School Resources

For Educators, Students, Youth Leaders and Others

"The nurse said this was not the time to be asking questions." 

Smart Solutions and Strategies for the School-Year  
 

From classroom or counseling-office coercion to clinic-bound buses, a lot can happen in America's schools while parents are kept in the dark.
 

Fortunately, a lot of good can happen, too, when you share the Elliot Institute's evidence-based, user-friendly resources.

Educate, motivate, share and inspire. Save those at risk. Help those already hurt.
 

Wake up your neighbors, parents, educators, students and youth groups at every level, from middle schools and high schools to civic organizations. Shed light on abortion's exploitation and risk to babies, mothers, fathers and families among us.
 

Evidence-Based School or Community-Service Resources
for Education, Outreach and Change

Whether it's an essay, a speech, a youth-group outreach or a lesson plan, there are many ways to get involved! Check out the list below. Keep resources on hand, too, for pregnancy or post-abortion help, hope and healing.
 

Use these ideas, information and resources throughout the year. You'll change the culture and save lives -- often two at a time -- now and for years to come.
 

1. Encourage Educators to Incorporate New Evidence into their Lesson Plans and Community-Service Activities
 

Our user-friendly fact sheets and resources are based on academic evidence. The information about abortion's unethical and unjust impact can be incorporated into various curricula, such as health, science, history, social studies, religion, civic or government classes. It's also useful for extra-curricular youth groups, outreach, etc. Offer our Pop Quiz at the beginning and end of a class that educates students about these issues, and discuss and compare the results. Plan a community-service activity that helps those at risk or hurt.
 

2. Use the Materials in Speeches, Essays and Assignments
 

Use any of our resources for various assignments throughout the school year. See Teens, Forced Abortion, Suicide, "Hard Cases/New Answers" regarding assault-related abortion issues, and Help/Healing pages to learn/teach more, and for community-outreach ideas.) This information can also be used in speeches, essays or school publications. Incorporate this seldom-reported evidence into various assignments, such as health, science, history, social studies, religion, civic or government classes.

3. Donate Books to High School, College, Church or Public Libraries

Donating books is among the best things you can do to counter missing or inaccurate information about abortion's exploitation, impact and risks. Reference books such as Detrimental Effects of Abortion will educate students and others for years to come!  Donating this or other books at special times, such as Mother's Day or Memorial Day, etc., also makes a great memorial or civic outreach project.

 

4. Keep School Nurses, School Counselors, Principals, etc. Informed
 

Share new evidence with schools for use in educational, community-service or internship programs, etc. There are many opportunities to incorporate these resources into existing or new programs. School officials should also be aware of the reality and risks of coercion and other abortion-related unethical and unsafe human rights abuses; plus the heartbreaking, injurious and even deadly aftereffects of abortion. Visit the Unsafe page, Unsafe/Maternal Deaths page, Help & Healing, Center Against Forced Abortions, etc. to learn and share more.

Share these downloadable, evidence-based materials from the Elliot Institute: 
 

-> Psychological harm
-> Physical aftereffects 

-> Help & Healing guide 

-> How to Help others guide

-> Counseling Resource guide, before or after abortion, for men, women, youth and families 
 

Learn and share about how to warn and help those being coerced:

-> Learn about the Center Against Forced Abortion (CAFA)
-> Show this video, Forced Abortion? Free Help! from CAFA
-> Share resources on our Teens page
 

Visit our Pop Quiz page for an online version or downloadable pdfs to print and share. This includes an answer key for test administrators.
 

 

Other resources  to download and share

* "What Every American Needs to Know" Ad/Flyer Series
Includes a postcard, flyer, co-op plus other gender-specific or global versions. Add your logo, message or local contact info to the co-op version.
 

* Portraits of Coercion Flyer
 

* Hard Cases: New Answers Booklet
A compassionate, surprising and evidence-based answer to abortion in cases of sexual assault. Offering abortions to women and girls who become pregnant from rape is commonly used to argue for abortion, but the truth is that abortion is detrimental and creates additional trauma for   those experiencing assault-related pregnancies.
 

* Research Booklets

Available in a 4-page booklet or 16-page booklet. There are also other handy summaries of key abortion research on this page.