Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

This Monday, the Daily Telegraph of London reported on a draft review conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which found that abortion does not harm women’s mental health. The review acknowledges that other research has had different findings, but its own conclusion was that “mental health outcomes are likely to be the same, whether women with unwanted pregnancies opt for an abortion or birth.”

However, the review does appear to say that in the months immediately following an abortion, women face a higher risk of psychological problems. Also, this is only a draft report — the final report will be released this summer — and it is possible that outside scrutiny may cause the Royal College of Psychiatrists to be more guarded in their final conclusions. Whenever professional organizations release a report, they often give those with dissenting views an opportunity to respond, highlighting shortcomings with the review or presenting research showing different conclusions.

read the rest here: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/264509/more-questionable-research-abortions-mental-health-effects-michael-j-new