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The APA releases new report: abortion no threat to mental health.

Publication: Women's Health Activist
Publication Date: 01-NOV-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The American Psychological Association (APA) has just released a report indicating that there is no solid scientific evidence that abortion causes mental distress in women. (1) This is a timely refutation of the fiction, promoted by anti-choice activists for several decades, that having an abortion harms women's mental health. The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), for example, claims that: "Researchers on the aftereffects of abortion have identified a pattern of psychological problems known as Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS). Women suffering PAS may experience drug and alcohol abuse, personal relationship disorders, sexual dysfunction, repeated abortions, communications difficulties, damaged self-esteem, and even attempt suicide." (2) (To support this dire assertion, the NRLC only cites 20-year-old Congressional testimony.)

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