By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL-ETF Director of Education & Research Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Just this past September, I was remarking how a major meta-analysis appearing in the August 2011 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry showed a significant association between abortion and mental health problems, despite long standing denials from abortion defenders … Read more
Priscilla K. Coleman, Ph.D. Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. The Royal College of Psychiatrist’s recently conducted review of scientific literature published from 1990 to the present on abortion and mental health is hauntingly similar to the American Psychological Association Task Force Report released in 2008. The report by the RCP is, however, far more complex and on … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Dr. Peter Saunders deftly rebuts flawed study Coming to an utterly predictable outcome, a review commissioned by the [British] Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has concluded that “abortion is not associated with an increase in mental health problems.” Billed as the largest study worldwide of the relationship between abortion and mental wellbeing, … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Will Saletan By happenstance I learned a while back that Will Saletan, an author and columnist for Slate magazine, would be debating Ann Furedi, who runs a big-time British abortion service, over the issue of “late abortions” in October. Saletan is the kind of “pro-choicer” who, I have no doubt, blanched at … Read more
By Dr. Peter Saunders David Fergusson Priscilla Coleman’s recent meta-analysis showing a link between abortion and mental health problems not surprisingly has created a storm, coming as it did in the middle of the recent parliamentary debate over independent abortion counseling. Whilst the left wing press and the BBC chose to ignore it, other academics … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL-ETF Director of Education & Research Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. Despite decades of evidence and countless studies to the contrary, the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion confidently concluded in August 2008 that abortion did not pose a threat to women’s mental health. Priscilla Coleman, a Professor … Read more
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Who pays for abortions today, and how much? Recent data offers some surprising answers, including the existence of a “National Network of Abortion Funds.” According to the latest survey of abortionists from the Guttmacher Institute, in 2009 the average cost … Read more