Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome? Emily, Do You Really Need to Ask?
Part One of Two The title of the January 21 cover story in the New York Times Magazine, "Is there a Post-Abortion Syndrome?" suggests the article will address the strength of the available scientific evidence on the topic, which has obvious bearing on recent and future legislation. Instead, what Emily Bazelon , granddaughter of pro-abortion judge David L. Bazelon and the cousin of pro-abortion feminist Betty Friedan , offers is an unconvincing circuitous voyage around the recent and rapidly accumulating scientific evidence that clearly show the negative psychological consequences of abortion. [More] Once again we have an untrained, non-professional person using weak studies (loaded with confounds) attempting to interpret things via her own limited and distorted perceptions on the situation. Even a simple B.S. degree in psychology, biology, or social work might give a tiny amount of credence to what Ms. Emily is saying, yet she does not even possess the minimal amount of t...