ABORTION REGRET

Make an appointment with us for a free consult and referrals. We can help you. Researchers Discover Abortion Regret Is Not A Myth The reality of terminating a life is not something that many can ignore. For numerous women who have an abortion, the decision will not result in empowerment, as pro- choice advocates would have one believe, but in mourning and pain. Mourning the immediate loss of a life unlived, and the pain that may come from experiencing serious mental health repercussions down the road. As reported by Punam Kumar Gill in her new documentary Hush, every year in the U.S., over one million women will undergo an induced abortion. Many of these women, either shortly after their abortion or many years in the future, will come to regret this decision. A 2000 study cited by Hush and prepared by Dr. Brenda Major, a Professor of Psychology & Communications at the University of California, recorded that approximately 21% of American women who receive an abortion believed that their abortion did more harm than good. This percentage grew to 28% within two years of the abortion. This means of the one million women who have abortions each year in the US, more than 280,000 of them believe, within two years, that their abortion did more harm than good. In a 2009 study, Seng and colleagues found that 20% of pregnant women from eight midwestern US clinics had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Women were asked to identify the single worst trauma they had ever experienced, considering five types of possible traumatic events. Credit: Daniel Christiansen