Abortion Counseling - A Clinician's Guide to Psych, Legislation, Politics and Competency

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
ISBN 0826102573......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword by Nancy Felipe Russo......Page 14
Preface: On a Personal Note......Page 24
Introduction: Why We Wrote This Book......Page 32
Acknowledgments......Page 36
Perspectives for the Mental Health
Professional......Page 38
Funding for Abortion......Page 40
Parental Notification and Consent Laws......Page 41
Parental Notification or Consent: Hidden Assumptions......Page 42
Exceptions: Judicial Bypass and
Medical Emergency......Page 44
Federal Parental Notifi cation
Legislation......Page 45
Crisis Pregnancy Centers......Page 48
Targeted Regulation of
Abortion Providers (TRAP)......Page 51
Partial-Birth Abortion......Page 53
Gonzales v. Carhart: A Shift in Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court 
......Page 56
Biased Counseling and Mandated
Waiting Periods......Page 59
References......Page 66
CH 2 The Impact of Abortion Politics on Therapists......Page 70
Violence Toward and Harassment of
Abortion Providers and Their Patients......Page 73
Politics in the Counseling Session......Page 78
Suggestions for Therapists and
Health Professionals......Page 82
References......Page 84
CH 3 Assessing Competency and Decision-Making Skills of the Client......Page 86
What Are Cognitive Abilities?......Page 88
Impact of Social Values on Moral
Developmen......Page 90
How Do Cognitive Abilities Develop?......Page 96
Adolescent Cognitive Ability to Make
Decisions......Page 97
Legal Decisions and Psychology
of Cognition......Page 99
Assessment of Cognitive Competency......Page 101
Summary and Implications for Counselors
and Therapists......Page 103
References
......Page 104
CH 4 Facts, Not Myths, About Women’s Reproductive Health......Page 106
Universal Claim to Women’s Reproductive
Rights and Health......Page 107
Women’s Access to Proper Health Care......Page 112
Women’s Need for a Healthy Environment
When Pregnant......Page 126
Prepregnancy Gender Issues......Page 128
Maternal–Fetal Confl
icts......Page 129
Disputes on Frozen Embryos......Page 130
Family Violence Issues......Page 131
References......Page 133
How Does the Brain and Nervous
System Control Emotions?......Page 136
Emotional Development......Page 143
Emotional Dysregulation......Page 144
Factors Impacting Women’s Emotional
Development......Page 147
Emotions Specific to Termination of Pregnancy......Page 150
References......Page 153
Introduction......Page 156
Framing PAS......Page 158
PAS and Abortion Research: A Review of the Literature......Page 163
Case Studies......Page 170
A Post-Abortion Counseling Talkline
(EXHALE)......Page 173
References......Page 175
CH 7 A Model Program for Post-Abortion Counseling......Page 178
Risk Factors......Page 179
Counseling Protocols......Page 182
Treatment Modules......Page 185
References......Page 193
Introduction......Page 196
Summary......Page 206
CH 9 Summary and Conclusions......Page 210
Abortion Legislation......Page 212
Competency and Decision-Making Skills......Page 213
Factual Issues About Women’s......Page 214
Reproductive Health Care......Page 13
References......Page 216
Appendix 1 Pre-Abortion Needs Assessment......Page 218
Appendix 2 Legislative Summaries for the United States......Page 222
Index......Page 278