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Scottish Labour MSP withdraws invitation to controversial US academic

Prof Priscilla Coleman authored highly criticised study into link between abortion and anxiety

A Scottish Labour MSP has withdrawn her invitation to a controversial academic who has linked abortion to mental health issues to speak at the Holyrood parliament after fellow MSPs raised concerns about the event.

Elaine Smith, Scottish Labour spokesperson on poverty and inequality, invited colleagues to a meeting 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, mood, and substance abuse disorders, which has been heavily criticised.

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Continue reading... February 24, 2018 at 12:45AM

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