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Summary:
Abortion Leads to Various Mental Health Problems in Women.
Abortion has been attributed to anxiety, depression, alcohol
abuse, drug abuse, suicidal behavior, and other mental
health problems.
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According to a recent article featured in the British Journal of
Psychiatry, a landmark investigative summary has been released in
which 22 studies relating to abortion and mental health were
explored. These studies examined 877,181 women from six different
countries. A total of 163,831(19%) of these women had undergone at
least one abortion in their lifetime. The authors of the summary
found that women in the study who had previously had an abortion had
a reported 81% higher risk of subsequent mental health problems .
Furthermore, the study found that these women also had a 34% higher
risk of anxiety, a 37% higher risk of depression, a 110% higher risk
of alcohol abuse, a 220% higher risk of marijuana abuse, and a 155%
higher risk of suicidal behavior. When the same group of women was
compared to women in the study who had full-term pregnancies, the
women with a previous abortion had a reported 55% increased risk of
experiencing various mental health problems at some point in their
lifetime. The results of these studies show an overwhelming need for
women to be given all the adverse facts about the impact of abortion
when they are considering the procedure in order to help protect
them from the very realistic and negative results of abortion.
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