Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
“God Has Been Calling You” In 1982 I had an abortion. I wish I could say I was pressured into it by my family or by the father. But I wasn’t. My pressure was my fear and shame. For me abortion was the only option. To get through it, I clung to the belief that […]
Study Shows Less Home Support, More Behavioral Problems Among Children Whose Mothers Had Abortions An Elliot Institute co-authored study, published in the newest issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, has found that children whose mothers have a history of abortion tend to have less emotional support at home and more behavioral problems […]
IVF, Mass Production and Coercion David C. Reardon Multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) is recommended by the practitioners of artificial reproduction methods on the grounds that it is necessary to safeguard the health of the mother and surviving children. As with other abortion procedures, however, there is little, if any, evidence that this procedure actually attains […]
Infertility Treatments and the Problem of “Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction” Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles Just as reproductive technologies have changed obstetrical practice, so too have they led to a type of abortion which affects a different population of pregnant women from those who do not want to be pregnant. These women have waited and planned […]
News Briefs Study: Couples Who Pay for IVF Get More Embryos A New England Journal of Medicine study shows that couples whose health insurance covers in vitro fertilization are less likely to become pregnant than those who pay for it themselves. Couples in the study who paid for IVF themselves had more embryos implanted at […]
Pull the Abortion Pill! Pro-Life Groups Petition FDA to Shelve RU-486 Pending “Full and Objective” Review Calling on the government to protect the health of American women, groups representing women and medical professionals have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to suspend distribution of the abortion pill RU-486–also known as Mifeprex–pending a full review of […]
Clinic Counselors Urge Pregnant “Teen” to Lie About Age Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation (NAF) are accomplices in the sexual exploitation of teenage girls by older men, according to research released by Life Dynamics. The research says that sexual abuse and exploitation of teenage girls in the U.S. has reached “epidemic” proportions, and […]
Elliot Institute Study Shows Higher Treatment Rates Persist Over Four Years Six months after her abortion, Jane had a mental breakdown. When she later delivered a healthy son, unresolved grief over her abortion contributed to severe post-partum psychosis. “I remember wanting to throw him out the window of the hospital room,” she later told her […]
News Briefs Man Gets Life Sentence in Abortion/Murder Case A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting a bomb that killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her children because she refused to have an abortion. Police said Joseph Mienerd, 48, had threatened to kill his girlfriend, Deena Mitts, and that on New […]
Elliot Institute Research Has Major Implications For Women’s Health, Abortion Politics A study published in the August edition of the Southern Medical Journal reveals that women who have abortions are at significantly higher risk of death than women who give birth. Researchers examined death records linked to Medi-Cal payments for births and abortions for approximately […]
Propaganda Distorts Abortion Debate By Rep. John Hostettler Maybe the writers for the NBC drama “Law and Order” just ran out of plot ideas. Instead of a fresh new storyline, their Jan. 6 episode recycled a tired and reliable media theme: a “pro-lifer” stalking and killing an abortion practitioner. The abortionist, predictably, was portrayed as […]
Learning to Accept Healing Case Study: I was 14 years old, the middle child of nine, and lost in the confusion and shuffle of parents trying to raise four teenagers older than me during the 1970’s. I was accepted to a prestigious private high school, two city bus rides away from home. Going from the […]
One Man’s Story Abortion affects every life it touches . . . and for many, it hurts. I know. This is my story. I was raised in a family that was thoroughly pro-abortion. We didn’t just believe in the idea of a woman’s “right to choose;” except in perfect situations, we believed that abortion was […]
What happens in a marriage after abortion? Is everything all better after the “problem” of pregnancy was solved? No matter what language you speak, what race or nationally you belong to, how old you are, or what religion you believe in, the answer is the same: No! The answer is “no” because a human life […]
News Briefs New York Man Convicted on Abortion Charge A New York man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his pregnant ex-girlfriend has become the first person convicted of committing abortion in the state since 1971. Prosecutors charged Jeremy Powell, 20, with forcing his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment through a window and beating her after […]
A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal Theresa Burke with David C. Reardon Maura entered therapy for depression and anxiety. At 32 years of age, she had battled cancer for four years. Her eyes, swollen from tears, seemed permanently reddened by the profound ache of her grief and loss. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments […]
Book Review Women’s Health After Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles The last fifteen years have witnessed a steady growth in awareness about post-abortion complications for women. Previous concerns about damaged reproductive systems and severe psychological reactions have been multiplied with the addition of evidence surrounding the abortion breast cancer […]
Top Medical Journal Publishes Elliot Institute’s New Findings A new Elliot Institute study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that women who abort a first pregnancy face a significantly greater risk of subsequent long term clinical depression compared to women who carry an unintended first pregnancy to term. Publication of the study […]
Learning to Trust “Julia Winters” In July of 1996, I got pregnant after a year of dating my now ex-boyfriend. I was very happy with the news that I was going to be a mom. I’ve always loved children; I think they are the best thing that can ever happen to someone. But when I […]
Major Class Action Lawsuits Target Abortion Women Injured by Abortion Urged to Join Efforts to Protect Women’s Rights Women who have been injured physically or emotionally by abortion may have the opportunity to participate in two class-action lawsuits that have been filed recently in Missouri and Texas. One case alleges that Planned Parenthood routinely violates […]
Suppression The individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by intentionally avoiding thinking about disturbing problems, wishes, feelings or experiences. Some Symptoms: Substance abuse, increased anxiety, promiscuity, compulsion to keep busy and distracted. Some Spiritual Consequences: Running from the truth; difficulty in participating in church activities or organizations; avoidance of contemplation; avoidance […]
Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of Defense Mechanisms An Excerpt from the Book “Forbidden Grief” Theresa Burke With David C. Reardon “Buried emotions are like rejected people; they make us pay a high price for having rejected them.” –Rev. John Powell There once was a woman who discovered a corroded pipe in her basement. […]
Abortionist Loses Civil Suit in Abortion Death A five-year-old Delaware boy whose mother died from a botched abortion has been awarded $2 million in damages in a civil suit against the abortionist. Mohammad Imran was found guilty of negligence in the death of 19-year-old Gracelyn T. Harris, who underwent an abortion at the Delaware Women’s […]