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jerm4papa:
[Image: Two women holding up signs reading “I Regret My Abortion”. End description.]
Largest ever study finds abortion increases risk of severe mental health problems by 81%
“….the largest quantitative estimate of mental health risks associated with abortion available in the world literature.” The research revealed that abortion was associated with a 34% increased risk for anxiety disorders; 37% greater risk of depression; 110% greater risk of alcohol abuse and 220% greater risk of marijuana use/abuse. Abortion was also linked with a 155% greater risk of attempting to commit suicide.
I have said it before….abortion is bad for women.
Whether this study will hold up remains to be seen, but you know what else is bad for uterus-bearers? Forced pregnancy and childbirth. They are a form of torture. If this study does reveal some truth, then it’s further proof that we need to prevent the need for most abortions in the first place—the best way to do that, of course, is with comprehensive sex education and increasing access to birth control, condoms, and other contraceptive methods (so stop defunding Planned Parenthood). But even then, we can never erase the need for it completely.
This study also never clearly defines what a “severe mental disorder” is. Maybe it does, but I have to pay to read the full text, so fuck that. How did the researchers define “sever mental disorder”? Depression? Feelings of regret? Post-Abortion Syndrome (which most major scientists worldwide agree does not exist)? How many of these people had mental health issues already? Who diagnosed them, and how many of them could be misdiagnoses? How many of the people who started “abusing drugs” after the abortion were already users before the procedure? What’s the margin of error? While the study claims to be all-inclusive of these sorts of factors in the abstract, I can’t give it the benefit of the doubt without being able to read the full text. Further, I think a lot of “post-abortion guilt” can easily be attributed to anti-choice stigmas and patriarchy.
Also, correlation is not causation. This might say more about who continues to seek abortions when accessibility is limited as it is in the US. Ie. people who know they cannot deal with a child in their lives because of issues like those listed in the excerpt.](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqwp01E5XN1qznwj1o1_500.jpg "propaganda-for-life:
jerm4papa:
[Image: Two women holding up signs reading “I Regret My Abortion”. End description.]
Largest ever study finds abortion increases risk of severe mental health problems by 81%
“….the largest quantitative estimate of mental health risks associated with abortion available in the world literature.” The research revealed that abortion was associated with a 34% increased risk for anxiety disorders; 37% greater risk of depression; 110% greater risk of alcohol abuse and 220% greater risk of marijuana use/abuse. Abortion was also linked with a 155% greater risk of attempting to commit suicide.
I have said it before….abortion is bad for women.
Whether this study will hold up remains to be seen, but you know what else is bad for uterus-bearers? Forced pregnancy and childbirth. They are a form of torture. If this study does reveal some truth, then it’s further proof that we need to prevent the need for most abortions in the first place—the best way to do that, of course, is with comprehensive sex education and increasing access to birth control, condoms, and other contraceptive methods (so stop defunding Planned Parenthood). But even then, we can never erase the need for it completely.
This study also never clearly defines what a “severe mental disorder” is. Maybe it does, but I have to pay to read the full text, so fuck that. How did the researchers define “sever mental disorder”? Depression? Feelings of regret? Post-Abortion Syndrome (which most major scientists worldwide agree does not exist)? How many of these people had mental health issues already? Who diagnosed them, and how many of them could be misdiagnoses? How many of the people who started “abusing drugs” after the abortion were already users before the procedure? What’s the margin of error? While the study claims to be all-inclusive of these sorts of factors in the abstract, I can’t give it the benefit of the doubt without being able to read the full text. Further, I think a lot of “post-abortion guilt” can easily be attributed to anti-choice stigmas and patriarchy.
Also, correlation is not causation. This might say more about who continues to seek abortions when accessibility is limited as it is in the US. Ie. people who know they cannot deal with a child in their lives because of issues like those listed in the excerpt.")
[Image: Two women holding up signs reading “I Regret My Abortion”. End description.]
Largest ever study finds abortion increases risk of severe mental health problems by 81%
“….the largest quantitative estimate of mental health risks associated with abortion available in the world literature.” The research revealed that abortion was associated with a 34% increased risk for anxiety disorders; 37% greater risk of depression; 110% greater risk of alcohol abuse and 220% greater risk of marijuana use/abuse. Abortion was also linked with a 155% greater risk of attempting to commit suicide.
I have said it before….abortion is bad for women.
Whether this study will hold up remains to be seen, but you know what else is bad for uterus-bearers? Forced pregnancy and childbirth. They are a form of torture. If this study does reveal some truth, then it’s further proof that we need to prevent the need for most abortions in the first place—the best way to do that, of course, is with comprehensive sex education and increasing access to birth control, condoms, and other contraceptive methods (so stop defunding Planned Parenthood). But even then, we can never erase the need for it completely.
This study also never clearly defines what a “severe mental disorder” is. Maybe it does, but I have to pay to read the full text, so fuck that. How did the researchers define “sever mental disorder”? Depression? Feelings of regret? Post-Abortion Syndrome (which most major scientists worldwide agree does not exist)? How many of these people had mental health issues already? Who diagnosed them, and how many of them could be misdiagnoses? How many of the people who started “abusing drugs” after the abortion were already users before the procedure? What’s the margin of error? While the study claims to be all-inclusive of these sorts of factors in the abstract, I can’t give it the benefit of the doubt without being able to read the full text. Further, I think a lot of “post-abortion guilt” can easily be attributed to anti-choice stigmas and patriarchy.
Also, correlation is not causation. This might say more about who continues to seek abortions when accessibility is limited as it is in the US. Ie. people who know they cannot deal with a child in their lives because of issues like those listed in the excerpt.
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Abortion is a traumatic event and will have psychological repercussions, and I feel that this is a fact. Your opinion...
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People really really really need to stop applying their personal beliefs or experiences as blanket statements that cover...
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fuckyeahtopher reblogged this from knitmeapony and added:
To the person that feels abortion is almost always psychologically traumatic: I “feel” you are an idiot.
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jadelyn reblogged this from dailymurf and added:
Re the bolded part of happyvegetable’s response:...No. No, no, no, no. Okay, so you “feel”...
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I have spoken to many women who have had abortions and, in general, they do regret it… But less because they did, and...
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Nng, I don’t expect BG to do any better. I’m surprised I haven’t heard about this before, actually. So many conflicting...
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CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUATE TO CAUSATION PEOPLE GODDAMN
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Vindication is depressing.
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Well, sure. Murder does tend to have that kind of effect on the human consicence. We can try to logic our way out of it,...
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BOOM, headshot. You’re doing it wrong.
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Yup. The majority of women do not regret their abortions. They frequently regret the situation that made it necessary,...
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I regret that tuna sandwich. lets make it illegal. I’ve already asked the fish they’ve assured me its bad anyway.
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