Comments on: Abortion Linked to Higher Rates of Domestic Violence: New Research http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/22/117837/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Bruce Roeder http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/22/117837/comment-page-1/#comment-39492 Bruce Roeder Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:00:12 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117837#comment-39492 Public Health is a peer-reviewed professional journal, so we should be fairly confident that suitable controls and research methods were followed. Public Health is a peer-reviewed professional journal, so we should be fairly confident that suitable controls and research methods were followed.

]]> By: Arkanabar Ilarsadin http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/22/117837/comment-page-1/#comment-39486 Arkanabar Ilarsadin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:19:20 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117837#comment-39486 Regardless of whether the study used suitable controls, the need for more study on the relationships between abortion, contraception, and negative psychological outcomes is clear. It is also a need that the current advocates of abortion, contraception, and psychiatric therapy have all denied. Regardless of whether the study used suitable controls, the need for more study on the relationships between abortion, contraception, and negative psychological outcomes is clear.

It is also a need that the current advocates of abortion, contraception, and psychiatric therapy have all denied.

]]> By: DRF http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/22/117837/comment-page-1/#comment-39477 DRF Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:39:26 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117837#comment-39477 Women who make poor choices about their bodies are the ones who end up using drugs and having intermittently protected sex. Women who are already unhealthy are more likely to decide that a pregnancy would worsen their health. It's more likely that abortion and these other problems share common causes than that abortion causes them. This article doesn't mention whether the study was adjusted for socioeconomic factors. We already know that poorer women tend to have more abortions and also tend to see more domestic violence. Does this study show that abortions and domestic violence share an additional correlation, separate from income and background? Women who make poor choices about their bodies are the ones who end up using drugs and having intermittently protected sex. Women who are already unhealthy are more likely to decide that a pregnancy would worsen their health. It’s more likely that abortion and these other problems share common causes than that abortion causes them.

This article doesn’t mention whether the study was adjusted for socioeconomic factors. We already know that poorer women tend to have more abortions and also tend to see more domestic violence. Does this study show that abortions and domestic violence share an additional correlation, separate from income and background?

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