§ Baroness Knight of Collingtreeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their response to the report produced by the deVeber Insitute in Toronto, Canada, entitled Women's Health After Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence. [HL4246]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Slate, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)The safety and psychological effects of abortion were considered by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in its evidence-based guidelineThe Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion (2000). The college's report concludes that immediate complications are uncommon and that possible long-term effects, including breast cancer, infertility and psychological sequelae, are rare or unproven.