An update on issues relating to abortion,
produced for bpas
 
Mental health
 
  13 June 2011

UK: Christian disciplined in abortion leaflet row

The Daily Telegraph reports on the case of a mental health worker who ‘felt that the NHS was failing to give patients information about the risks and other options to terminating a pregnancy’.

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  22 May 2011

USA: Psychological experiences of women having later abortions

This paper critically evaluates studies on later abortion and mental health in order to inform both policy and practice. From Women’s Health Issues. 

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  18 April 2011

Commentary: ‘Beware the anti-abortionists’ tiny steps towards reform’

Writing in the Guardian, Libby Brooks argues that the combination of US-style activism and big society localism poses a real threat to a woman’s right to choose.

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  28 January 2011

Denmark: Induced first-trimester abortion and risk of mental disorder

This study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found no evidence to support the hypothesis that there is an increased risk of mental disorders after a first-trimester induced abortion. 

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9 November 2010

The big lie about abortion and mental health

The latest war on abortion is being fought less over women’s bodies than over their minds, writes Brenda Major in the Washington Post.

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  4 November 2010

USA: Unplanned pregnancy in women with anorexia nervosa

The study set out to compare the frequency with which unplanned pregnancies occur in individuals with anorexia nervosa relative to women without eating disorders in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. From Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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30 September 2010

USA: Abortion and mental health problems in adolescents

A study from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health concludes that adolescents who have an abortion do not appear to be at elevated risk for depression or low self-esteem in the short term or up to five years after the abortion.

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