[ClaireSolt]

This needs more work. Now it looks like a correlation. It may be that young women who engage in risky irresponsible behavior leading to pregnancy and abortion were not wired all that well for whatever reason.

[teenagebambam]

>This needs more work. Now it looks like a correlation. It may be that young women who engage in risky irresponsible behavior leading to pregnancy and abortion were not wired all that well for whatever reason.<

Exactly. Maybe the reason it couldn't egt printed is because it prevents a shaky causality. Women who are having uinprotected sex in their youth probably have a screw loose going in, abortion or no.

[Mr. Silverback]

This needs more work. Now it looks like a correlation. It may be that young women who engage in risky irresponsible behavior leading to pregnancy and abortion were not wired all that well for whatever reason.

Go to the source document and you'll find a link to the study text. I haven't read it yet, but it would not surprise me if Fergusson controlled for it.

[Raycpa]

It may be that young women who engage in risky irresponsible behavior leading to pregnancy and abortion were not wired all that well for whatever reason.

Would a unbalanced person be more or less affected emotionally by an abortion than a "normal" person? What's your best guess?