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The following is a partial list of some of Reardon's articles:<ref>{{cite web|url=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Reardon+DC}}</ref>
Reardon's peer reviewed studies are a source of scientific controversy. His research and methodology have been criticized by, among others, Brenda Major of the Department of Psychology at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] and Nancy Russo, a psychology professor at [[Arizona State University]].<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="CMAJ">{{cite journal |author=Major B |title=Psychological implications of abortion--highly charged and rife with misleading research |journal=CMAJ |volume=168 |issue=10 |pages=1257–8 |year=2003 |pmid=12743067 |doi= |pmc=154180}}</ref>

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The following is a partial list of some of Reardon's articles, as well as academic responses to his articles:


*Interrelationships between breast cancer, smoking & abortion. Reardon DC. Issues Law Med. 2014 Spring;29(1):167-9.
*Abortion and mental health: findings from the national comorbidity survey-replication. Reardon DC.Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1354-5
* Reproductive history patterns and long-term mortality rates: a Danish, population-based record linkage study. Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Calhoun BC. Eur J Public Health. 2013 Aug;23(4):569-74.
*Short and long term mortality rates associated with first pregnancy outcome: population register based study for Denmark 1980-2004. Reardon DC, Coleman PK. Med Sci Monit. 2012 Sep;18(9):PH71-6.
*Lack of pregnancy loss history mars depression study. Reardon DC. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2012 Aug;126(2):155item 16877620
*Women’s preferences for information and complication seriousness ratings related to elective medical procedures.Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Lee MB. J Med Ethics. 2006 Aug;32(8):435-8.
*Prolonged unintended brain cooling may inhibit recovery from brain injuries: case study and literature review. Ford GP, Reardon DC. Med Sci Monit. 2006 Aug;12(8):CS74-9.
*Relative treatment rates for sleep disorders and sleep disturbances following abortion and childbirth: a prospective record-based study. Reardon DC, Coleman PK. Sleep. 2006 Jan;29(1):105-6.
*Substance use among pregnant women in the context of previous reproductive loss and desire for current pregnancy. Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Cougle JR. Br J Health Psychol. 2005 May;10(Pt 2):255-68.
*Pregnancy-associated mortality after birth.Reardon DC, Coleman P.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Oct;191(4):1506-7.
*Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: a cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Cougle JR, Reardon DC, Coleman PK.J Anxiety Disord. 2005;19(1):137-42.
*Induced abortion and traumatic stress: a preliminary comparison of American and Russian women. Rue VM, Coleman PK, Rue JJ, Reardon DC. Med Sci Monit. 2004 Oct;10(10):SR5-16. Epub 2004 Sep 23.
*Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States. Reardon DC.Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Sep;104(3):635.
Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth–a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications. Reardon DC, Strahan TW, Thorp JM Jr, Shuping MW. J Contemp Health Law Policy. 2004 Spring;20(2):279-327.
*Substance use associated with unintended pregnancy outcomes in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.Reardon DC, Coleman PK, Cougle JR.Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004 May;30(2):369-83.
*Abortion and breast cancer.Reardon DC.Lancet. 2004 Jun 5;363(9424):1910-1.
*Abortion, health, and the law. Reardon DC. N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 29;350(18):1908-10.
*Abortion decisions and the duty to screen: clinical, ethical, and legal implications of predictive risk factors of post-abortion maladjustment.Reardon DC. J Contemp Health Law Policy. 2003 Winter;20(1):33-114.
*State-funded abortions versus deliveries: a comparison of outpatient mental health claims over 4 years.Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Rue VM, Cougle J. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2002 Jan;72(1):141-52.
*A defense of the neglected rhetorical strategy (NRS). Reardon DC. Ethics Med. 2002 Summer;18(2):23-32.
*"Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse"<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Ney PG |title=Abortion and subsequent substance abuse |journal=Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=61–75 |year=2000 |pmid=10718164 |doi=10.1081/ADA-100100591}}</ref>
*"Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse"<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Ney PG |title=Abortion and subsequent substance abuse |journal=Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=61–75 |year=2000 |pmid=10718164 |doi=10.1081/ADA-100100591}}</ref>

Reardon's public health research has been generally well-received; his psychological research and methodology have been criticized by Brenda Major of the Department of Psychology at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] and Nancy Russo, a psychology professor at [[Arizona State University]].<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="CMAJ">{{cite journal |author=Major B |title=Psychological implications of abortion--highly charged and rife with misleading research |journal=CMAJ |volume=168 |issue=10 |pages=1257–8 |year=2003 |pmid=12743067 |doi= |pmc=154180}}</ref> The majority of Reardon's detracting colleagues are pro-choice activists: Brenda Major was on the 1987 panel that claimed abortion safety to US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, and all members of that panel have advocated strongly for liberal abortion access. Reardon responded to Major's criticism by demonstrating that he used the same methodology those 1987 panel members used to claim abortion safety, stating that if Major wanted to dismiss his research she would also have to dismiss the research of the 1987 panel. His attackers have been criticized for employing ad-hominem logical fallacies.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Reardon, DC|title=Abortion perils debated|journal=CMAJ|date=July 22, 2003|volume=169|issue=2|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/169/2/102.3.full}}</ref>

*"Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" - a cohort study Reardon coauthored a brief report published in 2002 in the ''[[British Medical Journal]]''. (BMJ)<ref name="bmjreardon">{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Cougle JR |title=Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: a cohort study |journal=BMJ |volume=324 |issue=7330 |pages=151–2 |year=2002 |pmid=11799033 |doi=10.1136/bmj.324.7330.151 |pmc=64517}}</ref> <br />Schmiege and Russo reported in the ''BMJ'' in 2005 that when the same NLSY dataset was analyzed using methodology which they described as more accurate, the association reported by Reardon disappeared. The concluded that "...there is no credible evidence that choosing to terminate an unwanted first pregnancy puts women at higher risk of subsequent depression than does choosing to deliver an unwanted first pregnancy."<ref name="bmjrusso">{{cite journal |author=Schmiege S, Russo NF |title=Depression and unwanted first pregnancy: longitudinal cohort study |journal=BMJ |volume=331 |issue=7528 |pages=1303 |year=2005 |pmid=16257993 |doi=10.1136/bmj.38623.532384.55 |pmc=1298850}}</ref> Among the many "Rapid Responses" were two lengthy letters by Reardon.<ref name=bmjrussoRR>{{cite web |title=Rapid Responses to Schmiege, Russo | publisher =BMJ |url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/331/7528/1303}}</ref> The BMJ published [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7330/151 seven "Rapid Responses"] to his report, and six replies thereto by Reardon.<ref name="bmjreardonRR">{{cite web |title=Rapid Responses to Reardon, Cougle |publisher=BMJ |url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7330/151}}</ref>
*"Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" - a cohort study Reardon coauthored a brief report published in 2002 in the ''[[British Medical Journal]]''. (BMJ)<ref name="bmjreardon">{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Cougle JR |title=Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: a cohort study |journal=BMJ |volume=324 |issue=7330 |pages=151–2 |year=2002 |pmid=11799033 |doi=10.1136/bmj.324.7330.151 |pmc=64517}}</ref> <br />Schmiege and Russo reported in the ''BMJ'' in 2005 that when the same NLSY dataset was analyzed using methodology which they described as more accurate, the association reported by Reardon disappeared. The concluded that "...there is no credible evidence that choosing to terminate an unwanted first pregnancy puts women at higher risk of subsequent depression than does choosing to deliver an unwanted first pregnancy."<ref name="bmjrusso">{{cite journal |author=Schmiege S, Russo NF |title=Depression and unwanted first pregnancy: longitudinal cohort study |journal=BMJ |volume=331 |issue=7528 |pages=1303 |year=2005 |pmid=16257993 |doi=10.1136/bmj.38623.532384.55 |pmc=1298850}}</ref> Among the many "Rapid Responses" were two lengthy letters by Reardon.<ref name=bmjrussoRR>{{cite web |title=Rapid Responses to Schmiege, Russo | publisher =BMJ |url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/331/7528/1303}}</ref> The BMJ published [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7330/151 seven "Rapid Responses"] to his report, and six replies thereto by Reardon.<ref name="bmjreardonRR">{{cite web |title=Rapid Responses to Reardon, Cougle |publisher=BMJ |url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7330/151}}</ref>
*"Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome - a record linkage study of low income women" - In a 2002 report published in the ''Southern Medical Journal''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Ney PG, Scheuren F, Cougle J, Coleman PK, Strahan TW |title=Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome: a record linkage study of low income women |journal=South. Med. J. |volume=95 |issue=8 |pages=834–41 |year=2002 |pmid=12190217 |doi=10.1097/00007611-200208000-00010}}</ref>
*"Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome - a record linkage study of low income women" - In a 2002 report published in the ''Southern Medical Journal''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reardon DC, Ney PG, Scheuren F, Cougle J, Coleman PK, Strahan TW |title=Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome: a record linkage study of low income women |journal=South. Med. J. |volume=95 |issue=8 |pages=834–41 |year=2002 |pmid=12190217 |doi=10.1097/00007611-200208000-00010}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:48, 23 April 2016

David C. Reardon
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Pacific Western University (Hawaii)
Known forPublic Health Research
Notable work"Prolonged unintended brain cooling may inhibit recovery from brain injuries: case study and literature review."; "Relative treatment rates for sleep disorders and sleep disturbances following abortion and childbirth: a prospective record-based study."; "Aborted Women, Silent No More"; "Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion," "Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation"; " The Jericho Plan: Breaking Down the Walls That Prevent Post-Abortion Healing"

David C. Reardon is a bioethics researcher, electrical engineer, journal peer reviewer, and the American founder of the Elliot Institute.[1] Reardon is the author of a number of articles and five books examining the mental and physical health effects associated with abortion. Some have described Reardon as an activist: he was described in the New York Times Magazine as the "Moses" of the "post-abortion movement", a feminist branch of the pro-life movement that focuses on possible adverse health effects of abortion on women.[2] Reardon has been criticized by some pro-life activists for his focus on women's health;[3]in one of his works, he compiled over 194 testimonies of sexual assault victims as part of an anti-violence campaign.[4]

Biography

Reardon graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois department of electrical engineering, tying for the highest grade in his class in a program ranked, at the time, second in the nation.[5]

In the mid 1980s Reardon began researching the effects of abortion. Reardon subsequently received a Ph.D in biomedical ethics from Pacific Western University (Hawaii),[6] an unaccredited state-licensed university offering no classroom instruction. (The field of biomedical ethics currently has no accrediting institution in the United States for PhDs or non-physician credit.) [5][7] In a July 2007 radio show, PBS senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa, a NARAL keynote speaker and pro-choice activist,[8]negatively described Reardon: "With a PhD from an unaccredited online institution, he's turned out dozens of studies that supposedly prove abortion is dangerous to women's mental health."[9] Despite his humble beginnings, Reardon went on to publish successfully in numerous peer-reviewed, accredited scientific journals in the United States and Europe, including the Journal of Contemporary Health Law Policy, the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, the European Journal of Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sleep, and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, among others.[10] Reardon soon became a peer reviewer in a number of leading publications, including the British Medical Journal, Acta Paediactrica, Medical Science Monitor, Archives of General Psychiatry, and Social Science Quarterly.[11]

While much of his early research focused on emotional effects of abortion, in later years Reardon has focused on comparing mortality rates between post-abortive and post-birth women, working with large sample sizes of Danish and American populations.[12] Reardon describes his position on abortion as both "pro-life" (believing a human fetus is deserving of protection) and "pro-woman" and "anti-abortion" (believing abortion hurts women), due to his research.[13] In a 2002 article in Ethics & Medicine, Reardon argued that in order to be effective, pro-life efforts had to present "a moral vision that consistently demonstrates just as much concern for women as for their unborn children."[14] Reardon appealed to the pro-life movement to support his "pro-woman/pro-life" strategy writing:

For the purpose of passing restrictive laws to protect women from unwanted and/or dangerous abortions, it does not matter if people have a pro-life view. The ambivalent majority of people who are willing to tolerate abortion in "some cases" are very likely to support informed consent legislation and abortion clinic regulations, for example, because these proposals are consistent with their desire to protect women. In some cases, it is not even necessary to convince people of abortion's dangers. It is sufficient to simply raise enough doubts about abortion that they will refuse to actively oppose the proposed anti-abortion initiative. In other words, if we can convince many of those who do not see abortion to be a "serious moral evil" that they should support anti-abortion policies that protect women and reduce abortion rates, that is a sufficiently good end to justify NRS efforts. Converting these people to a pro-life view, where they respect life rather than simply fear abortion, is a second step. The latter is another good goal, but it is not necessary to the accomplishment of other good goals, such as the passage of laws that protect women from dangerous abortions and thereby dramatically reduce abortion rates.[14]

Reardon's findings conflict with the view of the American Psychological Association that abortion carries no greater mental-health risk than carrying a fetus to term.[15][16] However, Reardon's research is in concordance with numerous studies that have arisen since the 1990 APA decision, which is still pending re-evaluation. These studies vary in the range of severity of their conclusions: in 1998 Dr. Hanna Soderberg led a team of Swedish researchers that found that 60 percent of women studied experienced severe emotional distress the year after their abortions,[17] and later in 2000, Dr. Brenda Major, a pro-choice researcher at the University of California, found that at least 1 percent of women suffered negative psychological effects post-abortion, although most denied any negative effects[18]; Within Dr. Major's study, 50 percent of the women who originally agreed to participate ultimately dropped out, and another study published in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology demonstrated that women who dropped out of interview-based post-abortive studies often appeared to do so because discussing the abortion was itself too traumatic,[19] indicating that even within the University of California study the incidence of post-abortion trauma could possibly also have reached Dr. Soderberg's levels.

Reardon has also conducted research on the effects of prolonged brain cooling and brain injury recovery[20]

Media coverage

In a Washington Monthly article titled "Research and Destroy", author Chris Mooney profiled Reardon as an example of what he describes as "Christian conservatives [who] have gone a long way towards creating their own scientific counter-establishment."[7] He also notes that Reardon's findings conflict with those of the American Psychological Association, which in 1990 had rejected "the notion that abortion regularly causes severe or clinical mental problems", and with the conclusions of former United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.[7]

In a front-page story for the New York Times Magazine, Slate editor Emily Bazelon, described the growth of post-abortion counseling ministries around the United States as part of an effort by the pro-life movement to outlaw abortion by stressing its purported psychological effects. She describes Reardon as arguing that the pro-life movement will "never win over a majority... by asserting the sanctity of fetal life", and therefore should focus on disseminating information that abortion is psychologically harmful to women as a more effective strategy.[2]

Reardon has been described in the Boston Globe as someone who "wants Congress to impose strict barriers to abortion." The Boston Globe also wrote:

This dual role of advocate/researcher is becoming more common, especially as advocacy groups realize they can sway more opinions by asserting that their research is based on science, rather than simply on personal belief. [David] Reardon, like many people who play this dual role, insists he can objectively look at the data without being influenced by his personal viewpoint.[1]

According to the website of the Elliot Institute, which Reardon founded, he is "a frequent guest on Christian radio and Christian television talk shows and has been a frequently invited speaker state and national conventions for crisis pregnancy centers and pro-life organizations."[21] Reardon addressed the National Pro-Life Religious Council in 1998, where he discussed emotional reactions to abortion in the context of the disputed entity of "post-abortion syndrome".[22][23]

Elliot Institute

Reardon is the founder and director of the Elliot Institute, which in 2005 reported that it had two full-time and one part-time employees.[24] According to its web site, the Elliot Institute studies "the effects of eugenics, abortion, population control, and sexual attitudes and practices on individuals and society at large."[25] The Institute was described by USA Today as an "anti-abortion organization focusing on the physical and psychological effects of abortion."[26]

The Elliot Institute has endorsed model legislation regarding informed consent provisions for women considering abortion and bills that would increase the liability of physicians who provide abortions that are deemed "unsafe or unnecessary".[27] The Elliot Institute is also leading an effort to build a coalition of groups to advocate for laws that would create a preemptive ban on human genetic engineering.[28]

Reardon and the Elliot Institute opposed The Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, and proposed a competing initiative which would have prohibited any embryonic stem cell research which resulted in the destruction of a human embryo, as well as some other types of genetic research, in Missouri.[29] The Elliot institute created the website ElliotInstitute.org which mimicked the site of a pro-stem-cell-research group, the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures. The group sued the Elliot Institute in federal court for alleged copyright and trademark violations. Consequently, the Elliot Institute website was ordered temporarily shut down by a federal judge.[30]

Books and articles

Reardon has written a number of books and articles on what he asserts are the harmful side effects of abortion.

Aborted Women, Silent No More[31]

Making Abortion Rare[32]

The Jericho Plan - Breaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion Healing[33]

Victims and Victors - Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault [34]

Rape, Incest and Abortion - Searching Beyond the Myths[35]

Peer-reviewed studies

See also: Abortion and mental health

The following is a partial list of some of Reardon's articles:[36]

  • Interrelationships between breast cancer, smoking & abortion. Reardon DC. Issues Law Med. 2014 Spring;29(1):167-9.
  • Abortion and mental health: findings from the national comorbidity survey-replication. Reardon DC.Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1354-5
  • Reproductive history patterns and long-term mortality rates: a Danish, population-based record linkage study. Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Calhoun BC. Eur J Public Health. 2013 Aug;23(4):569-74.
  • Short and long term mortality rates associated with first pregnancy outcome: population register based study for Denmark 1980-2004. Reardon DC, Coleman PK. Med Sci Monit. 2012 Sep;18(9):PH71-6.
  • Lack of pregnancy loss history mars depression study. Reardon DC. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2012 Aug;126(2):155item 16877620
  • Women’s preferences for information and complication seriousness ratings related to elective medical procedures.Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Lee MB. J Med Ethics. 2006 Aug;32(8):435-8.
  • Prolonged unintended brain cooling may inhibit recovery from brain injuries: case study and literature review. Ford GP, Reardon DC. Med Sci Monit. 2006 Aug;12(8):CS74-9.
  • Relative treatment rates for sleep disorders and sleep disturbances following abortion and childbirth: a prospective record-based study. Reardon DC, Coleman PK. Sleep. 2006 Jan;29(1):105-6.
  • Substance use among pregnant women in the context of previous reproductive loss and desire for current pregnancy. Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Cougle JR. Br J Health Psychol. 2005 May;10(Pt 2):255-68.
  • Pregnancy-associated mortality after birth.Reardon DC, Coleman P.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Oct;191(4):1506-7.
  • Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: a cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Cougle JR, Reardon DC, Coleman PK.J Anxiety Disord. 2005;19(1):137-42.
  • Induced abortion and traumatic stress: a preliminary comparison of American and Russian women. Rue VM, Coleman PK, Rue JJ, Reardon DC. Med Sci Monit. 2004 Oct;10(10):SR5-16. Epub 2004 Sep 23.
  • Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States. Reardon DC.Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Sep;104(3):635.

Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth–a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications. Reardon DC, Strahan TW, Thorp JM Jr, Shuping MW. J Contemp Health Law Policy. 2004 Spring;20(2):279-327.

  • Substance use associated with unintended pregnancy outcomes in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.Reardon DC, Coleman PK, Cougle JR.Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004 May;30(2):369-83.
  • Abortion and breast cancer.Reardon DC.Lancet. 2004 Jun 5;363(9424):1910-1.
  • Abortion, health, and the law. Reardon DC. N Engl J Med. 2004 Apr 29;350(18):1908-10.
  • Abortion decisions and the duty to screen: clinical, ethical, and legal implications of predictive risk factors of post-abortion maladjustment.Reardon DC. J Contemp Health Law Policy. 2003 Winter;20(1):33-114.
  • State-funded abortions versus deliveries: a comparison of outpatient mental health claims over 4 years.Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Rue VM, Cougle J. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2002 Jan;72(1):141-52.
  • A defense of the neglected rhetorical strategy (NRS). Reardon DC. Ethics Med. 2002 Summer;18(2):23-32.
  • "Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse"[37]

Reardon's public health research has been generally well-received; his psychological research and methodology have been criticized by Brenda Major of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Nancy Russo, a psychology professor at Arizona State University.[2][38] The majority of Reardon's detracting colleagues are pro-choice activists: Brenda Major was on the 1987 panel that claimed abortion safety to US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, and all members of that panel have advocated strongly for liberal abortion access. Reardon responded to Major's criticism by demonstrating that he used the same methodology those 1987 panel members used to claim abortion safety, stating that if Major wanted to dismiss his research she would also have to dismiss the research of the 1987 panel. His attackers have been criticized for employing ad-hominem logical fallacies.[39]

  • "Depression and unintended pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" - a cohort study Reardon coauthored a brief report published in 2002 in the British Medical Journal. (BMJ)[40]
    Schmiege and Russo reported in the BMJ in 2005 that when the same NLSY dataset was analyzed using methodology which they described as more accurate, the association reported by Reardon disappeared. The concluded that "...there is no credible evidence that choosing to terminate an unwanted first pregnancy puts women at higher risk of subsequent depression than does choosing to deliver an unwanted first pregnancy."[41] Among the many "Rapid Responses" were two lengthy letters by Reardon.[42] The BMJ published seven "Rapid Responses" to his report, and six replies thereto by Reardon.[43]
  • "Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome - a record linkage study of low income women" - In a 2002 report published in the Southern Medical Journal[44]
  • "Psychiatric Admissions of Low-income Women Following Abortion and Childbirth" - In 2003, Reardon published a study of California Medicaid records for 56,741 low income women. After controlling for one year prior psychiatric history, Reardon and his colleagues found that women who had an abortion were 2.6 times more likely than women who carried to term to be hospitalized for psychiatric care in the first 90 days following their pregnancy outcome.[45] depression,[46]
    Along with Reardon's paper, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published an article by Brenda Major, who argued that Reardon's methodology failed to control for more than a single year of prior mental illness, marital status, and other factors. She concluded that given these unaddressed issues and the political controversy over abortion, "Statistics such as those reported by Reardon and colleagues thus run a high risk of being used in ways that misinform and mislead the public."[38] The two articles "elicited a barrage of letters",[47] including short responses by Reardon[48] and Major.[49][50]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Science in support of a cause: the new research, by Michael Kranish. Published in the Boston Globe on July 31, 2005; accessed November 27, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?, by Emily Bazelon. Published in the New York Times Magazine on January 21, 2007; accessed November 27, 2007.
  3. ^ "David C. Reardon Biographical Sketch". After Abortion. Elliot Institute. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault". Afterabortion.org. Elliot Institute. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b Politicized Science: How Anti-Abortion Myths Feed the Christian Right Agenda, by Pam Chamberlain. Published in The Public Eye by Political Research Associates, Summer 2006. Accessed February 17, 2008.
  6. ^ http://educationservices.us/faq.html
  7. ^ a b c Mooney, Chris. (October 1, 2004). "Research and Destroy". Washington Monthly. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
  8. ^ Roth, Sarah Cody. "Maria Hinojosa on Anti-Choice Democrats". A FEW CHOICE WORDS: The Official Blog of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington. NARAL. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ^ PBS NOW transcript,
  10. ^ "Pubmed Author Publication List". Pubmed. NIH. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ^ Diamond, Noah. "E-mail Correspondence Between Ms. Sisk and Dr. Reardon". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. ^ Coleman PK, Reardon DC, Calhoun BC. (August 2013). "Reproductive history patterns and long-term mortality rates: a Danish, population-based record linkage study". Eur J Public Health. 23 (4): 569-74. doi:10.1093/eurpub/cks107.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ David C. Reardon. Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for a Divided Nation (1996) Acorn Books. See especially Chapter Two where Reardon discusses the terms pro-life, pro-woman, anti-abortion, pro-choice and pro-abortion.
  14. ^ a b Reardon DC (2002). "A defense of the neglected rhetorical strategy (NRS)". Ethics Med. 18 (2): 23–32. PMID 14700036. Full text in pdf here
  15. ^ Research and Destroy
  16. ^ Schmiege S, Russo NF (December 2005). "Depression and unwanted first pregnancy: longitudinal cohort study". BMJ. 331 (7528): 1303. doi:10.1136/bmj.38623.532384.55. PMC 1298850. PMID 16257993.
  17. ^ Soderberg, H., Andersson, C., Janzon, L., & Soderberg, N-O. (1998). "Emotional distress following induced abortion: A study of its incidence and determinants among abortees in Malmo, Sweden". European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 79: 173-178.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Major, Brenda. "Psychological responses of women after first-trimester abortion". Arch Gen Psychiatry. 57 (8): 777-784.
  19. ^ Soderberg, H., Andersson, C., Janzon, L., & Soderberg, N-O. "Selection bias in a study on how women experienced induced abortion". European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 77: 67-70.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Ford GP, Reardon DC (August 2006). "Prolonged unintended brain cooling may inhibit recovery from brain injuries: case study and literature review". Med Sci Monit. 12 (8): CS74-9.
  21. ^ Elliot Institute Website Retrieved November 19, 2007
  22. ^ Real Audio from the National Pro-Life Religious Council website Retrieved November 19, 2007
  23. ^ "Pastors Gather to Meet Challenge of Pro-Life Ministry." Publication: National Right to Life News
  24. ^ Elliot Institute 2005 Year End Report
  25. ^ Elliot Institute Website "About Our Coalition"
  26. ^ No Abortion-Breast Cancer Link, by Rita Rubin. Published in USA Today on February 26, 2003; accessed March 6, 2008.
  27. ^ Elliot Institute Website "Politics"
  28. ^ Elliot Institute homepage
  29. ^ Missouri State Government website
  30. ^ Court Shuts Down Anti-Stem-Cell Web Site for Copyright Violations, by Donna Higgins. From news.findlaw.com, originally published March 27, 2006. Accessed January 7, 2008.
  31. ^ Peter J. Leithart. "Book Review" (PDF). Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  32. ^ Rev. Paul Marx. "Book Review". Human Life International. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  33. ^ David Reardon. "Who Should Use This Book?". Acorn Books. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  34. ^ "Victims and Victors". Elliot Institute. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  35. ^ Rape, Incest and Abortion: Searching Beyond the Myths Retrieved March 12, 2008
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  48. ^ David Reardon, Abortion Perils Debated Full Text
  49. ^ Brenda Major, Abortion Perils Debated Full Text
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Bibliography

Books by Reardon
  • Nancyjo Mann; Reardon, David C. (2002). Aborted Women: Silent No More. Acorn Publishing. ISBN 0-9648957-2-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Reardon, David C. (1996). Making abortion rare: a healing strategy for a divided nation. Randburg, South Africa: Acorn Books. ISBN 0-9648957-6-5.
  • Reardon, David C. (1996). The Jericho Plan: Breaking Down the Walls Which Prevent Post-Abortion Healing. Randburg, South Africa: Acorn Books. ISBN 0-9648957-5-7.
  • Sobie, Amy; Reardon, David C.; Makimaa, Julie (2000). Victims and victors: speaking out about their pregnancies, abortions, and children resulting from sexual assault. Randburg, South Africa: Acorn Books. ISBN 0-9648957-1-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Reardon, David C.; Burke, Theresa Karminski (2002). Forbidden grief: the unspoken pain of abortion. Randburg, South Africa: Acorn Books. ISBN 0-9648957-8-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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