https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/27/washington-times-is-abortion-a-mental-health-risk/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/27/washington-times-is-abortion-a-mental-health-risk/#comment-19071 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:44:01 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1122#comment-19071 @ken:
The APA could have done what the British Royal College of Psychiatrists did.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/27/washington-times-is-abortion-a-mental-health-risk/#comment-19070 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:49:56 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1122#comment-19070 And what is dogmatic about that statement Warren?
sounds to me, warren, that because they didn’t give the result you wanted you are attacking them. The report points out that the existing research is not sufficient to reach a conclusion that abortion causes significant mental health problems. The studies you (and others) have implied do show this have not been able to distinguish whether the correlations found are with abortion or unwanted pregnancy in general.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/27/washington-times-is-abortion-a-mental-health-risk/#comment-19069 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:12:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1122#comment-19069 @ken:
“The best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they have a single elective first-trimester abortion or deliver that pregnancy,”

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/08/27/washington-times-is-abortion-a-mental-health-risk/#comment-19068 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:39:35 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//?p=1122#comment-19068 I asked this before but never got an answer. what is the “dogmatic conclusion” in the APA report?

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