To say that abortion is as common as post-natal depression is yet more evidence that abortion should not be seen as a cause of depression. Of
course depression can happen after an abortion (and, again, I said this in my very first post), but to say that abortion causes it is unreasonable. If abortion, in and of itself, caused depression, then there would be
more depression after abortion than after birth. (And, even then, that's not proof, because of the societal factors involved in having an abortion that also contribute to potential depression.)
Anyway, it's true that the President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Association did not cite specific studies in her interview or letter, and it's also true that PBS did not waste time in what is only a 20 minute program to give URLs to the "official" statements of either APA. Still, you'll have to forgive me for trusting that the governing bodies of both APA's and the President-Elect of one of those APA's are more read up and educated on the issue than you or your mother. Call it an opinion all you want, but the fact remains that it is the collective opinion of some of the most highly respected and established Psychologists and Psychiatrists in the country. If there's anyone whose opinion I'm going to trust on the matter, it's them.
This is getting into thread-jack territory though, so I'll stop here and let the discussion get back to helping
ehh19 with his specific issue.