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—For Immediate Release— November 12th, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study claiming to have disproven research linking abortion to elevated risks of suicide has itself been proven to be inaccurate and deceptive, according to a new reanalysis of Turnaway Study data. The original analysis, conducted by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), reported no […]
October 29, 2024 (Pensacola, FL) A prominent study cited in abortion rights lawsuits is based on the unethical use of personal identifying information, according to a new peer reviewed report. In addition, the report catalogues numerous ways the Turnaway Study has violated the accepted standards for reporting scientific results. The report is authored by David […]
Springfield, IL (July 27, 2018) — The claim that 95 percent of women have no regrets or mental illness after their abortions is based on the Turnaway Study’s intentionally inaccurate analysis and an unrepresentative sample of women, according to a new review published in the Linacre Quarterly medical journal. The review examines a series of studies […]
7/21/15 Priscilla K. Coleman, Ph.D. Note: Last week we reported on a deeply flawed study using the “Turnaway Study” that is being used to claim that most women have no regrets after an abortion. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, of Bowling Green State University and director of WECARE, has also published her own criticism which is reprinted […]
7/15/2015 “This Study Should End The Debate About Whether Women Regret Having Abortions,” reads the headline from ThinkProgress. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, claims that 95 percent of women having abortions do not have regrets afterward. From the study: Women experienced decreasing emotional intensity over time, and the overwhelming majority of women […]
