[Mr. Silverback]

Fergusson has told interviewers that he knows it’s because his findings are too “controversial”—so controversial that New Zealand’s Abortion Supervisory Committee warned him against publishing his work, not for scientific reasons, but for political ones.

In other words, they can't handle the truth. But don't forget, they're so intellectually superior to we emotion-driven, religious fanatic pro-lifers.

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[TChris]

That, my friends, is a true professional and a true scientist speaking.

Dittos! Kudos to Fergusson for his ethical strength.

[Dark Skies]

As Carl Jung told the world in Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, guilt is a very real and permanent part of a person. How one deals with it (or prevents it) means the difference between sanity and insanity.

Having an abortion as a consequence of sexual gratification means that a woman ultimately has to not only come to accept that she has murdered her child for pure physical gratification but then she must accept that the only way to find peace (clear conscience) is to find divine and personal forgiveness for the act.

Very tall order!

[socialismisinsidious]

I would suggest to Dr. Fergusson that he now do a study from the baby's perspective.

[lizma]

Studies in Finland and California have showed the same findings.

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[linda_22003]

There is another thread going on the New Zealand story as well:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584019/posts

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"In other words, they can't handle the truth. But don't forget, they're so intellectually superior to we emotion-driven, religious fanatic pro-lifers."

There's a first for the thought-Nazis of the left, eh?

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[Rocky]

Excellent article. If only more scientists were as bold and honest.

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[.30Carbine]

My hat is off to Dr. Fergusson. Despite the controversy, and despite the fact that his results disagreed with his own beliefs, Fergusson was determined to publish them anyway. And he told the Herald, “It verges on scandalous that a surgical procedure that is performed on over one in 10 women has been so poorly researched and evaluated, given the debates about the psychological consequences of abortion.”

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[PsyOp]

Not surprising.

Remember when researchers thought they had found the gene responsible for homosexuality? Gays, who have been saying for years that being gay is genetically determined and not simply a lifestyle choice came unglued.

They denounced the research that seemed to prove their long-held claims.

Why? They were afraid that parents might selectively abort children that carried the Gene. Yet they continue to support abortion and claim being gay is determined at birth.

Go figure...

[jwalsh07]

Not that most pro-choicers want to hear this, of course—and particularly not now, with the Supreme Court just having agreed to hear an appeal of the partial-birth abortion ban case, where the issue turns on exceptions about the mother’s health. This is why I said that Dr. Fergusson is learning something about what it’s like to be pro-life. This well-regarded researcher and his team normally have no trouble at all getting their work published. But in this case they had to go to four different journals before they could find one that would publish their study. Fergusson has told interviewers that he knows it’s because his findings are too “controversial”—so controversial that New Zealand’s Abortion Supervisory Committee warned him against publishing his work, not for scientific reasons, but for political ones.

The Perils of Peer Review.

[jwalsh07]

A story to make you smile.

My daughter told me this evening that she and my granddaughters were riding in the car when they heard a news story about North Dakota passing legislation against abortion.

My 6 year old granddaughter lets loose with "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe v Wade has got to go."

Seh accompanied us to the March for Life this year and she says she got that from the "big kids" there.

Big smile on Grandpa and Grandmas face.

[Paved Paradise]

UNBELIEVABLE! If anyone ever doubts for one single minute who the true zealots, fanatics are, it's beyond me! The libs will stop at nothing, nothing to have their agenda promulgated. We should always let studies, if legitimate, speak for themselves, regardless of where we stand. If I heard of a thousand studies showing that women who had abortions had higher esteem for themselves, landed better jobs, got handsomer husbands, and lived longer, I'd still be AGAINST it.

As always, Mr. S, thanks for the excellent Colson post.

[shaggy eel]

,,, the main mess to clean up afterward is psychlogical. That aspect can't fit into a garbage bag. It conveniently perpetuates the need for "health professionals" in a country that panics over government adverts which obsessively "care" about New Zealand's high death count on the roads - in excess of 400 per annum. More actually die by drowning in lakes, rivers and on the large coastline each year, but drownings don't really get much of a mention because there's no consequence for the transport legislators who manipulate vehicle standards, in a country where vehicles aren't manufactured [love that one!].

Kept very quiet is the fact that the number of suicides each year is higher than the road toll... and way at the top of the list of not to mention stats are the 18,000 abortions the New Zealand government funds each year.

It's all about doing away with our own population.