Dear ProLife Colleague, As you may be well aware of, the forces of mainstream psychology are bent on proving that abortion is a benign psychological experience for most women. The APA Task Force report of 2008 is a classic example of this agenda (see AAPLOG critique at https://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/aaplog-response-to-the-apa-task-force-report/ Here is another example of authors brave enough to report the evidenced-based facts, as opposed to the politically correct facts. (Somehow we missed this study when it came out in April of 2010. Sorry!) Here is a synopsis: 2010 Canadian study reaffirms a wide range of mental health problems associated with induced abortion. Canadian authors Mota, Burnett, and Sareen affiliated with the University of Manitoba published a study entitled “Associations Between Abortion, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviour in a Nationally Representative Sample” in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 55, No 4, Aprtil 2010. The study affirms results of many previous studies on abortion and mental health. The results are generally consistent with results of an earlier study using an earlier version of the National Co-morbidity Survey (NCS) data (Coleman et al. 2009). The Canadian researchers used the NCS replication data collected between 2001 and 2003. Key points are provided below. · A large nationally representative U.S. sample was examined for associations between abortion and life-time prevalence of numerous mental disorders and suicidal behaviors. · Pro-choice researchers frequently claim the associations between abortion and mental health problems in the literature are due to an unmeasured history of violence exposure being related to both the choice to abort and to mental health problems. Mota and colleagues tested this assumption by controlling for violence in all the analyses conducted. They also controlled for age, education, marital status, household income, and ethno-racial background. · The results revealed statistically significant associations between abortion history and a wide range of mental health problems after controlling for the experience of interpersonal violence and demographic variables. · NOTE: When compared to women without a history of abortion, those who had an abortion had a 61% increased risk for Mood Disorders. Social Phobia was linked with a 61% increased risk and suicide ideation with a 59% increased risk. · NOTE: In the area of substance abuse, the increased risk for alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse, drug dependence, and any substance use disorder were equal to 261%, 142%, 313%, 287%, and 280% respectively. · Between 5.8% and 24.7% of the national prevalence of all the above disorders was determined to be related to abortion. This report represents the latest in a series of articles from across the globe (U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Norway, and South Africa) published in recent years directly contradicting the findings of the American Psychological Association Task Force report released in 2008. Large scale, well-controlled studies using sophisticated data analysis methodologies consistently confirm a relationship between abortion and psychological distress that the national professional organization has dismissed.
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