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Women’s Rights Without Frontiers Condemns U.S. Support for One-Child Policy Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, an organization that opposes forced abortion and sexual slavery in China, is reporting that a man was stabbed to death as he attempted to stop family planning officials from beating his father. The officials were apparently seeking to take the man’s […]
Bill Contains Elements of Elliot Institute’s Model Screening Legislation The Elliot Institute and the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance are praising the passage of a bill in South Dakota that would require women to go through a screening process before abortion to ensure that they are not being coerced. HB 1217 requires a licensed physician to […]
The Abortion Recovery InterNational Network (ARIN) cordially invites you to celebrate and participate in Abortion Recovery Awareness Month in April 2011. The goals of Abortion Recovery Awareness Month are to encourage and extend healing opportunities to those hurting after abortion, and to enlighten society about the effects of abortion on individuals and families. During the […]
Brent Rooney, M.Sc. In 1999, Professor Larry Burd and colleagues reported that women with prior induced abortions had a three times higher risk of delivering a newborn later diagnosed with autism.1 In the 1960s, the U.S. autism rate for newborns was approximately 1 in 10,000, but the rate skyrocketed to 1 in 110 in 2009 […]
Researchers Drew the Wrong Conclusions in New England Medical Journal Study Springfield, IL (February 2, 2011) — A study that is being reported as showing abortion doesn’t increase women’s mental health risks actually shows a higher rate of problems among women who have abortions compared to those who give birth, a leading expert says. The […]
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Video: Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death 11/17/17 Each Abortion Increases Women’s Risk of Premature Death by 50 Percent, New Study Reports 11/14/17 Alabama Appeals Court Rules Minor Girl Can Get Abortion Without Parental Consent 9/11/17 MA Bill Would Allow 16-Year-Olds to Undergo Abortions Without Their Parents Knowing 7/28/17 Missouri Official: Abortion Clinics Don’t […]
More Than 30 Studies in Last Five Years Show Negative Impact of Abortion on Women 11/15/2010 | By Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. On Sunday, November 7th, the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Dr. Brenda Major, titled The Big Lie about Abortion and Mental Health. I would like to offer another perspective on dishonesty permeating […]
New Nebraska Law Removing Obstacles to Lawsuits for Negligent Screening Goes Into Effect Springfield, IL (July 15, 2010) — A new Nebraska law that is the first to allow women to sue for psychological injuries related to abortion went into effect today, the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance has announced. Until now, women who experienced psychological […]
Doctors Must Screen for Coercion and Other Risk Factors for Abortion Complications Springfield, IL (April 13, 2010) — A new Nebraska law will allow women to sue abortion providers for psychological injuries related to unwanted, coerced or unsafe abortions, according to the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance. “This is the first law in the country that […]
Springfield, IL (November 10, 2009) — A study of women who experienced serious complications during pregnancy found that women who undergo late abortions due to fetal anomalies are more likely to experience psychiatric disorders compared to women who give birth prematurely. The study of 170 German women, published in the “Archives of Women’s Mental Health,” […]
Article on How to Coerce An Abortion Withdrawn From Web Site After Complaints Springfield, IL (August 4, 2009) — An article on a popular men’s web site that offered advice on how to pressure your wife or girlfriend into an unwanted abortion has been removed after receiving a flood of criticism from people on both […]
New Study Links Abortion to Wide Range of Mental Health Disorders Springfield, IL (December 11, 2008) — A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research found that women who have abortions are at higher risk for various mental health disorders.[1] The study, led by Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, used data […]
Dozens of Studies Find Women With a History of Abortion More Likely to Later Have a Preterm Birth Springfield, IL (Oct. 28, 2008) — Researchers studying findings from dozens of studies have concluded that abortion is linked to an increased risk of preterm birth among subsequently born babies. In a paper recently published in the […]
Springfield, IL (July 29, 2008) — Planned Parenthood of South Dakota is refusing to do abortions. Why? Because a federal court has upheld a new law that would require them to disclose to women the risk factors of abortion. These are statistically proven risk factors that reliably identify which women are at highest risk of […]
Study Finds High Rates of PTSD Among Women Who Had Abortions PTSD Rates Increased by 61 Percent After Abortion Springfield, IL (Feb. 14, 2008) — According to a study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, women who have experienced abortion have high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which follow findings from earlier studies linking […]
New Study Underscores Need for Informed Consent Legislation Springfield, IL (August 29, 2006) — A new survey has found that women want to be thoroughly informed of all possible risks associated with elective medical procedures, and they generally want as much or more information when it comes to abortion. The survey of 187 women seeking […]
Vegetative State May Be Caused by Brain Cooling, New Study Widespread Use of Cold Air In Breathing Tubes May Prevent Recovery of Brain Injured Patients Springfield, IL (June 28, 2006) — The odds of recovery from brain injuries and vegetative states may be dramatically improved simply by restoring normal brain temperatures, according to a new […]
Studies Showing Emotional Problems Not Relevant to American Psychological Association’s Pro-Choice Advocacy Springfield, IL (Feb. 15, 2006) — According to a spokesperson for the American Psychological Association, the APA’s pro-choice position, first adopted in 1969, is based on a civil rights view, not on scientific proof of any mental health benefits arising from abortion. The […]
Elliot Institute 2005 Year End Report Through your support, we have been blessed during the last year to have accomplished the following major activities: We developed many materials for our new advertising campaign focused on the theme of unwanted, unsafe, and unfair abortions. The materials include logos, display ads for newspapers and magazines, billboards, radio […]
Springfield, IL (Nov. 29, 2005) — Compared to women who have not been pregnant in the prior year, deaths from suicide, accidents and homicide are 248 percent higher in the year following an abortion, according to a new 13-year study of the entire population of women in Finland. The study also found that majority of […]
Abortion-Depression Study Flawed and Misleading Experts Dispute Interpretations of Federal Study Springfield, IL (Nov. 2, 2005) — In 2002, an analysis of a nationally representative study of women funded by the U.S. government found that among women with an unintended first pregnancy, those who had abortions had significantly higher depression scores. But now a new […]
Authors Say Emotional Healing After Abortion Will Increase Likelihood of “Violence Free” Families Springfield, IL (October 24, 2005) — A new study published in the medical journal Acta Paediatrica has found that women who have had an abortion are 2.4 times more likely to physically abuse their children. The study, led by Priscilla Coleman of […]
