{"id":66501,"date":"2015-07-14T01:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T05:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=66501"},"modified":"2015-07-15T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:43:37","slug":"flawed-biased-turnaway-study-now-claims-95-women-happy-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/flawed-biased-turnaway-study-now-claims-95-women-happy-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Flawed, biased Turnaway study now claims 95% of women happy after abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the latest chapter of the never-ending quest to put a happy face on abortion, ThinkProgress\u2019s Tara Culp-Ressler writes<\/a> that a new study has concluded the vast majority of post-abortive women conclude it was the right choice:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0new study<\/a>\u00a0was spearheaded by\u00a0Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health<\/a>, or ANSIRH, a think tank based at the University of California, San Francisco that\u2019s conducting extensive research<\/a>\u00a0on women\u2019s experiences attempting to obtain abortion care. The findings related to women\u2019s emotions after abortion are part of ANSIRH\u2019s \u201cTurnaway Study,\u201d which is following nearly 1,000 women who sought abortions in 21 different states.\u00a0According to the group<\/a>, this represents the \u201cfirst U.S. study to follow women obtaining abortions and women denied abortions over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The findings<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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95% of women who had abortions felt it was the right decision, both immediately and over 3 years [\u2026] Among women who had abortions, relief outweighed any negative emotions, even after 3 years. Women having later abortions reported similar emotions as women having procedures in the first-trimester. Overall, women thought about the abortion less frequently over time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sounds impressive, but before breaking out the party hats, a couple caveats are in order. ANSIRH is no beacon of objectivity when it comes to abortion. Its director, Dr. Tracy Weitz, is an advocate for the \u201csocial good\u201d of \u201cabortion rights\u201d and\u00a0has written<\/a> against the \u201cstigma\u201d of calling for abortion to be \u201csafe, legal, and rare.\u201d Last year, the group was behind an asinine study<\/a> arguing that Hollywood was discouraging abortion because a mere 9% of all movie and TV abortions were fatal to female characters \u2014 even though many of that number were actually stories of illegal<\/em> abortions meant to convey pro-abortion<\/em> messages.<\/p>\n

More importantly, despite being the centerpiece of ANSIRH\u2019s efforts, the Turnaway study itself was found to contain severe methodological errors, detailed in a five-part analysis<\/a> by National Right to Life education & research director Dr. Randall O\u2019Bannon. Among them:<\/p>\n