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At least 97 publications,<ref name="Coleman">{{cite web|url=http://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/complete-bibliography-on-abortion-and-mental-health/|date=2010|accessdate=2011-09-09|author=American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists|title=Complete bibliography on Abortion and Mental Health}}</ref> including Priscilla Coleman's 2011 meta-analysis,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/huge-new-study-abortion-and-mental-health-quantitative-synthesis-and-analysis-of-research-published-1995-2009/|date=2011|accessdate=2011-09-09|author=American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists|title=Huge new study: Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009}}</ref> support a correlation between abortion and mental health problems. However, the current [[scientific consensus]], the American Psychological Association,<ref name="APA89">{{cite journal |author=Adler NE, David HP, Major BN, Roth SH, Russo NF, Wyatt GE |title=Psychological responses after abortion |journal=Science |volume=248 |issue=4951 |pages=41–4 |year=1990 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.2181664}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal=Fam Plann Perspect | title = Abortion Study Finds No Long-Term Ill Effects On Emotional Well-Being | last = Edwards | first = S | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 193–194 | year = 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3634/is_199707/ai_n8772240}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Steinberg JR, Russo NF |title=Abortion and anxiety: what's the relationship? |journal=Soc Sci Med |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=238–52 |year=2008 |month=July |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.033}}</ref> and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists<ref name="nccmh">{{cite web | format = PDF | publisher = National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health | title = Induced Abortion and Mental Health: A systematic review of the evidence | url = http://aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-a-guidance/doc_download/9432-induced-abortion-and-mental-health.html | date = December 2011}}</ref> favor there being no correlation.

At least 97 publications,<ref name="Coleman">{{cite web|url=http://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/complete-bibliography-on-abortion-and-mental-health/|date=2010|accessdate=2011-09-09|author=American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists|title=Complete bibliography on Abortion and Mental Health}}</ref> including Priscilla Coleman's 2011 meta-analysis,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/huge-new-study-abortion-and-mental-health-quantitative-synthesis-and-analysis-of-research-published-1995-2009/|date=2011|accessdate=2011-09-09|author=American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists|title=Huge new study: Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009}}</ref> support a correlation between abortion and mental health problems. However, the current [[scientific consensus]], the American Psychological Association,<ref name="APA89">{{cite journal |author=Adler NE, David HP, Major BN, Roth SH, Russo NF, Wyatt GE |title=Psychological responses after abortion |journal=Science |volume=248 |issue=4951 |pages=41–4 |year=1990 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.2181664}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal=Fam Plann Perspect | title = Abortion Study Finds No Long-Term Ill Effects On Emotional Well-Being | last = Edwards | first = S | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 193–194 | year = 1997 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3634/is_199707/ai_n8772240}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Steinberg JR, Russo NF |title=Abortion and anxiety: what's the relationship? |journal=Soc Sci Med |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=238–52 |year=2008 |month=July |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.033}}</ref> and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists<ref name="nccmh">{{cite web | format = PDF | publisher = National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health | title = Induced Abortion and Mental Health: A systematic review of the evidence | url = http://aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-a-guidance/doc_download/9432-induced-abortion-and-mental-health.html | date = December 2011}}</ref> favor there being no correlation.

===Coleman's [[meta-analysis]] (2011)===

==Coleman's [[meta-analysis]] (2011)==

In 2011 [[Priscilla K. Coleman]] published in the ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' the currently largest [[meta-analysis]]<ref>{{Cite news | last = Baklinsi | first = Thaddeus | title = Largest ever study finds abortion increases risk of severe mental health problems by 81% | work = LifeSiteNews | location = London, UK | date = 2011-09-01 | url = http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/largest-ever-study-finds-abortion-increases-risk-of-severe-mental-health-pr }}</ref> suggesting that "Women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was shown to be attributable to abortion."<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.077230 | volume = 199 | issue = 3 | pages = 180–186 | last = Coleman | first = Priscilla K. | title = Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995–2009 | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry | accessdate = 2011-09-02 | year = 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.lifesitenews.com/images/pdfs/coleman_review_final_proof%5B1%5D.pdf | archivedate = 2011-09-01 | url = http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/180.abstract}}</ref><ref name="BJP">{{cite web|url = http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/A11.full#sec-3|title=Abortion, mental health and dental disease|publisher = British Journal of Psychiatry|quote=A comprehensive review of the literature suggests that there is a significant increase in mental health problems after abortion. Coleman (pp. 180–186) suggests that these risks need to be reflected in the delivery of abortion services, and raises the thorny issue that 90% of UK abortions are justified on the presumption that abortion actually reduces the risk to mental health associated with continuing the pregnancy.|accessdate = 1 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2011 [[Priscilla K. Coleman]] published in the ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' the currently largest [[meta-analysis]]<ref>{{Cite news | last = Baklinsi | first = Thaddeus | title = Largest ever study finds abortion increases risk of severe mental health problems by 81% | work = LifeSiteNews | location = London, UK | date = 2011-09-01 | url = http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/largest-ever-study-finds-abortion-increases-risk-of-severe-mental-health-pr }}</ref> suggesting that "Women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was shown to be attributable to abortion."<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.077230 | volume = 199 | issue = 3 | pages = 180–186 | last = Coleman | first = Priscilla K. | title = Abortion and mental health: quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995–2009 | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry | accessdate = 2011-09-02 | year = 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.lifesitenews.com/images/pdfs/coleman_review_final_proof%5B1%5D.pdf | archivedate = 2011-09-01 | url = http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/180.abstract}}</ref><ref name="BJP">{{cite web|url = http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/3/A11.full#sec-3|title=Abortion, mental health and dental disease|publisher = British Journal of Psychiatry|quote=A comprehensive review of the literature suggests that there is a significant increase in mental health problems after abortion. Coleman (pp. 180–186) suggests that these risks need to be reflected in the delivery of abortion services, and raises the thorny issue that 90% of UK abortions are justified on the presumption that abortion actually reduces the risk to mental health associated with continuing the pregnancy.|accessdate = 1 September 2011}}</ref>