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== 7) Methodologically based selection criteria as opposed to geographic locale  

== 7) Methodologically based selection criteria as opposed to geographic locale should have been employed and consistently applied.==

should have been employed and consistently applied.==

   

   

   

   

If the Task Force members were interested in providing an evaluation of the strongest evidence, why weren't more stringent criteria employed than simply publication of empirical data related to induced abortion, with at least one mental health measure in peer-reviewed journals in English on U.S. and non-U.S. samples (for one type of study)? Employment of methodological criteria in selection would certainly have simplified the task of evaluation as well. Sample size/characteristics/representativeness, type of design, employment of control techniques, discipline published in, etc. are logical places to begin. I am shocked to not see the development of criteria that reflect knowledge of this literature.  

If the Task Force members were interested in providing an evaluation of the strongest evidence, why weren't more stringent criteria employed than simply publication of empirical data related to induced abortion, with at least one mental health measure in peer-reviewed journals in English on U.S. and non-U.S. samples (for one type of study)? Employment of methodological criteria in selection would certainly have simplified the task of evaluation as well. Sample size/characteristics/representativeness, type of design, employment of control techniques, discipline published in, etc. are logical places to begin. I am shocked to not see the development of criteria that reflect knowledge of this literature.

 

==8) Shifting standards of evaluation of studies presented based on the conclusion's fit with a pro-choice agenda==

==8) Shifting standards of evaluation of studies presented based on the conclusion's fit with a pro-choice agenda==