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Chair of APA Abortion Report Task Force Violates APA Ethics Rules Lead Author Refuses to Release Abortion Data Collected Under Federal Grant Springfield, IL (August 13, 2008) – The credibility of a new report on the mental health effects of abortion from the American Psychological Association is tarnished by the fact that the lead author, […]
Springfield, IL (Aug. 10, 2006) — Adolescent girls who abort unintended pregnancies are five times more likely to seek subsequent help for psychological and emotional problems compared to their peers who carry “unwanted pregnancies” to term, according to a new nationally representative study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a […]
Studies Showing Emotional Problems Not Relevant to American Psychological Association’s Pro-Choice Advocacy Springfield, IL (Feb. 15, 2006) — According to a spokesperson for the American Psychological Association, the APA’s pro-choice position, first adopted in 1969, is based on a civil rights view, not on scientific proof of any mental health benefits arising from abortion. The […]
Sleep Disorders Increase After Abortion Study of 56,284 May Link Sleep Problems to Abortion Trauma Springfield, IL (Jan. 25, 2006) A new study published in Sleep, the official journal of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, has found that women who experienced abortion were more likely to be treated for sleep disorders or disturbances compared to […]
Abortion-Depression Study Flawed and Misleading Experts Dispute Interpretations of Federal Study Springfield, IL (Nov. 2, 2005) — In 2002, an analysis of a nationally representative study of women funded by the U.S. government found that among women with an unintended first pregnancy, those who had abortions had significantly higher depression scores. But now a new […]