Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
Amazing Grace Case Study: Carolyn “Allen” I was 24 years old, and had recently had sex for the first time-outside of marriage. I had grown up in a Christian home and was already ashamed and ambivalent about my sexual relationship. Then I got pregnant right off the bat. I had a pregnancy test at my […]
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By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Polls show that while 80 percent of Americans agree that abortion is killing a human life, most also believe abortion should be legally accessible, at least in some cases. Many of these people accept abortion as an “evil necessity.” Others tolerate it as an “unavoidable evil.” They buy into the […]
In the Vineyard By Ann Vogel Pro-life Christians-especially Catholics and Evangelicals-are often accused of being judgmental and insensitive to the needs of women. But the abortion proponents who make this accusation fail to realize that while the Church must boldly defend the truth and unmask evil wherever it is, its primary mission is to bring […]
Book Review Men and Abortion: A Path to Healing By C.T. Coyle, Ph.D. The impact of abortion on men is not widely understood or discussed. But opinion polls have shown that men are equally, or even more likely, than women to admit feelings of guilt and regret about a past abortion. In Men and Abortion: […]
Our Greatest Need He knew we longed for peace, but He did not come as a general. He knew we longed for unity, but He did not come as a politician. He knew we longed for wealth, but He did not come as an economist. He knew we longed for knowledge, but He did not […]
Finding News You Can Use Here are just a few sources for pro-life news and information through email and the Internet: Email News Lists Elliot Institute Infrequent. Updates on the Elliot Institute and news releases related to post-abortion issues. Request by clicking on the button below: American Life League Weekly. Broad coverage. Request by email […]
EDAP Investigation File What to Look For When Collecting Complaints by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. With the assistance of Thomas Strahan, an attorney and the leading expert on the published literature regarding post-abortion injuries, we have compiled the following list of information that can be gathered for EDAP and used to develop a case for […]
When you had an abortion, you probably weren’t told all that you had a right to know. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, you had a right to be fully informed about all the physical, psychological, and emotional reactions which are associated with abortion. You also had a right to know if you were at […]
Announcements Post-Abortion Art Work Sought for National Exhibit The Elliot Institute is co-sponsoring a national art exhibit that reflects the post-abortion experience. The exhibit is being prepared by artist and publisher Carolyn Blakeslee, founder and former editor of Art Calendar. Blakeslee has already collected more than a hundred submissions for the exhibit over the past […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. My own journey to understanding the abortion experience was first prompted in 1982 when I read an article about Nancy Jo Mann, the founder of Women Exploited by Abortion (WEBA). Pro-abortion critics of WEBA complained that the name was misleading. “Women aren’t exploited by abortion,” they insisted. “It’s something they […]
by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. With the assistance of Thomas Strahan, an attorney and the leading expert on the published literature regarding post-abortion injuries, we have compiled the following list of information that can be gathered for EDAP and used to develop a case for prosecution for illegal or deceptive business practices. It is important […]
News Briefs Rap Artist Resisted Abortion, Promotes Life At Grammy Awards Singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill, who won five Grammy awards for her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, shed some light on the pressures of crisis pregnancy during a performance of her song “To Zion” at the Grammy awards this year. The song speaks of Hill’s […]
by Amy R. Sobie Manda is serving time at a women’s prison in Coldwater, Michigan. This is her second imprisonment. Her life has been scarred by many traumatic events: placement in foster care at the age of six, marriage to an abusive husband at 15, an abortion, imprisonment. Yet behind prison walls, Manda has found […]
A Path to Hope: Illinois prison ministry helps inmates find freedom from the pain of abortion by Amy R. Sobie As director of the Women’s Pregnancy Center in Peoria, Illinois, Myfanwe Saunders had never thought about doing prison outreach. But a television interview with convicted murderer Carla Faye Tucker–who was executed by the state of […]
by Laurie Velker “. . . I was in prison and you came to visit Me.” — Matt. 25: 36(b) I had asked God many times to allow me the opportunity to minister behind prison walls. I didn’t know how He would open the door for me, but I never stopped asking Him. Then others […]
News Briefs Australian Woman Wins Landmark Abortion Case An Australian woman has created legal history in her country by winning a case against a hospital that she says failed to warn her about the psychological risks of abortion. “Ellen” settled out of court with the Royal Women’s Hospital and a Melbourne gynecologist for an undisclosed […]
Released Case Study: “Jamie Smith” I grew up in a physically and verbally abusive home. My youngest sister drowned when I was seven years old and my mother blamed me for it. I cooked, cleaned, cared for my siblings, and received daily beatings from my mother. I was told to be quiet, take what was […]
Book Reviews Her Choice to Heal: Finding Spiritual and Emotional Peace After Abortion by Sydna Massé and Joan Phillips In Her Choice To Heal, Sydna Massé and Joan Phillipsgo step by step through recovery issues for women who are seeking emotional and spiritual healing after abortion. Using their personal experiences as a backdrop for each […]
As president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), Kate Michelman is one of the most powerful pro-abortion “feminists” in the nation. Defending abortion is more than Michelman’s job. It is her passion. In defending the “right of women to choose,” she is first and foremost defending the choice that she made […]
News Briefs Arizona Abortionist Charged In Woman’s Death In a follow up to a case we reported on in the Summer 1998 issue of The Post-Abortion Review, Arizona abortionist John Biskind has been charged with manslaughter in the case of a woman who bled to death after Biskind performed an abortion on her. Also included […]
By Connie Nykiel “Sorrow makes us all children again.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson I teach childbirth education to pregnant teenagers. My job is to prepare young parents for parenthood. This includes the possibility of parenting a baby with a birth defect or being the parent of a baby that is miscarried, stillborn, or dies soon after […]
Volume 7, Number 1, 1999 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: The Benediction of Kate Michelman A case study on coping with post-abortion trauma. No One Told Me I Could Cry Tiffany’s story: “I begged her not to make me get an abortion. No one listened to me.” Stotland Moves Pro-choice psychiatrist softens her position. Book […]
