Thursday, March 02, 2006

Abortion Study Causes Stir in New Zealand
By Mary Rettig
March 1, 2006

(AgapePress) - The director of the Elliot Institute says a New Zealand study could have a big effect on abortion around the globe. The study reports that women who have abortions have a higher rate of subsequent mental problems that couldn't be explained by any pre-abortion mental issues.

Dr. David Reardon, a pro-life researcher from Illinois, has published reports in the U.S. on the effects of abortion on women. He says the lead researcher of the New Zealand study, Professor David Fergusson -- an abortion supporter -- had a difficult time trying to publish his findings. Reardon explains why that occurred.

"He ran into [something] we've long known about, which is that there's a bias against any research that questions that abortion is the greatest thing since sliced bread," Reardon says. "He had three rejections before he was finally accepted."
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