Resources

The following fact sheets may be freely downloaded, duplicated ,and distributed provided that APART is identified as the source and the content is not altered.  Selected journal articles are also included below.

Women and Abortion

List of risk factors for adverse psychological outcomes following induced abortion.

Summary of research findings concerning associations between elective abortion and mental health disorders.

Summary of research findings concerning mental health following elective abortion vs. miscarriage.

List of academic papers, books, and articles concerning women and abortion.

Men and Abortion

Summary of observations and findings from the scientific literature concerning men and abortion.

Table of studies, scholarly papers, and reviews concerning men's experience of elective abortion that have been published since 1973

A list of academic papers, books, and articles concerning men and abortion.

Relationships and Abortion

Overview of research on associations between abortion and compromised parenting with exploration of reasons why abortion may increase risk of parenting problems.

Summary of research findings concerning elective abortion and partner relationships.

List of academic papers and articles concerning abortion and relationships.

Adolescents and Abortion

Summary of the legal aspects and the mental health risks of abortion during adolescence.

List of academic papers and articles concerning abortion during adolescence

Counseling and Therapy

A list of the essential qualites for those who engage in peer counseling.

Summary of the scientific research pertaining to post-abortion counseling programs.

List of academic papers, books, and articles concerning pre and/or post abortion counseling.

Warning Signs for those who counsel women and men.

Abortion Providers

Summary of attitudes toward and psychological effects of participation in elective abortion.

List of academic papers, books, and articles concerning physicians, nurses, and others involved in the provision of abortion.

Mental Health Research and Abortion

Summary of research concerning abortion and substance abuse.

The APA's latest report lacks scientific credibility due to significant methodological flaws and biases

Summary of research concerning late-term abortion and mental health.

Abortion as Trauma

Definition, research and clinical description of PAS

Identifies and examines abortion as traumagenic and includes diagnostic criteria of PAS