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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2010 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Nebraska First to Allow Women to Sue for Psychological Injury After Abortion Governor Signs Bill Holding Abortionists Liable for Failing to Screen for Coercion, Other Risk Factors Historic Law Result of 25-Year Effort to Change Abortion Malpractice Laws New Study Affirms Link Between Abortion […]
Case Study: Linda G. In April of 1974, I became pregnant. I was seventeen, unmarried, and scared to death. My boyfriend, Bill, had wanted to marry me for some time, so when I found out I was pregnant, I said okay. I couldn’t bear the thought of having to tell my parents because I knew […]
Women at Risk, a national coalition of women and their family members who have been hurt by past abortions, will be holding its first national conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 7th and 8th, 1998. “The goal of this national conference is to create state and local chapters which will advocate for laws to […]
Book Review The Atonement Child Francine Rivers Tyndale House Publishers 351 Executive Dr., Carol Stream, IL 60188 Orders: (630) 668-8300. The Atonement Child explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of abortion through the fictional story of a young woman experiencing a crisis pregnancy. Author Francine Rivers drew on her own abortion experience and the stories […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Ever since the dragon was released, the kingdom was split into angry factions. The king’s high counselors, who had released the dragon, continued to defend their decision. “The dragon has a right to be free,” they argued. “Indeed, it is ridding the land of excess children.” “And of course,” added […]
by Amy R. Sobie Every day in America, women undergo abortions without receiving adequate counseling, being properly screened for known risk factors, or even being told that they could be at risk for physical or psychological trauma. Traditionally, the courts have allowed states very little control over the abortion industry. When injuries do occur, many […]
If I knew then What I know now You never would have died. I’d have held you close And nurtured you And kept you by my side. I’d have sung you songs And treasured you More than silver, More than gold; But this song is all I can give To the Babe I’ll never hold. […]
Volume 16, Number 1, January-March 2008 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Study Finds High Rates of PTSD Among Women Who Had Abortions A study from the journal BMC Psychiatry What Women Want Hint: Not Reproductive Healthcare “Living Is Hell for Me” Woman’s Death Part of Dangerous Trend of Unwanted Abortions, Post-Abortion Trauma Men, Abortion and […]
Volume 14, Number 1, January-March 2006 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: New Zealand Led by Pro-Choice Researcher Study Finds Increase in Mental Health Problems After Abortion: A study from the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry Evidence of Abortion’s Harm Doesn’t Matter, APA Spokesperson Says Sleep Disorders Increase After Abortion A study from the journal […]
A pro-life legal organization has uncovered a letter written by a prominent member of the abortion lobby that urged the Clinton Administration to use surgical and chemical abortion as a tool to “eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor segment of the country.” The letter, written by Ron Weddington, who served as co-counsel in Roe […]
Book Review Mom, Dad . . . I’m Pregnant When Your Daughter or Son Faces an Unplanned Pregnancy Jayne E. Schooler Available from Navpress at www.navpress.com ISBN: 1-57683-482-4, 206 pp. Few things can change a parent’s life so much as learning that their teen daughter or son is involved in an unplanned pregnancy. Most parents […]
Volume 13, Number 1, January-March 2005 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear McCorvey Case Trauma Symptoms Common After Abortion 64 Percent of Women Report Feeling Pressured Into Abortion Recent Research A Fact Sheet Showing Abortion’s Harm to Women (note: for a more updated fact sheet, click here) When the Freedom to […]
Federal Court Points Way to Protecting Women’s Rights By Overturning Roe New Facts Must Be Backed by New Legislative Effort The efforts of Norma McCorvey, the “Roe” of the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortions, to have that landmark decision reversed has taken two steps forward and one step back with the recent […]
Concurring Opinion of Judge Edith H. Jones McCorvey v. Hill, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Sept. 14, 2004 Editor’s Note: references and footnotes have been omitted. I agree that Ms. McCorvey’s Rule 60(b) case is now moot. A judicial decision in her favor cannot turn back Texas’s legislative clock to reinstate the laws, no longer […]
News Briefs Court Blocks Florida Law Requiring Abortionists to Give Women Information on Risks A federal appeals court has overturned a Florida law requiring abortionists to give women information about the risks of abortion, ruling that it imposes “burdens upon the pregnant woman which improperly intrude upon the exercise of her choice between abortion and […]
