Posted on 01/30/2009 10:21:39 AM PST by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama has come under fire for pro-abortion nominations for various positions and now he is drawing heat for nominating a pro-abortion Deputy Attorney General. His nominee David Ogden, is drawing criticism for authoring a Supreme Court brief dismissing negative effects from an abortion.
During the campaign, Obama came under heavy criticism for a comment saying he did not want his daughters punished with a pregnancy -- intimating that abortion would be the preferred course of action.
Now, Obama has appointed a top Justice Department official who appears to feel the same way.
Millions of women deal with a multitude of problems following an abortion, ranging from medical issues to mental health consequences.
But, in legal papers filed during the consideration of a 1992 Supreme Court case, Ogen claimed women don't deal with negative experiences resulting from an abortion.
Ogden wrote and filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Psychological Association for the Supreme Court's seminal decision in Casey v. Planned Parenthood.
In it, Ogden argued, "Abortion rarely causes or exacerbates psychological or emotional problems. When women do experience regret, depression, or guilt, such feelings are mild and diminish rapidly without adversely affecting general functioning."
"The few women who do experience negative psychological responses after abortion appear to be those with preexisting emotional problems," Ogden claimed.
"In sum, it is grossly misleading to tell a woman that abortion imposes possible detrimental psychological effects when the risks are negligible in most cases," Ogden claimed.
The Obama nominee appears to believe that childbirth is worse for women than an abortion.
"The evidence shows that she is more likely to experience feelings of relief and happiness, and when child-birth and child-rearing or adoption may pose concomitant (if not greater) risks or adverse psychological effects," he surmised.
These conclusions differ from research both at the time and since then that confirm women experience much greater mental health problems following an abortion.
Three studies released at the end of 2008 counter Ogden's claims.
Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University, and her colleagues published a study in the Journal of Psychiatric Research showing an abortion-mental health link exists.
The research team found induced abortions result in increased risks for a myriad of mental health problems ranging from anxiety to depression to substance abuse disorders.
The number of cases of mental health issues rose by as much as 17 percent in women having abortions compared to those who didn't have one and the risks of each particular mental health problem rose as much as 145% for post-abortive women.
For 12 out of 15 of the mental health outcomes examined, a decision to have an abortion resulted in an elevated risk for women.
"What is most notable in this study is that abortion contributed significant independent effects to numerous mental health problems above and beyond a variety of other traumatizing and stressful life experiences," they concluded.
Also, researchers at Otago University in New Zealand reported their findings in the British Journal of Psychiatry and found that women who have abortions have an increased risk of developing mental health problems.
The study found that women who had abortions had rates of mental health problems about 30% higher than other women. The conditions most associated with abortion included anxiety disorders and substance abuse disorders.
Abortions increased the risk of severe depression and anxiety by one-third and as many as 5.5 percent of all mental health disorders seen in New Zealand result from women having abortions.
A third study, from a team at the University of Queensland and published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found women who have an abortion are three times more likely to experience a drug or alcohol problem during their lifetime.
The study showed that women who had experienced an abortion were at increased risk of illicit drug and alcohol use compared with women who had never been pregnant or who gave birth.
What a deranged mindset.
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Not to mention the breast cancer link. Where is the Susan G. Komen foundation on that?
Then you know what you can do sterilize the little girls of yours then you will not have to worry about it..Now i would go along with sterilization before I would abortion..You see nut job we Christians love our children and did not for one minute wonder how we could get ride of them..
I think Mr. Ogden is projecting his own feelings onto others. “Whew, no child support! And maybe I’ll never see ‘her’ again, either.”
They are still funneling money to Big Abortion.
You are probably right.
Do you mean Komen foundation is?
Yep, they send a lot of money to Planned Parenthood. Even though both abortion and the pill increase breast cancer risk.
I agree with this. The claim that it is a hard choice most woman agonize over is BS imo. The lack of respect for like comes without a conscience.
Childbirth is better than abortion for the child.
Wow. I feel like a moron. I had no idea. My grandmother and aunt both died from breast cancer. I have not donated, but I will no longer support their pink cause.
While women may not agonize over their decision BEFOREHAND, the incidence of post-abortive psychological problems is both real and widespread.
The wrath of God is going to come upon this administration. The collapse of the economy is just the beginning.
I’d LOVE to watch him tell my wife that childbirth is worse than abortion. We have nine kids (7 natural and 2 adopted) and the absolute worst for her were the two miscarriages.
This woman, all 5’2” of her, would beat him like a rented mule - and she NEVER has gotten angry in 44 years of marriage.
Okay once, when somebody told her she had too many children. Paint peeled off the walls, the person’s skin turned purple and nothing grew on that spot for ten years.
He’s a man, how the heck does he know!!
(Just like feminazis say the father has no voice)
Read this...Shaking my head again!
My grandmother, aunt/godmother and my wife’s grandmother have all had breast cancer and mastectomies within the past three three years. NOBODY disputes that it is a devastating and horrible disease, but I will not support an organization that uses money to promote murder. Moreover, I can think of no good reason why the Komen Foundation would spend a dime on anything other than breast cancer research.
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