APA Abortion Report

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• Tales From an Insider: How The APA Denied Abortion's Mental Health Risks, by Rachel M. MacNair, Ph.D

• Researcher: APA Chair Withholding Info on Abortion's Mental Health Risks by Steven Ertelt

• Letters to APA Regarding Task Force on Abortion

• The APA Task Force Report dismisses a large body of evidence demonstrating a link between abortion and mental health problems. And in the end it is left with only one study which it deems to be definitive in demonstrating no higher mental health risks associated with abortion. That study Gilchrist has a number of flaws described here

• David Fergusson reacts to the APA Mental Health and Abortion task force report

• Allegations cloud APA Mental Health and Abortion report

• APA abortion and mental health report: Single abortion not a threat to women’s mental health

• What the headline's avoid saying, "APA finds more than one abortion is threat to women's mental health"

• APA Report Unconvincing. 100 Scientists Report Abortion Does Cause Mental Health Problems

• On March 14, 2008, the British Royal Academy of Psychiatrists recognized the need to screen for risk factors associated with mental health problems associated with abortion, stating:

“Healthcare professionals who assess or refer women who are requesting an abortion should assess for mental disorder and for risk factors that may be associated with its subsequent development. If a mental disorder or risk factors are identified, there should be a clearly identified care pathway whereby the mental health needs of the woman and her significant others may be met."

Here is the full Royal College of Psychiatrists