Nada L. Stotland

Nada Stotland, MD, MPH, is the 2008-9 President of the American Psychiatric Association and was a former [http://www.prch.org/content/index.php?pid=105 board member of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRHC).

Stotland's testimony before Congress http://energycommerce.house.gov/reparchives/108/Hearings/09292004hearing1388/Stotland2227.htm

Shadigian's testimony http://energycommerce.house.gov/reparchives/108/Hearings/09292004hearing1388/Shadigian2229.htm

Stotland told the LA TImes that women who have abortions are more likely to be emotionally unstable in the first place. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,5749127.story?coll=la-home-center

In 'Abortion: Social Context, Psychodynamic Implications" Am J Psychiatry, 155(7):964-967, 1998' Stotland admits her surprise when treating a woman whose past abortion emerged as a major psychological issue years later when she experienced a subsequent miscarriage. She states that "the loss of a potential life" caused by abortion "leaves the person vulnerable to reminders and reenactments, to difficulties that may surface in life and in subsequent psychotherapy."

Stotland Recommends Screening: http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/38/13/8

Stotland's Comments on abortion to APA http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118575.php

APA Position Paper on abortion http://www.psych.org/Departments/EDU/Library/APAOfficialDocumentsandRelated/PositionStatements/197703.aspx

Curiously, the APA position states "freedom to act to interrupt pregnancy must be considered a mental health imperative with major social and mental health implications." Does this not translate to "abortion must be considered a mental health imperative with major social and mental health implications."??

Koop's Letter http://www.justfacts.com/abortion.koopsletter.asp