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FORBIDDEN GRIEF The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke and David C. Reardon Introduction As a young graduate student, I was assigned to lead a weekly support group for women with eating disorders. It was there that I first observed how abortion is a forbidden grief. It all began with Debbie. She cautiously and fearfully […]
Women Are Concerned About Violence, Not Abortion — But Abortion Advocates Are Not Addressing the Violence of Unwanted Abortions Are abortion advocates really concerned about women? Or are they fixated on an outdated and harmful agenda that is opposed by most American women? The answers to these questions are suggested in a new poll conducted […]
By Amy Sobie Kay Zibolsky is the founder of Life After Assault League, an organization dedicated to ministering to victims of sexual assault. In 1957, Kay herself was raped and became pregnant at the age of 16. She gave birth to her daughter, Robin, and placed her for adoption when she was 18 months old. […]
An Introduction to Forbidden Grief Theresa Burke with David C. Reardon As a young graduate student, I was assigned to lead a weekly support group for women with eating disorders. It was there that I first observed how abortion is a forbidden grief. It all began with Debbie. She cautiously and fearfully confided to the […]
Victims and Victors Book Tells Women’s Stories of Sexual Assault Pregnancy “Having lived through rape, and having raised a child ‘conceived in rape,’ I feel personally assaulted and insulted every time I hear that abortion should be legal for rape and incest. I feel that we’re being used to further the abortion issue, even though […]
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. “What is your position on abortion?” Since she already knew his answer, Barbara Walters’ voice echoed tones of both pity and glee. Governor George W. Bush was about to be exposed as an enemy of “choice.” “I’m pro-life,” Bush answered. Then silence. Walters allowed the conversation to hang for a […]
Volume 8, Number 1, January-March 2000 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: Who’s Making the Choice? Women’s Heightened Vulnerability During a Crisis Pregnancy How and why women are manipulated into unwanted abortions. A Generation at Risk: How Teens Are Manipulated Into Abortion At look at how and why teens are especially vulnerable to coercion. The Many […]
Biographical Sketch David C. Reardon, Ph.D. David C. Reardon, Ph.D., director of the Elliot Institute, is widely recognized as one of the leading experts on the aftereffects of pregnancy loss on women. He is the author of numerous books and popular and scholarly articles on this topic, including the most comprehensive summary of the medical […]
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By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. The American Medical Association has long supported legal abortion. Indeed, since 1972, the AMA’s amicus briefs to the Supreme Court have generously provided Justice Harry Blackmun and his cohorts with a “medical” justification for abortion on demand. The crux of this “medical” justification is the claim that abortion is “safe” […]
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An Index of Our Most Read Testimonies Looking For Advice in All the Wrong Places Trying to Survive Two Senseless Deaths: The Long Road to Recovery Divine Mercy in My Soul No One Told Me I Could Cry A Daughter’s Grief and a Family’s Burden Accomplices in Incest — Forced abortion following incest Released Amazing […]
I Am Not Raising a “Rapist’s Baby” … I Am Raising MY Baby 8/15/17 It’s Time to Stop Letting Abortion Clinics Hide Information on Injuries and Deaths to Women 8/8/17 Must Read Article on Men, Suicide and Abortion 6/9/17/17 In Incest Case, Abortionist’s Only Solution Is to Offer Abortion 5/12/17 Public Support of Pregnancy Help […]
Summaries of the most recent studies published
For more resources on post-abortion trauma and healing, visit the Thomas W. Strahan Memorial Library at www.AbortionRisks.org. This web site includes an annotated bibliography listing hundreds of books, journal articles, and research monographs on post-abortion issues. It contains research findings on abortion decision-making, effects of abortion on male-female relationships, repeat abortions, the psychological implications of […]
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Since 1980, mental health providers have begun treating an increasing number of women who are suffering mental and emotional difficulties as a result of induced abortions. The best available evidence indicates that on average there is a ten year period of denial during which women who were traumatized by their […]
The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act Version 3.2 October 29, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of STATE , represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as The Protection from High Risk and Coerced Abortion Act. Section 5. Legislative findings […]
THE ABORTION CHOICE ACT MODEL LEGISLATION 12/8/96 Synopsis: Creates the Abortion Choice Act. Requires physicians providing abortions to inform women of their rights under the law, of all risks and alternatives to the abortion which would be relevant to the decision of a reasonable patient, of unique and predisposing risk factors which she may possess, […]
Woman’s Right to Know Act June 27, 1998 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Woman’s Right to Know Act. Section 5. Legislative findings and purposes. (a) the Legislature of the State of Illinois finds […]
THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT January 15, 1998 Text from Mississippi Senate Bill 3039 THE PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK AND COERCIVE ABORTION ACT Synopsis: Creates the Protection From High Risk And Coercive Abortion Act. Requires physicians and the facilities where they are providing abortions to inform each woman of her rights […]
CHAPTER SEVEN: TESTIMONIES It is important to share stories of women who have had abortions with your congregation for two very special reasons. First, they help those who have not had abortions to better understand the pressures which women face and to have a more sincere compassion for those who have had abortions. Second, they […]
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 […]
Incest Case Exposes Shortcomings of Judicial and Medical Reviews of Abortion Cases By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. On July 17th, 1998, a Michigan judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the parents of a 12-year-old girl from transporting her to Kansas for a late-term partial-birth abortion. The girl was 28 weeks pregnant and had allegedly […]
