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 A new landmark study published this month in the
British Journal of
Psychiatry by Dr.
Priscilla Coleman of
Bowling Green University
the most published
researcher in the field
of abortion and mental
health, finds that women
who have an abortion are
eighty-one percent more
likely to have mental
health problems than
those who give birth. It
also found that a
staggering ten percent
of mental health
problems are directly
attributable to
abortion.
LifeNews.com's
Steven Ertelt reports that "Coleman's
study is based on an analysis of 22 separate studies which, in total,
examine the pregnancy
experiences of 877,000
women, with 163,831
women having an
abortion."
The study also reports a 34 percent higher risk of anxiety
disorders, 37 percent
higher risk of
depression, a 110
percent higher risk of
alcohol abuse, a 220
percent greater risk of
marijuana use and 155
percent greater risk of
trying to commit
suicide. Women with a
history of abortion were
55 percent more likely
to have mental health
problems than women who
did not abort an
unplanned pregnancy.
Dr. Coleman conducted the study "to produce an unbiased analysis of
the best available
evidence addressing
abortion as one risk
factor among many others
that may increase the
likelihood of mental
health problems." She
also said, "this review
offers the largest
estimate of mental
health risks associated
with abortion available
in the world literature.
The results revealed
moderate to high
increased risk of mental
health problems after
abortion. Consistent
with evidence-based
medicine, this
information should be
used by health care
professionals."
Coleman also says this study was necessary because "recently
published, less
systematic reviews of
the scientific
literature on abortion
and mental health,
including the American
Psychological
Association report and
one by Johns Hopkins
researchers among
others, are prone to
bias, and as a result
actively mislead the
public."
Abortion advocates of course will attack the results by not only
attacking Coleman's
reputation because she
is pro-life, they will
also blame the victim by
saying that the woman
had problems before the
abortion and she, not
the abortion, is to
blame. How convenient.
This has the effect of
blackmailing women (and
men) from talking about
their abortion related
pain and keeps them from
getting help as it sends
the clear message that
something is wrong with
anyone grieving over or
experiencing emotional
and psychological
problems from an
abortion.
But the study undermines this dehumanizing pro-abortion argument
because it found that
women who aborted an
"unplanned" pregnancy
were 55 percent more
likely to experience
mental health problems
than those who did not
abort an unplanned
pregnancy."
The increased risks should be disclosed immediately as part of
informed consent so that
women, as long as
abortion is legal, can
make an informed choice.
Abortion advocates'
resistance to scientific
and medically accurate
informed consent and
their unwillingness to
screen women at risk for
mental health problems
associated with abortion
shows that "choice" is a
mere euphemism and that
their "counseling" is
salesmanship in guise of
counseling.
Whether anyone is pro-life or pro-choice on abortion, the futures
of women considering an
abortion are too
important to be
sacrificed for abortion
profits.
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