Amicus Brief: Social Scientists' Review the Evidence on the Effects of Abortion on Women's Mental Health and Emotions

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Contribution to Amicus Brief for discussion in constitutional court in Chile, where there will be a vote to decriminalize abortion. 

Amici curiae: 

Nancy Adler, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

M. Antonia Biggs, PhD, Social Psychologist and Professional Researcher, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA

Vignetta Charles, PhD, Public Health Researcher, ETR Associates, Oakland, CA, USA

Diana G. Foster, PhD, Demographer and Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA

Brenda Major, PhD, Psychologist and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Past President of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) and of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Anu Manchikanti Gómez, PhD, Public Health Researcher and Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

Trine Munk-Olsen, PhD, Associate Professor, National Center for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark

Chelsea B. Polis, PhD, Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

Corinne Rocca, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist and Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA

Sarah Roberts, DrPH, Public Health Researcher and Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA

Julia R. Steinberg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA

Nada Stotland, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry, Rush Medical University, Chicago, IL, USA. Past president of the American Psychiatric Association 2008-2009.

Jenneke van Ditzhuijzen, PhD, Psychologist and Postdoctorate researcher and lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Period7 Jul 2017

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  • TitleAmicus Brief: Social Scientists' Review the Evidence on the Effects of Abortion on Women's Mental Health and Emotions
    Date7/07/17
    PersonsJenneke van Ditzhuijzen