“…These tactics have included falsely associating abortion with unsupported health and mental health effects, including claims that abortion can cause, breast cancer, infertility and an unsubstantiated abortion trauma syndrome (Kaplan, 2009;Robinson, Stotland, Russo, Lang, & Occhiogrosso, 2009). Evidence-based research on abortion trauma syndrome has deemed claims of such a disorder as methodologically unsound, while credible research indicates that any mental health problems evident in abortion patients are likely present prior to the abortion, and are often associated with past traumas, such as partner violence (Charles, Polis, Srindhara, & Blum, 2008;Lundell, Ohmann, et al, 2013;Lundell, Poromaa, et al, 2013;Lundell et al, 2015;Robinson et al, 2009;Steinberg, Trussell, Hall, & Guthrie, 2012).…”