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Major Resources Making Abortion RareA Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation Examines the importance of post-abortion healing and research to ending the abortion controversy. Price: $14.95 plus shipping. The Jericho PlanBreaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion Healing Discusses spiritual aspects related to abortion and how to promote post-abortion healing, […]
By Sally Garneau I learned that I was pregnant at the age of eighteen, shortly after moving in with my boyfriend. Feeling scared and insecure, I didn’t know how a baby would fit into my future. Upon seeking counsel from friends and family, it seemed logical to consider abortion as an option. After all, I […]
5/12/2017 Women Who’ve Been There Say Abortion Doesn’t Help, Causes More Harm The New York Times recently ran a profile in their op-ed section on Willie Parker, an abortionist who recently published a book on his work and who claims to perform abortions as a result of his “Christian” beliefs. The article ends with a […]
Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2016 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Planned Parenthood is Guilty of Negligent Screening What I’ve Learned from Women Facing Abortion Alliance of Pro-Life Students Research Links Abortion, Pregnancy Complications Recommendation for Depression Screening for Pregnant Women Should Extend to Abortion Coming Soon: Volume 23, Number 2, Spring 2016
Volume 22, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2015 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Suicides After Abortion Remain High Despite Better Screening Guidelines Officials in Finland Concerned About Increased Risk of Suicide After Abortion Hearings on Abortion, Mental Health Needed (sidebar) Conscience Leads to More Complete Support for Women Cushla Hassan, RN & Joseph Hassan, MBchB Summary of […]
Volume 21, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2014 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: How to Recognize a Cover-Up of the Abortion/Breast Cancer Link New Scientific Review Supports Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer From Back Alley to Main Street Illegal Abortionists Who Became Legal Abortionists (And Killed Women) After Roe The Many Flaws of Judicial Bypass Using […]
Twenty years ago, I wish I had had an ally. Not someone who tells me that I messed up, that abortion is my only option and gives me a ride to the clinic. I wish I had had a friend to tell me that everything is going to be all right; that I don’t have […]
Volume 20, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2013 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Abortion Has No Benefits, But Does Have Risks, New Research Shows Pro-Choice Researcher Calls for Expanding Abortion Despite Risks Kermit Gosnell, the Back Alley and the Front Door Sidebar: 5 Myths About Illegal Abortion Abortion Linked to Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Heart Disease […]
Volume 19, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2012 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Pre-Abortion Screening Law to Take Effect Federal Court Recognized Risk Factors in Ruling on South Dakota Law Appeals Court: All Abortion Risks Must Be Disclosed Argument to Invert Traditional Medical Standards Rejected Contact Your Legislators and Lobbyists About Our Model Bill Empower Women, Not […]
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 […]
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 […]
New video describes the free legal help available for teens and women who are being forced to abort, and what they can do to protect their rights and stop it from happening. Share this video with others so that girls and women in this situation know that there is help available. Help is available through […]
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 […]
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 […]
Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2011 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Elliot Institute Launches New Church Awareness Project Survey: More Awareness, Outreach Needed in Churches Later Abortions More Likely to Be Unwanted, Linked to Psychological Problems First Study to Compare the Psychological Impact of Later vs. Earlier Abortions Woman Silenced at New Jersey Senate Hearing […]
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 […]
Duelo Prohibido El dolor no expresado del Aborto “Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women. Burke and Reardon clearly document this offense against women.” —Serrin Foster, president, Feminists for Life of America Click here to read this text in Spanish For more than 30 years, our nation has argued about abortion. In that […]
Get 25 percent off until Aug. 31 A Spanish-language translation of the book Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke and David Reardon, is now available. The new book is entitled Duelo Prohibido: El dolor no expresado del Aborto. Read the back cover text in Spanish. The book is based on personal […]
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Book Review It is curious that Elizabeth McCraken’s memoir of the year following the full term stillbirth of her first child was given widespread media coverage, including a long review in The New York Times. It is certainly a well written and moving book that deserves widespread reviews. But it is curious that similar books describing […]
The Center Against Forced Abortions (CAFA), a project of the Justice Foundation, provides legal help to pregnant mothers and helps them exercise their right to continue the pregnancy. CAFA provides legal assistance and training for pregnancy centers and other ministries, and documents to help enforce the rights of the mother to have her child. Allan […]
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 […]
