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   October 11, 2013 (LiveActionNews) - Pro-Choice groups and   
   organizations such as Planned Parenthood maintain that abortion   
   is beneficial to women. They claim that women do not have   
   emotional problems after their abortions. Planned Parenthood’s   
   slogan “Care. No Matter What” implies that their workers care   
   about women and are dedicated to helping them in difficult   
   circumstances.   
      
   On their website, Planned Parenthood claims:   
      
   Research studies indicate that emotional responses to legally   
   induced abortion are largely positive. They also indicate that   
   emotional problems resulting from abortion are rare and less   
   frequent than those following childbirth.”   
   Unfortunately, statistics tell a different story.   
      
   Two studies from Finland(1) show that women who had abortions   
   were 6 to 7 times more likely to commit suicide than women who   
   gave birth. These studies were based on medical records rather   
   than interviews. Researchers looked at the death certificates of   
   women to ascertain how many died by suicide. Then they used   
   medical records to see how many of these women had abortions.   
   The fact that this study was based on medical records is   
   significant, because of a phenomenon called “recall bias.”   
   Recall bias occurs when women are asked on questionnaires or in   
   person whether they had an abortion. Many times, because of the   
   stigma attached to the abortion procedure, women do not answer   
   this question honestly. This tendency to hide a past abortion   
   often skews the results of such studies. Therefore, studies that   
   are based on medical records rather than interviews are   
   considered to be more accurate.   
      
   The study only covered the first year after women’s abortions.   
   Many post-abortion testimonies reveal that grief after an   
   abortion can surface years later; sometimes a wanted pregnancy,   
   seeing ultrasound pictures or photographs of unborn babies, or   
   holding a friend’s baby triggers regret, depression, and   
   suicidal feelings. So in reality, these studies may actually   
   reveal only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to suicidal   
   feelings after abortion.   
      
   Other statistics show that women have a higher rate of suicide   
   after abortion. Suicide rates among women of childbearing age   
   are approximately 11.3 out of 100,000.   
      
   Postabortion women have a rate of 34.7. Interestingly enough,   
   women who have given birth have a suicide rate of 5.9 per   
   hundred thousand. Birth, then, seems to give some protection   
   against suicide. Perhaps women who have children discover   
   they’ve something to live for, or do not want to hurt the   
   children that depend on them by committing suicide. In any case,   
   giving birth seems to be a detriment to suicide – whereas   
   abortion increases the suicide rate.   
      
   Shortly after the Finnish studies, researchers in Great Britain   
   conducted their own survey of abortion medical records. They   
   found a similar correlation between abortion and suicide. They   
   found an 8.1 rate of suicide per thousand women who had   
   abortions, and a 1.9 rate of suicide among women who carry to   
   term.   
      
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   The statistics for teenagers who have abortions are even more   
   disturbing. Teen girls are 10 times more likely to attempt   
   suicide if they have had an abortion in the last six months than   
   girls who have not had an abortion, and 2-4 times more likely to   
   commit suicide after abortion compared to adult women.(2)   
      
   A study done by Doctor David C Reardon, and abortion researcher   
   and mental health professional who helps post-abortion women   
   revealed a 154% higher suicide rate among women who aborted.(3)   
   In interviews for his book, Aborted Women: Silent No More   
   (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002), he discovered that up to   
   60% of women experienced suicidal feelings. Dr. Reardon’s   
   research was done on women who regretted their abortions, so his   
   data may not be applicable to all women who have abortions.   
   However, a 60% statistic cannot be ignored. 28% of the women he   
   interviewed had actually attempted suicide.   
      
   Another survey of post-abortion women, which appeared in Women’s   
   World, revealed that 45% (well over a third) of women had   
   suicidal feelings following their abortions.(5).   
      
   These are just some of the studies connecting abortion with   
   suicide. Pro-life organizations need to reach out to post-   
   abortion women and give them encouragement, support, and   
   compassion.   
      
   Sarah Terzo is a pro-life author and creator of the   
   clinicquotes.com website. She is a member of Secular Pro-Life   
   and Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians.   
      
   Reprinted with permission from LiveActionNews   
      
   http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-and-suicide-the-grim-   
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