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New Study First to Examine Impact of Late-Term Abortion on Women’s Mental Health Springfield, IL (August 27, 2010) — A study of women who had abortions has found that women undergoing later abortions face increased psychological risks, are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion and are more likely to need counseling and […]
Are teens who abort better off than teens who carry an unplanned pregnancy to term? Not according to a study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. The study found that adolescent girls who abort unintended pregnancies are five times more likely to seek subsequent help for psychological and emotional problems compared to their […]
Post-Abortion Trauma Abortion Linked to Increase in Mental Health Disorders Springfield, IL (March 3, 2008) — The recent suicide of a British woman who had undergone an abortion points to the urgent need to raise awareness of the problem of unwanted abortions and post-abortion trauma. The London Daily Mail reported that an inquest was held […]
Springfield, IL (Aug. 10, 2006) — Adolescent girls who abort unintended pregnancies are five times more likely to seek subsequent help for psychological and emotional problems compared to their peers who carry “unwanted pregnancies” to term, according to a new nationally representative study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a […]
Laws in Britain and New Zealand allow abortion only when the risks of pregnancy outweigh the risks of childbirth. This study in New Zealand is one of many showing that the risks of abortion are greater than the risks of childbirth. The finding demonstrates that most abortions in these countries do not comply with the law.
