risk of maternal death by 45 percent compared to women with no history of abortion, according to a new study of all women of reproductive age in Denmark over a 25 year period. In addition, each additional abortion is associated with an even […]
Studies in U.S., Finland, and Denmark show women are more likely to die after an abortion than after childbirth.
Survey of Women Became Pregnant Through Rape Finds Most Don’t Want Abortions; Say It Adds to Trauma As the furor continues over the Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks that pregnancy from rape is very rare, one very important thing is being overlooked: what do women who have actually been there have to say about this […]
Lorena Rivera, a 21-year-old legal receptionist, disappeared while on her way to work in Oklahoma City in April 1997. More than a month later, her body was found buried in a shallow grave. Rivera, 21 weeks pregnant and the mother of a three-year-old son, had been shot twice and beaten to death. Rivera’s friends testified […]
Argument to Invert Traditional Medical Standards Rejected Springfield, IL (July 26, 2012) — A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that abortion providers can be required to disclose risks associated with abortion, even if the attending doctor believes the associated risk is only incidental to the abortion and not a direct result of it. At […]
A federal court has upheld the right of states to require abortionists to screen for coercion and other risk factors associated with a higher risk of negative emotional reactions to abortion. Now is the time to pass similar laws in the 48 states which do not have any requirements for pre-abortion screening. Please get the […]
A federal court has dissolved an injunction against enforcement of a new law in South Dakota that requires abortion doctors to screen women for coercion and other factors that increase the risk of psychological complications after abortion. Beginning July 1, physicians must screen women for coercion and other risk factors for psychological complications before scheduling […]
“The coercive enforcement of China’s one-child policy causes more violence against women and girls than any other official policy on earth and any other official policy in the history of the world, ” according to an expert speaking at a memorial for victims of communism. Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, spoke at […]
Abortion is portrayed to the public as a necessary “right” for women. But all too often, those promoting this “right” have never bothered to find out what women actually think and feel on this subject … especially those who have actually been there. It is assumed that women are “better off” aborting, that having a […]
How the Abortion Industry Dropped Medical Standards In Order to Make a Profit In honor of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the classic book, Aborted Women, Silent No More, we are publishing edited excerpts from the book. The following is taken from the chapter “Business Before Medicine.” Abortion in America is a commodity, […]
By Dr. Priscilla Coleman Over the past few days there has been a great deal of press concerning a peer-reviewed article I published in 2009 with co-authors Dr. Catherine Coyle, Dr. Vincent Rue, and Dr. Martha Shuping in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. The analyses in this paper employed data from the National Comorbidity Survey […]
Guest Opinion by Theresa Bonopartis Salon.com, an online magazine, recently published an article “Why Women Have Second Trimester Abortions” by Irin Carmon. As a woman who had a second trimester abortion I found it inaccurate and, to be frank, downright offensive. Ms. Carmon begins with the line, “Despite thumb sucking fetuses you see waved around […]
