Johns Hopkins Study Lies About Abortion Studies

Alright my first big post about lying liars!

John Hopkins has recently released a "systematic review of the evidence" regarding the topic of induced abortions leading to mental health issues. Seeing as how the text of the study is not available for free (and due to the fact that I'm quite a cheapskate) I will not be able to do an in depth analysis of the lies within.

Therefore, I will address the lie that studies that have found a link between abortion are politically motivated.

"Based on the best available evidence, emotional harm should not be a factor in abortion policy. If the goal is to help women, program and policy decisions should not distort science to advance political agendas" - Vignetta Charles

This lie implies to the reader that this particular study is free of politically motivated links. Here are the folks involved with this study:

• Vignetta E. Charles - Ms. Charles is a "Senior Fellow" of the non-profit Hewlett Foundation which issues grants for programs in education, the environment, global development, performing arts, philanthropy, and population; and it also makes grants to aid disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area. A quick scan of their grantmaking section enlightens us quite a bit about what Ms. Charles supports. For 2007 Goals it states, "Make grants to organizations that advocate for policy reforms at state and local levels, especially for access to emergency contraception and to comprehensive sex education in public schools". Ms. Charles is involved in an organization whose stated goals are to politically influence liberalization of abortion laws.
• Chelsea B. Polis - Chelsea is a consultant for WHO. WHO states as one of its goals, "promote an environment at international level that is supportive of family planning." Which of course means liberalization of abortion laws.
• Srinivas Sridhara - I can't find out much about this fellow.
• Robert W. Blum - Dr. Blum also has ties with WHO, but more importantly he is a chair person of the Guttmacher Institute Board of Directors. Guttmacher is of course Planned Parenthoods research organization. The mission statement states, "The Institute works to protect, expand and equalize access to information, services and rights that will enable women and men to" have abortions of course!

The moral of the story is a simple one. Do not claim that others are politically motivated when you yourself are politically motivated!