Comments on: Uninformed Consent: Abortion and Mental Health Consequences https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Anonymous https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-950 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:50:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-950 Interesting, however, now a days we also know about “post partum stress” related syndroms that can lead to depression: Are women going to stop having babies because of that? I guess the answer is no.

In case that the study mentioned in the article is reliable, the call is:
– Further research
– More treatment available
– Measures that strengthen and ensure proper sex education that include use of contraception from a cientific point of view.
– pre/post follow up and couselling for the women that decide to have an abortion.

]]> By: Throckmorton https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-949 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-949 The sampling was representative of the NZ population which makes it a very strong study. Much stronger than studies that ask for volunteers. This is true on either side of the issue. No one is saying all women experience problems. I suspect there is a group who never think a thing about it and a group that has mixed reactions and then a group that has pathological regret. What troubles me is the pro-choice side avoiding any comment or recognition that some evidence points to harm. If a pro-lifer said all abortions were psychologically harmful to the mother I would reject that position as well.

]]> By: Norm! https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-948 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:26:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/01/16/uninformed-consent-abortion-and-mental-health-consequences/#comment-948 I haven’t read the study, so I’m dependent on news accounts regarding the study’s actual number. So, when you write “42%”, you really mean to say that approximately 38 of 90 New Zealand women who had abortions experienced some type of depression.

I think it is a significant omission to not mention how large the study was since using a percentage would suggest that the number of people studied was too vast to number. I have noticed that many of the on-line discussions and articles about this study have been misleading about the number of women studied who experienced abortions.

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