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Pensacola, FL (August 21, 2025)—A new study of over 1.2 million pregnancy outcomes in Quebec, Canada, confirms that psychiatric hospitalization is over twice as likely to occur after induced abortions than after live births (104 versus 42 cases per 10,000 person years). The rates of hospitalization were especially higher for substance abuse disorders and suicide […]
Pensacola, FL (January 22, 2025) — One-third of abortion patients report having attempted suicide, with 94% reporting that their abortion experiences contributed to that attempt, according to a new peer reviewed study of a national, random sample of women. By the age of 45, fully 35% of women who had a history of abortion reported […]
(Nov 19, 2019) — Abortion significantly contributes to suicidal ideation, mood disorders and substance abuse, according to a new study published this week. The negative effects are especially prevalent among the one in five women who reported wanting a child shortly before their abortions. In 2008, the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Abortion and […]
07/22/2019 A new analysis of suicide deaths in Italy found that in the year following a pregnancy, women who had an abortion were 2.3 times more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. This is just the latest of numerous studies linking abortion to higher rates of suicide and elevated risk of death […]
Experts on both sides of the abortion debate agree that abortion contributes to mental health problems in some women. But they disagree whether or not abortion is ever the sole cause of mental illness.
