流產其實很安全?

Pregnant women should be told that having an abortion is safer than having a baby, highly contentious new advice from doctors states。

The guidelines, from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, also say that most women who terminate a pregnancy will not suffer any psychological problems as a result。

The guidance, which is still in draft form, has horrified medical ethicists and Christian groups, who say it forces an 'absurdly liberal agenda' on women in a vulnerable situation。

One of the first sections, on 'what women need to know' about abortion, states that major complications are rare and that women 'should be advised that abortion is generally safer than continuing a pregnancy to term'。

But critics called on the RCOG to produce the evidence to back its claim, and added that many complications caused by abortions will be recorded in A&E and other stats and so are missing from the official tally。

Trevor Stammers, a former GP and a lecturer in medical ethics at St Mary's University College in Surrey, said the RCOG had ignored one the most authoritative studies into the psychiatric effects of abortion。

He also accused it of rushing out the updated guidance ahead of a Royal College of Psychiatry report into the psychological effects of abortion。

Speaking in a personal capacity, Professor Patricia Casey, a consultant psychiatrist and fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, told the Sunday Telegraph: "The message this sends out is very worrying."

"There are more than 30 studies showing an association between psychological trauma and abortion."

But Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, said: "This guidance isn't a political document and isn't trying to persuade women to have abortions."一組醫生建言稱孕婦應知曉流產其實比生孩子安全的多，這一言論引起了各界激烈的討論。

這份由英國皇家婦產科學院發佈的指導宣傳冊稱大部分終止妊娠的女性並未表現出心理問題。

這本冊子儘管還在草擬階段，卻震驚了醫療道德人士和基督團體，他們稱這會讓女性走向一個"荒唐而毫無禁忌的"地步，使之處於更爲弱勢的地位。

其中第一部分談到關於流產“女性應該知道的事實”，稱嚴重的併發症非常罕見，而且女性"應該知道流產一般比正常生育更爲安全"。

但是批評者們要求該學院提供切實證據，而且提到流產引發的各種併發症都必須記錄在急症室以及其他科室的數據庫裏，然而這些在這本官方冊子裏卻沒有蹤影。

特雷弗•斯丹莫斯曾是一名醫生，如今在薩里郡的聖瑪麗亞大學學院教醫學道德，他說這份生命忽略了許多關於流產的精神創傷的權威研究。

他還指責該學院趕在英國皇家精神科醫學院發佈流產對心理的影響報道前匆匆公佈這項新的指導宣傳冊。

英國皇家精神科醫學院的精神諮詢師兼研究院派翠西•卡西教授私下告訴《週日電訊》：“這件事讓人生憂。”

“因爲有三十多項研究均表明流產會造成心理創傷。”

然而英國孕期諮詢服務處的董事長安•弗雷迪辯解稱：“這份指導書並非政治文件，目的也不是鼓勵女性流產。”