Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
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.
Springfield, IL (July 27, 2018) — The claim that 95 percent of women have no regrets or mental illness after their abortions is based on the Turnaway Study’s intentionally inaccurate analysis and an unrepresentative sample of women, according to a new review published in the Linacre Quarterly medical journal. The review examines a series of studies […]
1/22/18 Pressure to Abort, Attachment to Pregnancy and Difficulty Making the Decision Widespread Among Women Who Suffer After Abortion A newly-published survey of women who sought help from a crisis pregnancy center after abortion sheds light on the experiences of women who suffer after abortion. Published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JP&S), […]
12/11/2017 Women Who’ve Been There Say Abortion Doesn’t Help, Causes More Harm A teen girl is pregnant as a result of rape. Does she need an abortion? That’s what many judges in India seem to be thinking, as yet another court has granted permission for an abortion to be performed on a 13 year-old girl […]
