Center Against Forced Abortions

10/08/2025

In 2024, Mason Herring accepted a plea deal after admitting he spiked his wife's water with an abortion drug in 2022. However, records show he violated his probation twice within a year.

07/25/2024

"‘I felt trapped’: Women coerced into abortions warn of reproductive freedom’s downside" By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, July 25, 2024

Women are often told that abortion access means reproductive freedom, but when Toni McFadden walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic at the age of 18, she didn’t feel free. She felt cornered.

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Women are often told that abortion access means reproductive freedom, but when Toni McFadden walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic at the age of 18, she didn’t feel free. She felt cornered.

07/10/2024

The Dark Side of Deregulation: Coerced Abortion Incidents on the Rise, by Catalina Scheider Galiñanes

"New legislation popping up across the country expose a terrible reality: ‘Abortion drugs have become a tool of domestic violence…’

An expectant mother should be thinking of baby names and all of the happy things associated with the birth of a new child — not fighting for her life and the life of her unborn.

But that’s what happened to Texas mother Catherine Herring as the victim of an abortion-pill attack."

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New legislation popping up across the country expose a terrible reality: ‘Abortion drugs have become a tool of domestic violence…’

02/02/2024

"Surrogate Recalls Pain She And Baby Felt After The Child’s Parents Demanded Abortion" by Jordan Boyd, The Federalist

"Thanks to assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy, even people who don’t want or deserve children can buy their way to parenthood. Such was the case with one couple who, after nearly nine months of demanding their surrogate Heathyr abort, left a hospital in 2020 with a baby boy in their arms.

Single mother Heathyr went into the surrogacy application and matching process, hoping she would “be on the same page” with the couple about ending the life of the unborn child."

‘So much work, medication, and money went into this baby and they still are asking me if I'm going to terminate,’ Heathyr recalled.

12/05/2023

"Abortion Pills, Coercion, and Abuse" by Melanie Israel. Policy Analyst, DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family

"Across the country, men coerce or even force pregnant women to take pills that induce an abortion. Some of these use abortion pills to cover up abuse. We have no way to know the full scope of this problem. But we do know that this problem will get worse – not better – if pro-abortion policymakers continue to champion the abortion industry at the expense of women’s health and safety."

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10/27/2023

Please watch this video, it is illegal to force anyone to have an abortion. The Center Against Forced Abortion is listed at the end of this video as a resource to help prevent forced abortion.

04/06/2023

Please pray for a woman who may have been forceably and violently aborted last night. Pray for healing for her broken heart. Pray for The Justice Foundation attorneys investigating this matter.

02/08/2023

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Over 60 percent of women who had abortions report high levels of pressure to abort from one or more sources, and those same women report higher levels of subsequent mental health and quality of life issues, according to a new Lozier Institute peer-reviewed study published in the Cureus medical journ...

02/08/2023

"Effects of Pressure to Abort on Women’s Emotional Responses and Mental Health" Reardon D C, Longbons T (January 31, 2023)

"Women who feel pressured to agree to abortion are more likely to experience negative emotional and mental health reactions. But relatively little research has been conducted to explore the types and degree of pressures women face and their associated effects. Our study aims to investigate five types of pressure women may face and a sample of effects that may be associated with unwanted abortions."

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Background Women who feel pressured to agree to abortion are more likely to experience negative emotional and mental health reactions. But relatively little research has been conducted to explore the types and degree of pressures women face and their associated effects. Our study aims to investigate...

02/02/2023

"Unwanted Abortion Are Common and Strongly Linked to Subsequent Mental Health Decline, New Study" Elliot Institute

"Women who feel pressured to have abortions blame their abortions for a decline in their mental health, according to a new peer reviewed study. They were also more likely to say their abortions led to frequent feelings of grief, loss, and disruption of their lives and relationships."

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St. Louis, MO (Feb. 1, 2019) — Women who feel pressured to have abortions blame their abortions for a decline in their mental health, according to a new peer reviewed study. They were also more likely to say their abortions led to frequent feelings of grief, loss, and disruption of their lives and...

11/25/2022

Overcoming Pain And Brokenness After An Abortion NEWS PROVIDED BY Author Angel Murchison Nov. 25, 2022 PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Nov. 25, 2022 /Christian Newswire/ -- SHAME is a five-letter word that can drive anyone to the end of their rope, but God can provide a double portion of love and understanding...

07/19/2022

"The Unwanted Abortion Crisis" by Elliot Institute

"New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a package of bills designed to make New York an abortion safe haven and protect “a woman’s right to determine and make her own decisions about her own body.”

But how often is it really a woman’s own decision?

The best evidence indicates that 64% of women who admit having a past abortion report that they felt pressured into abortion by others. Sometimes the pressure is subtle. Sometimes it is openly violent."

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a package of bills designed to make New York an abortion safe haven and protect “a woman’s right to determine and make her own decisions about her own body.” But how often is it really a woman’s own decision? The best evidence indicates that 64%...