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Abortion: United States
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This paper gives a clear picture of WHV's position on abortion. The statistics are up-to-date, it is easy to read, and well referenced. There is ... a useful list of text and web resources. The paper will be regularly updated via the WHV web site.
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"You don't have to go to China to discover forced abortion," said Steven Mosher, president of Population Research Institute. "It exists right here in America, and has for many years. But now there's a way to stop it." Mosher has introduced "About FACE," a national campaign to protect American women from violations committed in private and state-funded abortion facilities.
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These findings are inconsistent with the current consensus on the psychological effects of abortion. In particular, in its 2005 statement on abortion, the American Psychological Association concluded that “well-designed studies of psychological responses following abortion have consistently shown that risk of psychological harm is low...the percentage of women who experience clinically relevant distress is small and appears to be no greater than in general samples of women of reproductive age” (American Psychological Association, 2005). This relatively strong conclusion about the absence of harm from abortion was based on a relatively small number of studies which had one or more of the following limitations: a) absence of comprehensive assessment of mental disorders; b) lack of comparison groups; and c) limited statistical controls. Furthermore, the statement appears to disregard the findings of a number of studies that had claimed to show negative effects for abortion (Cougle et al., 2003; Gissler et al., 1996; Reardon & Cougle, 2002). [28]
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The Kansas Senate approved a bill that requires doctors who perform abortions to provide state health officials detailed information about each late-term abortion and whether the fetus was abnormal. Opponents of the bill argued that it was an attempt to harass doctors and clinics while proponents claimit will provide Kansans with better data about abortions.
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Thirty-eight epidemiological studies exploring an independent link [between abortion and] breast cancer have been published. Twenty-nine report risk elevations. Thirteen out of 15 American studies found risk elevations. Seventeen studies are statistically significant, 16 of which report increased risk.
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T[H]e letter signatories pointed out that UN reports such as The World's Women 2005 : Progress in Statistics "concluded that accurate data on maternal mortality, including abortion, was not available, particularly for the developing world. Consequently, presenting unverified and unreliable data on illegal abortions as a fact can only be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to deceive participants and the international community".
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