Abortion
"Informed consent" should include details on physical, psychological effects
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 20th, 2003
Clinicians also should mention the unproven possibility that their chance of developing breast cancer could climb slightly later in life.
Those are conclusions a team of doctors reached after completing a review of the best studies of the long-term physical and psychological health effects of intentional abortions.
A report on their findings and recommendations appears in the Obstetrical and...
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