Anti Abortion and One Never Ending Lie

The myth that having an abortion harms a woman's mental health has been around for several decades. It was even repeated by a Supreme Court judge who sided with abortion rights. If the person repeating the lie knows no better, we can give them a partial pass. But when a source is referred to, and the source does not corroborate the lie, that is inexcusable. This happens every year on Christian Post and appears there today.

The basic story is that women who have had abortions are more likely to use mental health services. This long-standing bit of statistics has been reported for years and continues to be seen in statistics. One of the important professional studies which looked into this was the Turnaway Study. It found women who had used mental health services before and abortion used them more often after their abortions. Makes perfect sense. 

It is clear the authors of the link have not read the study they discuss. The study points out the widely known statistics that women who have had abortions are more likely to use mental health services. But the study clearly states this is correlation, not causation. It does not mean abortion was the reason more women seek metal health care. It goes on to point out that metal health care after an abortion is more common among women who sought this care before their abortion. In summary, it is not possible to conclude that abortion causes mental health problems.

What we see here is that anti abortion does not have integrity nor arguments on its behalf. Women seek out abortions because they need them. The abortions do not cause either physical or mental problems. The sooner honesty is introduced to the anti abortion arm of politics the better off we will all be.