The New Zealand Herald recently published a short article, which is linked in the blog post title above. The research summarized in the newspaper article found that "Women who have an abortion are more likely to suffer subsequent poor mental health." The study evaluated women for "major depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol dependence and illicit drug dependence."
While after-abortion mental health problems may only account for between "1.5 and 5.5 per cent of the overall rate of mental disorders in the general population", this research study is yet another piece of evidence that abortion can be harmful, not helpful.
The effect of this study in New Zealand is interesting because "over 90% of terminations were authorised on the grounds that proceeding with the pregnancy will pose a serious threat to the woman's mental health." And now here is proof that proceeding with a termination may pose a serious threat to the woman's mental health.
It is common that you, as the parent of a pregnant teen or college student, may feel panic, fear, or shame. You may hope that a quick, quiet abortion will return everything to 'normal'. But this is not the case. Even if your daughter does not suffer from depression, anxiety, or drug use after the abortion, she will still be the mother of a dead baby and not the exact teen she was before pregnancy. Abortion can make her unpregnant, but it can't undo the fact that she is a mother. Before you urge your daughter to abort your grandchild, take the time to research the physical and emotional risks that are involved.
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