Parenting must be positive option, says psychiatrist

A LEADING psychiatrist has questioned whether the Crisis Pregnancy Agency will meet its goal of reducing abortion figures unless it places greater emphasis on making parenting positive.

Dr Patricia Casey said she doesn’t accept the CPA is putting enough emphasis on crisis pregnancy counselling. Instead, she said, they focused too much on contraception, which is irrelevant if someone has a crisis pregnancy.

Her comments were sharply refuted by CPA staff who said they increased crisis pregnancy counselling services by 50% since their establishment in 2002.