Standard of Care for Abortion - Revision history

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Satisfaction With Counseling

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			'''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518327/ The politicization of abortion: And the evolution of abortion counseling.] American Journal of Public Health, Joffe, C. (2013). 103(1), 57–65. http://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301063'''

			*Abortion counseling recognizes that women may have conflicts between their "head and heart" which reflects the "complex and changing political meanings of abortion." The interviewed counselors admit that they are often not given sufficient time to counsel women considering an abortion.

	== Standard for Medical Disclosure of Risks and Benefits ==		== Standard for Medical Disclosure of Risks and Benefits ==

Barb: /* Abortion Procedures - Standards and Guidelines */

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Abortion Procedures - Standards and Guidelines

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	== Abortion Procedures - Standards and Guidelines ==		== Abortion Procedures - Standards and Guidelines ==

			[http://www.messengers2.com/review-of-research-on-induced-abortion-as-treatment/ Review of Research on Induced Abortion as Treatment], Philip Ney, 2017
			:Although abortion is the most commonly performed medical procedure in the world there is no evidence that it is medically indicated or beneficial for the patient. Abortion has never been established as an unencumbered right. It is always assumed it is good for women but the research is clear that it is not. This paper briefly reviews the best evidence for and against induced abortion as treatment. It alerts scientists and physicians to the defects of major studies now published.

			:It must be concluded that induced abortion is only harmful. Thus a country that provides induced abortion is legalizing an irreversible, invasive, harmful medical act. No country can be considered civilized and legalize wide-scale harmful acts. The least any country must now do is to suspend the payment through taxes for abortion until the abortionists and their supporters show substantial evidence that abortions are: necessary, beneficial, free of major harm, done only when other less invasive, more reversible treatments have been tried and only done with fully informed consent.


	''“ National Abortion Federation. 1998 Clinical Policy Guidelines in A Clinician’s Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion, Ed. Maureen Paul et al (New York: Churchill Livingston, 1999) 255-269''		''“ National Abortion Federation. 1998 Clinical Policy Guidelines in A Clinician’s Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion, Ed. Maureen Paul et al (New York: Churchill Livingston, 1999) 255-269''

Barb: /* Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening */

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Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening

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	Steinberg agrees that “Women seeking abortions may be at higher risk of prior untreated mental health disorders and the abortion care setting may be an important intervention point for mental health screening and referrals.”([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24402590 Steinberg & ~~Finer~~, ~~2011~~])		Steinberg agrees that “Women seeking abortions may be at higher risk of prior untreated mental health disorders and the abortion care setting may be an important intervention point for mental health screening and referrals.”([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24402590 Steinberg, McCulloch, & Adler, 2014)])


	[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]		[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]

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2016-12-17T01:07:18Z

Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening

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	According to the authors: "The new recommendation for post-induced abortion care, however, includes the statement that a check-up visit is necessary in order to detect signs of depression and to identify the rare cases of psychosis after an induced abortion.18 We highly recommend that such a check-up be made routine practice in all other countries where it has not yet been included in the current care practice scheme."		According to the authors: "The new recommendation for post-induced abortion care, however, includes the statement that a check-up visit is necessary in order to detect signs of depression and to identify the rare cases of psychosis after an induced abortion.18 We highly recommend that such a check-up be made routine practice in all other countries where it has not yet been included in the current care practice scheme."


			Steinberg agrees that “Women seeking abortions may be at higher risk of prior untreated mental health disorders and the abortion care setting may be an important intervention point for mental health screening and referrals.”([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24402590 Steinberg & Finer, 2011])


	[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]		[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]

Barb: /* Studies Showing Dangers of Inadequate Screening and Counseling */

2016-07-07T20:20:55Z

Studies Showing Dangers of Inadequate Screening and Counseling

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	'''[http://liveactionnews.org/pro-choice-former-clinic-worker-care-at-clinic-was-rushed-and-inadequate/ Pro-choice former clinic worker: care at clinic was “rushed and inadequate”] Live Action News. August 18, 2014'''		'''[http://liveactionnews.org/pro-choice-former-clinic-worker-care-at-clinic-was-rushed-and-inadequate/ Pro-choice former clinic worker: care at clinic was “rushed and inadequate”] Live Action News. August 18, 2014'''

	:In ~~her~~ 2006 book ''Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice'' pro-choice writer Jenny Higgins describes the lack of time she was allowed to provide counseling with patients:		:In a chapter of the 2006 book ''Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice'' pro-choice writer Jenny Higgins describes the lack of time she was allowed to provide counseling with patients:
	::The underfunded structure of services at the clinics meant that I rarely had the time or resources to give women the clinical or psychological care they needed or deserved. Counseling sessions were strictly time constrained, sometimes allowing only 5 minutes per patient. ...		::The underfunded structure of services at the clinics meant that I rarely had the time or resources to give women the clinical or psychological care they needed or deserved. Counseling sessions were strictly time constrained, sometimes allowing only 5 minutes per patient. ...

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	::In a second challenge to my previously held beliefs, clinic work forced me to face the reality of abortion as a real human calamity. It was hard to ignore abortion’s underbelly of loss when so many patients exhibited deep and, at times, almost bottomless sadness, distress, or anxiety. Even though these women were trying to make the best decision for themselves, such certainty of choice couldn’t entirely remove the psychological injury.		::In a second challenge to my previously held beliefs, clinic work forced me to face the reality of abortion as a real human calamity. It was hard to ignore abortion’s underbelly of loss when so many patients exhibited deep and, at times, almost bottomless sadness, distress, or anxiety. Even though these women were trying to make the best decision for themselves, such certainty of choice couldn’t entirely remove the psychological injury.


	== Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening ==		== Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening ==

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 :(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine associations between perceptions of preabortion counseling adequacy and partner congruence in abortion decisions and two sets of outcome variables involving relationship problems and individual psychological stress. Data were collected through online surveys from 374 women who had a prior abortion and 198 men whose partners had experienced elective abortion. For women, perceptions of preabortion counseling inadequacy predicted relationship problems, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, and meeting full diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with controls for demographic and personal/situational variables used. For men, perceptions of inadequate counseling predicted relationship problems and symptoms of intrusion and avoidance with the same controls used. Incongruence in the decision to abort predicted intrusion and meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD among women with controls used, whereas for men, decision incongruence predicted intrusion, hyperarousal, meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and relationship problems. Findings suggest that both perceptions of inadequate preabortion counseling and incongruence in the abortion decision with one’s partner are related to adverse personal and interpersonal outcomes.&nbsp;:
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	:(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine associations between perceptions of preabortion counseling adequacy and partner congruence in abortion decisions and two sets of outcome variables involving relationship problems and individual psychological stress. Data were collected through online surveys from 374 women who had a prior abortion and 198 men whose partners had experienced elective abortion. For women, perceptions of preabortion counseling inadequacy predicted relationship problems, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, and meeting full diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with controls for demographic and personal/situational variables used. For men, perceptions of inadequate counseling predicted relationship problems and symptoms of intrusion and avoidance with the same controls used. Incongruence in the decision to abort predicted intrusion and meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD among women with controls used, whereas for men, decision incongruence predicted intrusion, hyperarousal, meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and relationship problems. Findings suggest that both perceptions of inadequate preabortion counseling and incongruence in the abortion decision with one’s partner are related to adverse personal and interpersonal outcomes. :		:(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine associations between perceptions of preabortion counseling adequacy and partner congruence in abortion decisions and two sets of outcome variables involving relationship problems and individual psychological stress. Data were collected through online surveys from 374 women who had a prior abortion and 198 men whose partners had experienced elective abortion. For women, perceptions of preabortion counseling inadequacy predicted relationship problems, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, and meeting full diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with controls for demographic and personal/situational variables used. For men, perceptions of inadequate counseling predicted relationship problems and symptoms of intrusion and avoidance with the same controls used. Incongruence in the decision to abort predicted intrusion and meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD among women with controls used, whereas for men, decision incongruence predicted intrusion, hyperarousal, meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and relationship problems. Findings suggest that both perceptions of inadequate preabortion counseling and incongruence in the abortion decision with one’s partner are related to adverse personal and interpersonal outcomes. :

			== Pre-Abortion Screening and Post-Abortion Screening ==
	'''Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000. Gissler, M., et al. (2005). European Journal of Public Health, 15, 459-463.'''		'''Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000. Gissler, M., et al. (2005). European Journal of Public Health, 15, 459-463.'''

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	:(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine associations between perceptions of preabortion counseling adequacy and partner congruence in abortion decisions and two sets of outcome variables involving relationship problems and individual psychological stress. Data were collected through online surveys from 374 women who had a prior abortion and 198 men whose partners had experienced elective abortion. For women, perceptions of preabortion counseling inadequacy predicted relationship problems, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, and meeting full diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with controls for demographic and personal/situational variables used. For men, perceptions of inadequate counseling predicted relationship problems and symptoms of intrusion and avoidance with the same controls used. Incongruence in the decision to abort predicted intrusion and meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD among women with controls used, whereas for men, decision incongruence predicted intrusion, hyperarousal, meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and relationship problems. Findings suggest that both perceptions of inadequate preabortion counseling and incongruence in the abortion decision with one’s partner are related to adverse personal and interpersonal outcomes. :		:(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine associations between perceptions of preabortion counseling adequacy and partner congruence in abortion decisions and two sets of outcome variables involving relationship problems and individual psychological stress. Data were collected through online surveys from 374 women who had a prior abortion and 198 men whose partners had experienced elective abortion. For women, perceptions of preabortion counseling inadequacy predicted relationship problems, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal, and meeting full diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with controls for demographic and personal/situational variables used. For men, perceptions of inadequate counseling predicted relationship problems and symptoms of intrusion and avoidance with the same controls used. Incongruence in the decision to abort predicted intrusion and meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD among women with controls used, whereas for men, decision incongruence predicted intrusion, hyperarousal, meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and relationship problems. Findings suggest that both perceptions of inadequate preabortion counseling and incongruence in the abortion decision with one’s partner are related to adverse personal and interpersonal outcomes. :


			'''Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000. Gissler, M., et al. (2005). European Journal of Public Health, 15, 459-463.'''

			According to the authors: "The new recommendation for post-induced abortion care, however, includes the statement that a check-up visit is necessary in order to detect signs of depression and to identify the rare cases of psychosis after an induced abortion.18 We highly recommend that such a check-up be made routine practice in all other countries where it has not yet been included in the current care practice scheme."


	[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]		[[category:Research\|Category:Research]][[Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues\|Category:Law_&_Legal_Issues]][[Category:Detrimental_Effects_of_Abortion,_An_Annotated_Bibliography]][[Category:Strahan]]

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			'''Related Articles:'''
			:[http://liveactionnews.org/pro-choice-former-clinic-worker-care-at-clinic-was-rushed-and-inadequate/ Pro-choice former clinic worker: care at clinic was “rushed and inadequate”]

Barb: /* Informed Consent */

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Informed Consent

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	~~The passage below is from~~ the chapter on “Informed consent, patient education and counseling” ~~which appears in an edition of a leading textbook on abortion care~~ in ~~the United States,~~ [http://books.google.com/books?id=gesjAVSKL34C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Maureen+Paul+Management+of+Unintended+Pregnancy&source=bl&ots=8Ru4SztsVM&sig=Ih0TY8H2koTCVsUVDFDvwqaBzME&hl=en&ei=khopTJy4B8OKnQea4cl1&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AE#v=onepage&q&f=false Management of ~~unintended~~ and ~~abnormal pregnancy~~.]		From the chapter “Informed consent, patient education and counseling” in [http://books.google.com/books?id=gesjAVSKL34C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Maureen+Paul+Management+of+Unintended+Pregnancy&source=bl&ots=8Ru4SztsVM&sig=Ih0TY8H2koTCVsUVDFDvwqaBzME&hl=en&ei=khopTJy4B8OKnQea4cl1&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AE#v=onepage&q&f=false Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care.] a leading textbook on abortion care in the United States
	:“Informed consent is a legal and ethical ~~obligation…Informed~~ consent includes informing the patient about her medical condition, available treatment options, and the benefits and risks of these ~~alternatives……~~
	:~~…the~~ woman should initially be questioned alone about her decision and afforded an opportunity to disclose coercion. If a patient expresses doubts or misgivings, her options and feelings warrant more extensive exploration.”		:“Informed consent is a legal and ethical obligation... Informed consent includes informing the patient about her medical condition, available treatment options, and the benefits and risks of these alternatives. . .
			:. . . the woman should initially be questioned alone about her decision and afforded an opportunity to disclose coercion. If a patient expresses doubts or misgivings, her options and feelings warrant more extensive exploration.”

	== Satisfaction With Counseling ==		== Satisfaction With Counseling ==