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| Abortion tied to sharp decline in women's mental health |
| 2011-09-04 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna A provocative new study shows that women who have an abortion face an increased risk for mental health problems including substance abuse, anxiety, and depression. "Results indicate quite consistently that abortion is associated with moderate to highly increased risks of psychological problems subsequent to the procedure," the authors wrote in the study, published in the September 1 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. For the study, researchers analyzed data on 877,000 women, including 164,000 who had an abortion. They found women who had an abortion experienced an 81 percent increased risk for mental problems. Why am I not surprised? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Cause and effect? Or is the decision to have an abortion merely an example of poor decision making by someone who is marginally unstable to begin with? In any case, I'll bet "more studies are needed." |
| Posted by: My two cents 2011-09-04 10:46 |
| #2 Of the women I know that aborted virtually all of them (anecdotal I know) had these types of problems. The unanswered question is "chicken or the egg?" I would say that at least 75% had these problems before hand, especially the younger ones. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-09-04 10:44 |
| #1 Good sample size anyway. For a change. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-09-04 10:05 |