By Kevin Burke, LSW and Theresa Burke, Ph.D. You may have heard this recent  report  about a video featuring Norma McCorvey, the woman known as the “Jane Roe” in the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe V Wade: Norma McCorvey, the woman known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, said she was lying when she switched to support the anti-abortion movement, saying she had been paid to do so. (You can…

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The Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology featured a study of 5133 postmenopausal women registered in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2010 and 2012.  They were looking at the effect of pregnancy loss on depression and suicidal ideation.  In particular, was there a difference between those women who experienced miscarriages and those who had multiple induced abortions?  The study concluded the following: Undergoing three or more induced abortions during reproductive age was associated with postmenopausal suicidal…

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By David Williams [An Excerpt from my book Tears of the Fisherman: Recovery for Men Wounded by Abortion] After preaching at a predominantly white congregation on the topic of living holy lives and avoiding sexual sins[1], I was approached by a middle age white woman with an interesting question. She asked me why sexual sin is tolerated in the African-American church. I must admit that I was taken aback by the question for hadn’t I, an African American man, just…

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By Susan Swander For one of God’s unknown reasons, one day in the dead of winter I started thinking about May, spring and Mother’s Day.  Then, I started writing. I am a mother – five times.  Luke, Grace, Timothy, Teresa and Benjamin are my children.  One is living, and four are with God. I have a hole in my heart for my 4 deceased children.  I aborted three of them and miscarried one.  Acknowledging them, naming them and accepting their…

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