[nukkad] Post Abortion Syndrome

[Rajan Malhotra <malhotra_raju@yahoo.com>]

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Nukkies,

Following are the Post-Abortion effects as per one of
the research :

(1)In a study of post-abortion patients only 8 weeks
after their abortion, researchers found that 44%
complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced
sleep disturbances, 31% had regrets about their
decision, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic
medicine by their family doctor. 

(2) A 5 year retrospective study in two Canadian
provinces found significantly greater use of medical
and psychiatric services among aborted women. Most
significant was the finding that 25% of aborted women
made visits to psychiatrists as compared to 3% of the
control group.

(3) Women who have had abortions are significantly
more likely than others to subsequently require
admission to a psychiatric hospital. At especially
high risk are teenagers, separated or divorced women,
and women with a history of more than one abortion.

(4) SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS:
Approximately 60 percent of women who experience
post-abortion sequelae report suicidal ideation, with
28 percent actually attempting suicide, of which half
attempted suicide two or more times. Researchers in
Finland have identified a strong statistical
association between abortion and suicide in a records
based study. The identified 73 suicides associated
within one year to a pregnancy ending either naturally
or by induced abortion. The mean annual suicide rate
for all women was 11.3 per 100,000. Suicide rate
associated with birth was significantly lower (5.9).
Rates for pregnancy loss were significantly higher.
For miscarriage the rate was 18.1 per 100,000 and for
abortion 34.7 per 100,000. The suicide rate within one
year after an abortion was three times higher than for
all women, seven times higher than for women carrying
to term, and nearly twice as high as for women who
suffered a miscarriage. Suicide attempts appear to be
especially prevalent among post-abortion teenagers

 (5) POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD or PAS): A
major random study found that a minimum of 19% of
post- abortion women suffer from diagnosable
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Approximately
half had many, but not all, symptoms of PTSD, and 20
to 40 percent showed moderate to high levels of stress
and avoidance behavior relative to their abortion
experiences. 

(6) SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: Thirty to fifty percent of
aborted women report experiencing sexual dysfunctions,
of both short and long duration, beginning immediately
after their abortions. These problems may include one
or more of the following: loss of pleasure from
intercourse, increased pain, an aversion to sex and/or
males in general, or the development of a promiscuous
life-style.

(7) EATING DISORDERS: For at least some women,
post-abortion stress is associated with eating
disorders such as binge eating, bulimia, and anorexia
nervosa

 (8) CHILD NEGLECT OR ABUSE: Abortion is linked with
increased depression, violent behavior, alcohol and
drug abuse, replacement pregnancies, and reduced
maternal bonding with children born subsequently.
These factors are closely associated with child abuse
and would appear to confirm individual clinical
assessments linking post-abortion trauma with
subsequent child abuse

(9) REPEAT ABORTIONS: Women who have one abortion are
at increased risk of having additional abortions in
the future. Women with a prior abortion experience are
four times more likely to abort a current pregnancy
than those with no prior abortion history.


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