流产其实很安全?

　　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."

　　这份由英国皇家妇产科学院发布的指导宣传册称大部分终止妊娠的女性并未表现出心理问题。

　　这本册子尽管还在草拟阶段，却震惊了医疗道德人士和基督团体，他们称这会让女性走向一个"荒唐而毫无禁忌的"地步，使之处于更为弱势的地位。

　　其中第一部分谈到关于流产“女性应该知道的事实”，称严重的并发症非常罕见，而且女性"应该知道流产一般比正常生育更为安全"。

　　但是批评者们要求该学院提供切实证据，而且提到流产引发的各种并发症都必须记录在急症室以及其他科室的数据库里，然而这些在这本官方册子里却没有踪影。

　　特雷弗•斯丹莫斯曾是一名医生，如今在萨里郡的圣玛丽亚大学学院教医学道德，他说这份生命忽略了许多关于流产的精神创伤的权威研究。

　　他还指责该学院赶在英国皇家精神科医学院发布流产对心理的影响报道前匆匆公布这项新的指导宣传册。

　　英国皇家精神科医学院的精神咨询师兼研究院派翠西•卡西教授私下告诉《周日电讯》：“这件事让人生忧。”

　　“因为有三十多项研究均表明流产会造成心理创伤。”

　　然而英国孕期咨询服务处的董事长安•弗雷迪辩解称：“这份指导书并非政治文件，目的也不是鼓励女性流产。”