Psychologist Whose Research Changed Opinion On Abortion Side Effects Dies
Main Category: AbortionAlso Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry; Pediatrics / Children's Health; Mental Health
Article Date: 20 Jan 2010 - 5:00 PDT
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One of the first clinical psychologists to study the psychological effects of abortion, Henry David, died on Dec. 31 at age 86 of congestive heart failure, the Washington Post reports. David was best known for his research that "showed that unwanted children were more likely to experience long-term difficulties in school and life than those whose families planned their births," the Post reports.
In the years following his initial research, David encouraged other psychologists to conduct similar research, and "their combined efforts helped alter the prevailing assumption among clinicians that abortion was a source of mental health problems in women," the Post reports (Brown, Washington Post, 1/15).
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