Prof Priscilla Coleman authored highly criticised study into link between abortion and anxietyA Scottish Labour MSP has withdrawn her invitation to speak at the Holyrood parliament from an academic who has linked abortion to mental health issues after fellow MSPs raised concerns about the event.
Elaine Smith,Scottish Labour’s spokesperson on poverty and inequality, invited colleagues to a assembly titled Abortion in Scotland: a solution or a problem? at which US professor Priscilla Coleman had been asked to speak. Coleman was the author of study that looked at the link between abortion and anxiety, or mood and substance abuse disorders,which has been heavily criticised.
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Source: guardian.co.uk