Does having an abortion cause mental problems?
Abortion will not cause mental illness. The president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association has stated, “meticulous research shows that there is no causal relationship between abortions and mental illnesses. Women’s mental health is jeopardized when laws require doctors to mislead them and is best served when women make their own decisions. That’s why the American Psychiatric Association stands in favor of women’s access to reproductive health care.” (Nada L. Stotland, M.D., in a letter to The New York Times, May 28, 2007) In addition, Susan A.
