Higher Death Rates After Abortion Found in U.S., Finland, and Denmark
Studies in U.S., Finland, and Denmark show women are more likely to die after an abortion than after childbirth.
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Abortion Doesn’t Help Rape Victims, Say Women Who’ve Been There
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 […]
Dr. Coleman Responds to Abortion Research Controversy
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 […]
Dr. Reardon Responds to Attacks on Research
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 […]
Rehash of Abortion Safety Claim Ignores All Inconvenient Evidence to the Contrary
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.
Wantedness and Coercion
Key Factors in Understanding Women’s Mental Health After Abortion Martha Shuping, M.D. Dr. Shuping presented this article at a United Nations workshop in March 2011, and at the June 2011 meeting of the Association for Interdisciplinary Research on Values and Social Change. In 1973, as a 19-year-old undergraduate student, I worked as a volunteer at […]
Abortion and Mental Health Deniers’ Attack and Distract Strategy
Ad Hominem Attacks, Guilt by Association, Shifting Standards, Avoiding Simple Truths A Commentary by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. The abortion and mental health controversy shifted into high gear following the recent publication in The British Journal of Psychiatry of a meta-analysis review that combined results of 22 studies and reported that women who have abortions are 81 […]
Women Who Became Pregnant Through Sexual Assault Say, “Ask Us”
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 […]
During Prematurity Awareness Month, Women Not Told of Abortion Link
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, dedicated by activists to highlighting the risks of and impact created by preterm birth. According to the March of Dimes, more than half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States alone each year. Yet most people — including women at risk of abortion and their loved ones […]
Congressional Hearing on Abortion’s Link to Suicide and Mental Illness Needed
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 […]
Abortion and Mental Health Controversy Reignited by New Study
A systematic literature review published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists found that 10% of mental health problems among women are related to a history of abortion. The review calls into question the previous reassurances by the American Psychological Association.
Most Studies Show Abortion Linked To Increased Mental Health Problems
Women Cope with Delivery of Unplanned Pregnancy Better than Abortion Springfield,IL (September 1, 2011) – Women who have abortions are 81 percent more likely to experience subsequent mental health problems, according to a new study published by Britain’s Royal College of Psychiatrists. The greatest increases were seen in relation to suicidal behaviors and substance abuse. […]
Special Report on “Selective Reduction” Abortions: The Impact on Parents and Families
A recent New York Times Magazine story has highlighted the controversy surrounding “selective reduction” — in which a multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets or more) is “reduced” by aborting some of the babies before birth. Multiple pregnancies are a common result of in vitro fertilization, since clinics may implant multiple embryos in an effort to increase […]
Abortion, Depression and the Impact on Later Children
— As a new study finds brain changes in children whose mothers were depressed, we examine the research on abortion’s impact on subsequent children. Recently, researchers at the University of Montreal found that children whose mothers were depressed had changes in their brains. From the article at MedicalXpress.com: Researchers think that brains are sensitive to […]
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Abortionists and the APA Conspire to Misinform Women
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 […]
Prenatal Testing and Abortion
The Impact on Parents and Families “In advanced industrial countries, prenatal testing in order to detect fetal abnormalities has become routine,” as researchers Elizabeth Ring Cassidy and Ian Gentles of The deVeber Institute note below. In many cases, it is assumed — even expected — that diagnosis of a disability or genetic disorder will lead […]
New Zealand Survey: 2 Out of 3 Think Women Should Be Counseled on Abortion Risks, Alternatives
A survey of 1,000 respondents in New Zealand found that 64 percent of respondents supported a proposal to require a doctor other than an abortion provider to give women information about medical risks and alternatives before an abortion takes place. Slightly more women than men (64 percent to 62 percent) supported the proposal. 62 percent […]
Prenatal Testing and Coerced Abortion
The Witherspoon Institute’s Public Discourse blog has a good article on the new prenatal test for Down Snydrome and the link to abortion, noting the relationship to coerced abortion. From the article, The New Prenatal Testing Sham, by Mark W. Leach: Since 2007, the professional recommendation has been for all expectant mothers to be offered […]
Risk Factors for Psychological Problems After Abortion
While present research is unable to accurately establish what percentage of women suffer from any specific symptom of post-abortion trauma, it is clear that post-abortion psychological disorders do occur. Indeed, the published literature demonstrates that serious emotional and psychological complications following an abortion are probably more common than serious physical complications. The present literature has […]
Why Prior Abortions Raise Autism Risk
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 […]
The Truth About “Back Alley” Abortions
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 […]
Abortion and Mental Health Risks
Hundreds of studies have documented a wide variety of psychological reactions associated with abortion. This list summarizes many of the major findings and includes citations to the original research.