According to a recent article published in LifeNews.com, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is continued to deny any abortion-adverse mental health risk at its annual convention.

As it turns out, the APA came under national scrutiny and then condemnation recently for releasing a report claiming that abortion causes no mental health issues for women.  However, the report was criticized as being negligent in ignoring blatant evidence as was presented by several members.

A Touchy Subject

Abortion has (and probably will ) always been a hot-button issue for Americans and the rest of the world alike.  We can all agree to disagree on whether or not abortions are ethical or moral.  However, at the end of the day, wouldn’t it make sense that having an abortion is traumatic both for the woman involved as well as her family?  Therefore, having said that, wouldn’t you figure that it would have some sort of negative mental effect on the person(s) involved?

According to the article:

The research team found induced abortions result in increased risks for a myriad of mental health problems ranging from anxiety to depression to substance abuse disorders.

The number of cases of mental health issues rose by as much as 17 percent in women having abortions compared to those who didn’t have one and the risks of each particular mental health problem rose as much as 145% for post-abortive women.

For 12 out of 15 of the mental health outcomes examined, a decision to have an abortion resulted in an elevated risk for women.

Original post here: Mark Houston Recovery Blog