Using the US National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), Coleman, Coyle, Shuping, and Rue
(2009) published an analysis indicating that compared to women who had never had an …

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a first abortion increases risk of mental health disorders
compared with a first childbirth with and without considering prepregnancy mental health …

In a separate publication (Steinberg and Finer, 2011), we reported that we were unable to
replicate the findings reported by Coleman et al. in their original paper. We followed with an …

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between abortion history and a wide
range of anxiety (panic disorder, panic attacks, PTSD, Agoraphobia), mood (bipolar …

Research in the field of mental health consequences of abortion is characterized by
methodological limitations. We used exact matching on carefully selected confounders in a …

Objective: To examine the links between pregnancy outcomes (birth, abortion, or involuntary
pregnancy loss) and mental health outcomes for US women during the transition into …

BackgroundResearch on the links between abortion and mental health has been limited by
design problems and relatively weak evidence. AimsTo examine the links between …

Objective: Most previous studies that have investigated the relation between abortion and
mental illness have presented mixed findings. We examined the relation between abortion …

Using data from the United States National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) and the
National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), we conducted secondary data analyses to examine the …

Background and Objectives: Psychological outcomes following termination of wanted
pregnancies have not previously been studied. Does excluding such abortions affect …