Women Need More Mental Health Treatment After Abortion, New Study Finds

Elliot Institute ^ | 8/20/02

[American72]

Interesting statistics..where did you get those? What about these? Risks of Abortion vs Childbirth

[William Terrell]

I'm curious as to whether this study factored in the question that people who are more troubled tend to seek out abortion services in the first place.

That occured to me, too. Much like the drug question. Do people who take drugs become no-account because of the drugs or do they take drugs because they're no-account.

It does appear that if these women got abortions because they were troubled, the abortion sure didn't seem to help. And there remains the question that, should they have had the child would they have straightened up?

I'm as against wholesale abortion as anybody, but this could be a case of correlation instead of causation.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

It's a CHILD not a choice...

[babygene]

"Live births remain 8 times more deadly than abortions, however."

Your source for this number?

[nickcarraway]

Live births remain 8 times more deadly than abortions, however

That's simply not true. Especially in this country, where abortion is much less safe than say, Canada. In California, they are trying to pass a bill that will allow abortions to be performed by nondoctors.

[SoothingDave]

I'm curious as to whether this study factored in the question that people who are more troubled tend to seek out abortion services in the first place.

Certainly having the desire to have your own offspring dismembered is not exactly the thought process of a stable person.

SD

[Salman]

By examining Medi-Cal records for 173,000 low-income California women, the research team compared the rate of psychiatric outpatient treatments for women who had abortions versus those who carried to term. To control for differences in prior psychological health, they excluded all women who had any psychiatric care for a year prior to their pregnancy outcome.

What a no-brainer. I'd also like to see the statistics on women who never got pregnant at all. You'd need that really to pin it down.

[Destructor]

"Women Need More Mental Health Treatment After Abortion, New Study Finds"

The key word here is "more."

[Charlie OK]

Live births remain 8 times more deadly than abortions, however

Abortions are 100% deadly to little babies. Well, except for the ones that survive and then are left to die in a pan. Or are born without part of their brain or missing an arm. But I guess that doesn't bother you any. As long as "people are allowed to make choices".

[Saundra Duffy]

Ask Shelley Winters. She's still hurting . . . after all these years.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

You beat me to it, but I would like to reiterate:

Abortion is 100% deadly by definition. Period, end of story....

[nickcarraway]

Has Shelley Winters talked about that? I didn't hear?

[Charlie OK]

could you elaborate on that? I don't know that story...

[Lorianne]

Margaret Sanger was a eugenisist and a racist, but she was opposed to abortion. She thought it was barbaric (for the woman), which of course it is.

She did advocate eugenics, but by contraception not abortion. This is something that Planned Parenthood et. all does not want known about their heiroine.

[Salman]

This is something that Planned Parenthood et. all does not want known about their heiroine. Margaret Sanger is not just thier "heroine", she founded the organization.

How about this? Susan B. Anthony on abortion.

[Lorianne]

Yes she founded their organization, but she was opposed to abortion. I'm not defending her, from what I've read she was a 1st class racist. But she did not advocate abortion.

Thanks for the link. I know about S. Anthony. Virtually all of the early feminists were opposed to abortion.

[Lorianne]

Yes she founded their organization, but she was opposed to abortion. I'm not defending her, from what I've read she was a 1st class racist. But she did not advocate abortion.

Thanks for the link. I know about S. Anthony. Virtually all of the early feminists were opposed to abortion.