Congressional Letter Calls on NIH to Address Abortion, Depression Link

There is a dearth of information about the effects of abortion on women. Abortion advocates are against gathering any scientific data that might cast abortion in a negative light. We report today on yet another call in the US House to initiate a longitudinal study that will explore abortion and depression. This is certainly a reasonable proposal.

A recent letter from a House subcommittee to the National Institutes of Health reveals a new strategy in the fight to get the scientific community to address the question of abortion and depression. The letter presents the findings of a recent study out of New Zealand recently reported in Culture & Cosmos that shows a strong link between abortion and poor mental health and asks the director of the NIH to address the study's findings with US research.