Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
Induced abortion or miscarriage of a first pregnancy increases the risk of postpartum mental health problems by 10 to 35 percent, according to a new study of of over 1.9 million women. The risk of postpartum psychiatric care requiring hospitalization is increased by 83 percent.
Below are the results of a 2008 nationwide opinion poll using a random sample of residential phone numbers. The poll was conducted using an automated phone script, which is reproduced in full, below. The 95% confidence limits for this poll are +/- 4%. Script & Results Hello, we are taking a nationwide opinion poll regarding […]
(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 […]
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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 […]
Most abortion providers ignore their obligation to screen for coercion and other signs that abortion will hurt more than help women. But a little known law in Nebraska seeks to stop this abuse of women. It requires doctors to ask you if you are feeling any pressure to have an abortion. They are also required […]
6/18/2019 An advice columnist writing in Teen Vogue magazine is advising a teen on how to use judicial bypass to get an abortion without telling her parents. The column from Nona Willis Aronowitz offers advice to a reader who says she is 16 and pregnant and “doesn’t want to be,” but is not sure if […]
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 […]
2/27/2018 Over the past several days, we’ve received two reminders of the often hidden impact of abortion on the fathers involved. One was a comment posted on our web site from a man whose girlfriend is considering an abortion. He wrote: So, what on earth is the male partner supposed to do? My girlfriend wants […]
