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OP-EDS AND BLOG POSTS

"Politics Distorts Facts on Impact of Abortion Coverage", Susan A. Cohen, RH Reality Check , August 5, 2009

"State Trends: Sex Ed, Family Planning and Fetal Personhood Dominate", by Rachel Gold and Elizabeth Nash, RH Reality Check, July 30, 2009

"Promoting Democracy in Africa Requires Investing in the Next Generation", Sharon Camp, Huffington Post, July 8, 2009

..more Op-Eds and Blog Posts

EVIDENCE CHECK

Advisory on the Impact of Parental Involvement Laws (October 2008)
Antiabortion activists claim that state laws requiring parental involvement (such as notification or consent) for minors to obtain abortions have been a major contributing factor to declining abortion rates among minors in the United States. However, most studies on the subject have serious flaws and are not able to substantiate the claim.

Advisory on the Mental Health Impact of Abortion (October 2008)
Based on the best scientific evidence currently available, there is no credible evidence that abortion, in and of itself, causes mental health problems for most women.

Review of Key Findings of "Emerging Answers 2007" (November 2007)
Review of an authoritative report on the effectiveness of sex education programs concluding that there is not sufficient evidence to justify the widespread dissemination of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

...more Evidence Check features




 

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