What Your Baby Looks Like:
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- Image credits: Month 0 by David Marchal, Months 1-2 by Steven O’Connor M.D. / Month 3 and header image © The Center for Bio Ethical Reform/ Months 4-6 © Life Issues Institute
Abortion Hurts:
- Gissler,M, Karalis, E, Ulander, V.M. “Suicide rate after induced abortion decreased in Finland after Current Care Guidelines” The European Journal of Public Health, DOI: First published online: 31 October 2014. Web.
- Garfinkel,B. et al. “Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota,” Responding to High Risk Youth (University of Minnesota: Minnesota Extension Service, 1986).
- Cougle, Jesse R., Reardon, David C., Coleman, Priscilla K. “Depression associated with abortion and childbirth: a long-term analysis of the NLSY cohort.” Med Science Monitor 2003; 9(4): CR105-112 ID: 4701 Published: 2003-04-23. Web.
- “Abortion Risks: A list of major physical complications related to abortion” Afterabortion.org. Web.
A Traumatic Experience:
- PK Coleman et. al., “Induced abortion and anxiety, mood, and substance abuse disorders: Isolating the effects of abortion in the national comorbidity survey,” Journal of Psychiatric Research doi:10.1016/jpsychires.2008.10.009, 2008
- Burke, Theresa Karminski, and David C. Reardon. Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion. Acorn Books, 2007.
- D.C. Reardon, P.K. Coleman, and J.R. Cougle, “Substance use associated with unintended pregnancy outcomes in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth,” American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 26(1):369-383, 2004.
- DC Reardon and PK Coleman, “Relative Treatment Rates for Sleep Disorders and Sleep Disturbances Following Abortion and Childbirth: A Prospective Record Based-Study,” Sleep 29(1):105-106, 2006.
- National Abortion Federation. (1999). Principles of Abortion Care : a Curriculum for Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Nurses.
- Speckhard, A.C. and Rue, V.M. (1992), Postabortion Syndrome: An Emerging Public Health Concern. Journal of Social Issues, 48: 95-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1992.tb00899.x
- Babbel, Susanne. “Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS) - Does It Exist?” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/somatic-psychology/201010/post-abortion-stress-syndrome-pass-does-it-exist.
- Studnicki J, et al. The Enduring Association of a First Pregnancy Abortion with Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol. 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1177/23333928221130942.
- Reardon DC, Craver C. Intervals and Outcomes of First and Second Pregnancies in Low-Income Women: A Record-Linkage Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study. Med Sci Monit. 2021 Jun 25. doi: 10.12659/MSM.931596.
- “Fact Sheet: Risks and Complications of Chemical Abortion” Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Fact-Sheet_Risks-and-Complications-of-Chemical-Abortion.pdf). Web
- “Mifepristone U.S. Post-Marketing Adverse Events Summary through 12/31/20188” https://www.fda.gov/media/112118/download, 12 April 2109. Web.
- “Fact Sheet: Risks and Complications of Chemical Abortion” Charlotte Lozier Institute https://lozierinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Fact-Sheet_Risks-and-Complications-of-Chemical-Abortion.pdf). Web
- “Medication Abortions Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023, an Increase from 53% in 2020” Guttmacher Institute https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2024/medication-abortions-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020
Types of Abortion:
- Marshal, Sarah, MD, Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH and Kirtly Jones, MD. “Manual and Vacuum Aspiration for Abortion.” Women’s Health. WebMD, 14 Nov. 2014. Web.
- Jatlaoui TC, Boutot ME, Mandel MG, et al. Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2015. MMWR Surveill Summ 2018;67(No. SS-13):1–45. DOI: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/ss/ss6713a1.htm.
- “Induced Abortion in the United States.” Guttmacher Institute, 1 June 2019, www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states/.
- “An Abortion Doctor Describes a D&E.” ClinicQuotes, 26 Nov. 2014, clinicquotes.com/an-abortion-doctor-describes-a-de/.
- United States. Cong. House. U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Testimony of Jill L. Stanek , RN HR 1797, Pain - Capable Unborn Child Protection Act U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice May 23, 2013. 113th Cong. H. Bill. Print.
- RU486Facts.org - Medical Information about RU-486 (Mifepristone).” RU486Facts.org - Medical Information about RU-486 (Mifepristone). Web
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
Is It Really the Easy Way Out?:
- abortiontestimonies.com
No One Can Legally Force a Woman to Have an Abortion:
- Coleman, Priscilla K., et al. “Women Who Suffered Emotionally from Abortion: A Qualitative Synthesis of Their Experiences.” Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons - Vol. 22 No. 4, 2017, https://www.jpands.org/jpands2204.htm.
- Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
- Bellotti v. Baird 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
- Lawrence v. State, 240 S.W.3d 912, (Tex Crim. App. 2007)
- Unborn Victims of Violence Act 21 U.S.C. 848, 42 U.S.C. 2283, 2004.
Feeling Pressured to Abort?
- The Justice Foundation, “Dear Police or Government Official.” thejusticefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Dear-Police-or-other-Government-Official-11.15.22.pdf
I Regret My Abortion:
- abortiontestimonies.com
Rape and Incest:
- Reardon, David C. Makimaa, Julie, Sobie, Amy, Victims and Victors: Speaking Out about Their Pregnancies, Abortions and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault, Acorn Books. January 1st 2000.
