Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 81-83 , February 2009

Science prevails: abortion and mental health

  • Julia R. Steinberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Beth Jordan

      Affiliations

    • Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Washington, DC 20036, USA
    • ,
  • Elisa S. Wells

      Affiliations

    • Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Received 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 21 October 2008.

References 

  1. Carhart, 127 S. Ct. at 1634 (citing Brief of Sandra Cano, the Former “Mary Doe” of Doe v. Bolton, and 180 Women Injured by Abortion as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner at 22–24, Carhart, 127 S. Ct. 1610 (No. 05-380), 2006 WL 1436684).
  2. Charles VE, Polis CB, Sridhara SK, Blum RW. Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes: a systematic review of the evidence. Contraception. 2008;78:436–450
  3. American Psychological Association . Report of the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion. http://www.apa.org/releases/abortion-report.pdf[Accessed September 22, 2008]
  4. Adler NE. Abortion and the null hypothesis. Arch Gen Psych. 2000;57:785–786
  5. Cougle JR, Reardon DC, Coleman PD. Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: a cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. J Anxiety Disord. 2005;19:137–142
  6. Steinberg JR, Russo NF. Abortion and anxiety: what's the relationship?. Soc Sci Med. 2008;67:238–252

PII: S0010-7824(08)00492-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.10.011

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 81-83 , February 2009

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