by APFLI | Jul 22, 2016 | Abortion - Archive, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Abortion during the late teen and early adult years raises a woman’s risk of mental health problems and may be linked to almost one in ten cases of these women’s mental disorders, a new study says. A sociologist at CUA found that the risks of a mental disorder with...
by APFLI | Aug 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
September is suicide prevention month, and grim though it may be, the disability, aging, and veterans communities are among the most likely populations to feel pressure to end their lives and, sadly, do so. In an effort to re-claim conversations about quality of life...
by APFLI | Jul 14, 2015 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Do Women ‘Regret’ Abortions? New Study Helps End Debate… Really? [Comment: Ironically, the APA (American Psychological Association) which states that “Most adult women who terminate a pregnancy do not experience mental health problems” (see Abortion and Mental...
by APFLI | Jul 6, 2015 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Women regret abortion and so do many of the men who love them but sometimes women have abortions without consulting with the child’s father. This may be because they believe they aren’t ready to be parents, are afraid the father will reject them or because they’re in...
by APFLI | Jun 5, 2015 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
… And the Ongoing Cover-up Women with a history of abortion are three times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorders, according to a new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The researchers’ findings were based on a comparison of...
by APFLI | Jun 1, 2015 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Last week we reported on a deeply flawed study using the “Turnaway Study” that is being used to claim that most women have no regrets after an abortion. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, of Bowling Green State University and director of WECARE, has also published her...
by APFLI | Apr 26, 2015 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Research Says Teens Face More Mental Health Risks, Even When Pregnancy Is Unplanned Are teens who abort better off than teens who carry an unplanned pregnancy to term? Not according to a study published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. The study found that...
by APFLI | Jun 18, 2014 | Studies - Breast Cancer, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
[Editor’s note. This appeared at Reproductive Research Audit. What follows first is RRA’s introduction to Dr. Davenport’s essay.] Reproductive Research Audit [ http://reproductiveresearchaudit.com/ ] covers studies that address the most controversial topics in...
by APFLI | Dec 18, 2011 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Abortion Review: Some Women Likely to Suffer Mental Health Problems after Abortion (AMRC, Dec 2011) [It should be noted that the AMRC is supportive of abortion, and so attempts to put this in the best light for the abortion industry.] The Review on Induced Abortion...
by APFLI | Nov 12, 2011 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
2010 Study Shows Abortion-Mental Health Issues Link AAPLOG [the American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists ] has drawn attention to yet another study showing a strong link between abortion and mental illness. The paper, titled ‘Associations...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2011 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
A List of Major Psychological Effects Associated With Abortion Requirement of Psychological Treatment: A study of the medical records of 56,741 California medicaid patients revealed that women who had abortions were 160 percent more likely than delivering women to be...
by APFLI | Sep 3, 2011 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
The excellent new Coleman study in the Brit. J Psychiatry on mental health effects of abortion can be seen at:...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2011 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Study: Abortion, Depression and the Impact on Later Children As a study finds brain changes in children whose mothers were depressed, we examine the research on abortion’s impact on subsequent children. Recently, researchers at the University of Montreal found...
by APFLI | Mar 1, 2011 | Abortion - Archive, Abuse / Violence / Forced Abortion, Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Key Factors in Understanding Women’s Mental Health After Abortion Dr. Shuping presented this article at a United Nations workshop in March 2011, and at the June 2011 meeting of the Association for Interdisciplinary Research on Values and Social Change. In 1973,...
by APFLI | Dec 1, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Later Abortions Linked to Psychological Problems: Study (JP, 8/2010) A study of women who had abortions has found that women undergoing later abortions face increased psychological risks, are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion and are more...
by APFLI | Oct 2, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
While this is not a peer-reviewed medical journal article, it has useful information and worthy of posting, FYI. Negative Psychological Impact of Abortion Results from 'Hard-Wiring' in Women's Brains: Scholars "Women are hard-wired for...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Find at end: Distress After Abortion, British Journal of Psychology, 2009 Study Finds Later Abortions Linked to Mental Health Risks, Women Pressured A new study finds the later a woman has an abortion the more likely it is that she faces mental health risks and...
by APFLI | May 15, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Women Who Have Abortions Four Times More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Manitoba finds women who have had abortions are about four times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol as those who carried their...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
These are older studies, but that is exactly why they are being added: to show that abortion research has been going on — and ignored — for decades… One of the best kept secrets in the abortion industry is the significant increase in suicide...
by APFLI | Jan 31, 2010 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Study Linking Poor Pre-Abortion Counseling and PTSD Shows Need for New Legislation: Research Finds Poor Counseling Predicts Post-Abortion Psychological Problems A new study has found that poor counseling before abortion is more likely to be followed by symptoms of...