After years of denying any link between abortion and women’s mental health, the Royal College of Psychiatrists recently released a statement recognising that having an abortion may damage a woman’s mental health. It also recognises that good practice in relation to abortion will include informed consent, which cannot be informed without the provision of adequate and appropriate information regarding the possible risks and benefits to physical and mental health: Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2008 Position Statement on Women’s Mental Health in Relation to Induced Abortion, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 14 March 2008