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From: TigerPaw10/28/2005 3:51:30 PM
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Abortion, depression link?

A study in today's edition of the British Medical Journal concludes there is "no credible evidence that choosing to terminate an unwanted first pregnancy puts a woman at higher risk of subsequent depression."

In fact, the researchers, led by Nancy Russo of Arizona State University, suggest that having an abortion might actually reduce the risk of depression down the road. The team points out that, in general, the young women who chose to have abortions went on to higher education, higher-income jobs and smaller family sizes.

This latest research contradicts an earlier study by two U.S. researchers, D.C. Reardon and J.R. Cougle, who found that having an abortion boosts the risk of depression. Ironically, both teams used data from the same U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for their studies.

So, how could two groups of scientists draw completely different conclusions when they analyzed the same basic information?

"Inconsistencies between our finding and those from the Reardon and Cougle study can primarily be explained by different coding of key variables and sample selection," writes Dr. Russo's team.

Simply put, the two groups included -- or excluded -- different parts of data. Dr. Russo's group maintains that its approach is the most accurate.

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