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Study finds link in abuse, abortion

By Alliance Alert

The Daily Iowan: "Abortion-seeking women are more likely to have experienced partner violence than the general population, according to a recent study by University of Iowa professors and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, was based on a series of private screenings of 986 women seeking abortions at Planned Parenthood on issues of physical and sexual abuse, as well as battering. Researchers completed the study over a period of 81?2 months; all the participants were Iowa residents." | Abstract of Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among an Abortion Clinic Population

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 23, 2010 (boomark / email).