Ten years ago, on January 10, 1994, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial for the “malicious wounding” of her husband's manhood with an eight-inch kitchen knife. After an eleven-day trial, she was acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity.
On the tenth anniversary of this internationally-watched trial, the Elliot Institute is releasing a special report on the case, entitled “The John and Lorena Bobbitt Mystery, Unraveled” that reveals surprising new information on the case.
According to Dr. David Reardon, author of the Elliot Institute report, “All the evidence presented at Lorena's trial supports the view that her psychiatric symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)were precipitated by a coerced abortion three days before their first wedding anniversary. Lorena pleaded to keep her child and gave in to the abortion only because she was pressured into it by John. Like other women before her, Lorena experienced the unwanted abortion as an attack on both her maternity and her sexuality. That is the key to understanding her subsequent attack on John.”
Court transcripts reveal that Lorena's abortion was on June 15, 1990. On June 18, 1993, she went to her doctor complaining of hyperventilation, cramping, and anxiety attacks. “These psychosomatic symptoms are all typical of a post-abortion anniversary reaction,” said Reardon a well-known expert on the abortion experiences of women. “The cutting incident occurred five days later, only minutes after she experienced flashbacks to the abortion, another common post-abortion reaction.”
According to research cited in Reardon's analysis of the Bobbitt case, nearly 60% of women who experience post-abortion problems report that after their abortions, they lost their tempers more easily and became more violent when angry.
A copy of the Elliot Institute's Special Report, “The John and Lorena Bobbitt Mystery, Unraveled,” can be downloaded by clicking here.
(This update courtesy of LifeSiteNews.com.)
