Mental Health Effects

Nada Stotland Admits Psychological Impact of Abortion

Stotland Moves by David C. Reardon, Ph.D. In 1992, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a commentary by psychiatrist Nada Stotland entitled “The Myth of Abortion Trauma Syndrome.” In her commentary Stotland emphatically insisted that post-abortion trauma “does not exist.” While her arguments for this absolutist position were strained and inconsistent with the […]

JAMA Gymnastics: Jumping through hoops to prove abortion is safe

by David C. Reardon The American Medical Association has long supported legal abortion. Indeed, since 1972, the AMA’s amicus briefs to the Supreme Court have generously provided Justice Harry Blackmun and his cohorts with a “medical” justification for abortion on demand. The crux of this “medical” justification is the claim that abortion is “safe” – […]

Responding to Pro-Abortion Researchers

Responding to Pro-Abortion Researchers by David C. Reardon To counteract the push toward greater protections for women, pro-abortion researchers have begun a new push to publish skewed studies “proving” that abortion is “safe.” The most recent example of this effort appeared in the form of a lengthy commentary by Nada Stotland, M.D., in the October […]

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