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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 […]
Springfield, IL (July 26, 2004) — A recently published law review article suggests that a ban on abortion, even in the first trimester, may now be allowed under the legal standards established in the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v Wade decision. The team of authors, including medical researchers, physicians, and an attorney, argue that this […]
Focusing on Hope How Emphasizing Falling Abortion Rates Enhances Pro-Life Educational Efforts Rachel M. MacNair, Ph.D. Is it just a coincidence that abortion rates have been on the decline during the same period of time that there has been increasing public awareness of post-abortion trauma? Or are the millions of women who have had abortions, […]
The Hard Truth vs. The Soft Sell As Rachel MacNair points out in the preceding article (see “Focusing on Hope,” from this issue) most people would rather ignore the abortion issue than face up to the moral judgement it implies on us as a nation. As she succinctly stated: “For nearly three decades the pro-life […]
By Amy Sobie & David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Abortion advocates speak of “the freedom to choose,” conjuring up images of women freely and autonomously making decisions that are “right” for them. But research into abortion decision making presents a far different picture. In most cases, women who abort are violating their own personal desires or […]
The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act Version 3.2 October 29, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of STATE , represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act. Section 5. Legislative findings […]
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 Right to Full Disclosure Act A Voter Initiated Referendum to Amend a State Constitution: “Women have a civil right to full disclosure of all risks, alternatives, or other information which a patient might reasonably consider relevant to a decision to refuse a recommendation for abortion. The State may not limit a woman’s right to […]
In a major national poll by the Los Angeles Times, 56 percent of women admitting to a past abortion reported a sense of guilt and 26 percent regretted choosing abortion.(1) It should be noted that as with similar studies, the number of women who admitted having abortions was much less than half the actual abortion […]
Elliot Institute calls for a ban on human genetic engineering The Elliot Institute for Social Sciences Research has called for a presumptive criminal ban against human cloning and genetic engineering of humans and fetal experimentation. This call for a ban comes in the wake of public controversy over human cloning. Many public officials, including the […]
Parental Consent & Judicial Bypass Regarding Birth Control Prescriptions for Minors In general, the bill would require consent from at least one custodial parent or legal guardian before birth control could be provided to a minor. Preferably, proof of parental consent would require that the parent accompany the daughter to the physician’s or family planning […]
(An updated proposal and website dedicated to this issue can be viewed at www.ElliotInstitute.org/eugenics) Cloning & Genetic Engineering David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Clearly the cloning issue has attracted public attention and there is a widespread public sentiment to ban this practice, while eugenicists are seeking ways to minimize any regulations. Rather than limit ourselves to […]
(An updated proposal and website dedicated to this issue can be viewed at www.ElliotInstitute.org/eugenics) MEMO Date: 9/15/97 From: David C. Reardon, Ph.D., Director To: Interested Parties Re: Extending a Cloning Ban to Include A Ban on All Genetic Engineering of Human Beings The Human Engineering Prohibition Act Clearly the cloning issue has attracted public attention […]
GOP Abortion Plank Needs New Emphasis on Compassion David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Every politician hates abortion. Some support the right to abortion, of course, but they all hate the issue. It is extraordinarily divisive–perhaps the most impassioned issue of our day. Opinions are so polarized that it is nearly impossible for politicians to do what […]
Federal Abortion Information Depository (FAID) Purpose: To assist physicians in providing full disclosure, and to provide citizens with a central clearinghouse for information regarding relevant to decisions regarding abortion. Method: The Library of Congress would be required to establish and maintain an thoroughly indexed depository of all documents and materials which citizens believe […]
Legislation Check out these pages for legislative proposal that promote a truly pro-woman, pro-life society! Model Bills The Protection from High Risk and Coercive Abortion Act and others The Right to Full Disclosures Act A Voter Initiated Referendum to Amend a State Constitution Cloning and Human Engineering Ban Act A proposed ban on cloning […]
Didn’t former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop conclude that there are no psychological consequences from abortion? Actually, no. Dr. Koop was assigned by President Ronald Reagan to produce a report on the psychological impact of abortion on women. What Koop told the President is that he could not find any studies at that time […]
Federal Jurisdiction Over Disclosure Standard for Abortion It is possible that virtually everything in our model bill could be adapted to federal legislation on the following grounds: (1) Abortion involves interstate commerce, not only do women cross borders, so do abortionists. There is also advertising across state borders; (2) Abortion has been enshrined as a […]
“Kinder and Gentler” Pro-Life Leader Calls for Pro-Woman/Pro-Life Republican Platform Springfield, IL (March 20, 1996) An article in this week’s edition of NEWSWEEK magazine (March 25) reports that a new book by post-abortion expert Dr. David Reardon, director of the Springfield-based Elliot Institute, is helping to fashion a “kinder and gentler” anti-abortion movement. In his […]
