Trauma work requires the patient to recover all of the details and images of the traumatic experience and to construct a narrative that unites the memory fragments and brings closure to the experience. This must be done at both conscious and unconscious levels. Trauma work converts the unfinished experiential memory fragments into a coherent memory…
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Roe and Doe on January 22, 2013, where are we? Ever since those beginnings our Supreme Court has based much of its jurisprudence on its understanding of the health consequences of abortion or birth on women, including their mental health.[1] In Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court…
Posted on May 7, 2013 by EI (Springfield, IL – May 7, 2013) – A meta-analysis combining the results of 8 studies of women facing unwanted pregnancies, published in the April 2013 issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, has concluded that “there is no available evidence to suggest that abortion has therapeutic effects in reducing the mental health…
The pro-life movement has long endeavored to understand the complex emotional struggle behind a woman’s decision to continue or abort an unplanned pregnancy. To explore the dynamics of this dilemma and to aid pro-life groups in assisting women in crisis, the Vitae Foundation in Jefferson City, Missouri pioneered a series of landmark studies on women…
Dozens of Studies Find Women With a History of Abortion More Likely to Later Have a Preterm Birth Researchers studying findings from dozens of studies have concluded that abortion is linked to an increased risk of preterm birth among subsequently born babies. In a paper recently published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,…
The connection between mother and child is ever deeper than thought By Robert Martone https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-discover-childrens-cells-living-in-mothers-brain
Abortion More Traumatic Than Other Stressful Experiences Springfield, IL (Dec. 11, 2008) — A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research found that women who have abortions are at higher risk for various mental health disorders.1 The study, led by Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, used data drawn from a nationally…
CINCINNATI, Ohio, OCT. 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Everywhere I looked this month I saw a pink ribbon. It was on my dry cleaning bag, grocery bag, coffee cup, mail catalogs, receipts, billboards … it goes on and on. Don’t get me wrong. I love the color pink, and breast cancer prevention and finding a cure is…
This study was conducted to examine associations between abortion experience and relationship functioning.The data source was the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey and data were derived from interviews with an ethnically diverse urban sample of men (n=658) and women (n=906). For both men and women the experience of an abortion in a previous relationship…
New Findings Indicate 85 Percent of Women Have Negative Reactions After Abortion Springfield, IL (Nov. 8, 2009) — A new study on mental health problems after abortion has found that 85 percent of women reported negative reactions to abortion, putting them at higher risk for mental health problems. The paper, published in the British Journal…