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Annual Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon Raises $468,000 in Another Strike Against Women and Children The National Network of Abortion Funds — representing over 100 grassroots groups — once again took aim at bowling pins, babies and mothers in yet another misguided attempt to “help” women. Advocates of legal abortion are once again “helping” women by tuning […]
The stories mentioned in books such as Aborted Women, Silent No More, Forbidden Grief and Giving Sorrow Words are part of a larger picture and an emerging body of evidence about abortion’s impact on women. Both qualitative and quantitative evidence indicate that unwanted and coerced abortions are common, and that coercion can take many direct […]
The following is excerpted from the book Aborted Women, Silent No More: Twenty Women Share Their Personal Journeys from the Tragedy of Abortion to Restored Wholeness by David C. Reardon. Since the mid-1960s, abortion has been a major national issue, the subject of state and Congressional investigations, thousands of articles, and hundreds of books. But […]
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 […]
Response to Critics Published in Leading Medical Journal After several months’ delay, a leading medical journal has published a letter by Elliot Institute director Dr. David Reardon in response to recent ad hominem attacks by abortion advocates attempting to deny a link between abortion and mental health problems in women. The criticism began last fall […]
An “apples vs. oranges” comparison of dissimilar data sets is being used to promote the lie that abortion is safer than childbirth. Meanwhile, pristine record-linkage studies proving the opposite are being ignored.
Many people assume that if a woman or girl goes to an abortion facility, she wants an abortion. But many women and girls who have been there say that they were looking for information and help — often help to continue a pregnancy or stop someone seeking to pressure or force them to abort — […]
In an article at National Review, population control expert Steve Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, offers some shocking information on sex selection abortions in the United States: [Dr. Sunita Puri], who practices in the Bay Area, wanted to find out why so many immigrant Indian women in the United States were so eager […]
Petition Signers Say Using Their Situation to Promote Abortion Stops Women from Getting Authentic Help Abortion and sexual assault pregnancy is a difficult issue for many people, especially since no one wants to hurt those who have already been traumatized. For many, abortion seems like a compassionate answer for women and girls who become pregnant […]
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently claimed that a bill that would prohibit federal funding for healthcare plans that cover abortions and protect the right of health care workers not to be involved in performing abortions would lead to the deaths of women: Under this bill, when the Republicans vote for this bill today, they […]
This year marks 11 years since the RU-486 abortion drug was approved for use in the United States. According to a report released this summer by the Food & Drug Administration, the deaths of at least 12 women and more than 2,200 adverse effects have been reported since the drug was approved. The deaths include […]
22 Year Delay of National Study on Abortion’s Mental Health Risks is a Crime Against Women, Says Researcher Springfield, IL (September 26, 2011) – In the wake of a new study published by Britain’s Royal College of Psychiatrists showing that abortion is linked to elevated rates of mental health problems, the Elliot Institute is calling […]
Here’s a short clip from the GOP Presidential candidate debate that aired Aug. 11, in which candidate Rick Santorum defends the humanity of the unborn child conceived in rape, but also points out that abortion constitutes a second trauma for the woman who was assaulted: Indeed, most people assume that women and girls who become […]
A post by Christina Dunigan at the Real Choice blog explores how the abortion industry preys on women and their families by using the normal, ambivalent feelings many women experience on learning that they are pregnant to sell abortions: For many women, accepting (or coming to terms with) the pregnancy will usually involve a mixture […]
In this piece from The Washington Times, Mailee Smith of Americans United for Life describes how the abortion industry is undermining the rights of women by attacking pregnancy resource centers: There is a new war on choice in this country, and the leaders are none other than the captains of the abortion industry. Their target: […]
South Dakota Law Protects Rights of Women Facing Coerced and Unsafe Abortions, Gives Information on Alternatives Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit over a new South Dakota law requiring doctors to screen women for coercion and psychological risk factors before abortion, claiming it is unconstitutional, Reuters is reporting. The law, which is to take effect […]
Statement on North Carolina House Bill 854 Abortion – Woman’s Right to Know Act Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Martha W. Shuping, M.D. This statement is in support of HB 854. Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of HB 854. My name is Martha Shuping. I’m a medical doctor specializing in psychiatry, fully […]
Mary Hamed at Americans United for Life reports on a tax-payer funded web site in Massachusetts that gives teens advice on how to get an abortion, including information on how to do so without telling their parents. From the article “When Maria Talks, Teens Should Not Listen”: How would you feel if you learned that […]
Planned Parenthood Plans to File Suit to Stop Law Protecting Women’s Rights The governor of South Dakota has signed a bill that would require doctors to screen women before abortion to ensure that they are not being coerced. Governor Dennis Daugaard signed HB 1217, which requires a licensed physician to meet with a woman at […]
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 […]
With the arrest of Dr. Kermit Gossnell and his associates for running an abortion “house of horrors” in Philadelphia, and legislative proposals to strip Planned Parenthood of government funding at the state and federal levels, abortion advocates are falling back on the claim that any effort to regulate the abortion industry will lead to the […]
Despite media reports to the contrary, women in Nebraska are still able to file lawsuits under a new statute for negligent pre-abortion screening. A federal injunction against state officials prosecuting abortion clinics does not limit the right of women to sue under the new statute.
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. “How can you deny an abortion to a twelve-year-old girl who is the victim of incest?” Typically, people on both sides of the abortion debate accept the premise that most women who become pregnant through sexual assault want abortions. From this “fact,” it naturally follows that the reason women want […]
