Women's Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence; Must Reading for Pro-Lifers.(Book Review)

A couple of years ago I wrote a glowing review for a new book titled, Women's Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence. I am happy to say this stellar publication, produced by the non-profit deVeber Institute for Social Research, is now in its second edition and available from National Right to Life. The Canadian think tank, open since 1982, specializes in first-rate analyses of a number of topics, including euthanasia and assisted suicide. (See instructions at the end of this article describing how to order.)

Thirty-one years and counting into the reign of Roe v. Wade, is there anything new that can be added/debated? Well, yes - - actually, lots and lots. And books such as Women's Health after Abortion are important reasons why the public is seeing abortion anew.

Pro-lifers know both intuitively and by personal experience that "safe, legal abortion" is not only lethal to the unborn child but also exacts a toll on women far more serious than the public is led to believe. But is there evidence to back up this gut feeling? Yes, and, intriguingly, much of the evidence for abortion's nefarious impact often comes from studies whose primary emphasis is not abortion.

"[S]ome of the consequences of abortion do not surface until long after the procedure, or, as in the case of infertility, remain undetected until the woman wishes to bear a child," write authors Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles. "Yet at present many studies rely on short-term findings; furthermore, researchers often minimize the significance of their findings, and sometimes ...