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Posted on 01/30/2007 3:46:57 PM PST by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is coming under fire for continuing to mislead women about the mental health risks associated with having an abortion. In a statement released Tuesday by PPFA medical director Vanessa Cullins, the abortion business claims there are no emotional or psychological concerns.
Cullins answered a sample question from a Planned Parenthood supporter asking if "having an abortion emotionally and psychologically dangerous."
"No. Most women feel relief after an abortion," Cullins responded.
"But anti-choice extremists make false claims about this. They want people to believe that most women who choose abortion suffer severe and long lasting emotional trauma. This is not true," Cullins added.
"For more than 20 years, most scientific studies have found that emotional reactions to having abortion are relatively positive," Cullins explains.
However, her statements run counter to the latest research studies published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Dr. David Fergusson, a New Zealand college professor, published the results of a study he conducted in January 2006 which showed women who have abortions are more likely to become severely depressed.
"Those having an abortion had elevated rates of subsequent mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviors and substance use disorders," said Fergusson, whose study was published in the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology
According to the study, 42 percent of the women who had abortions had experienced major depression within the last four years. That's almost double the rate of women who never became pregnant. The risk of anxiety disorders also doubled.
Women who had abortions were twice as likely to drink alcohol at dangerous levels and three times as likely to be addicted to illegal drugs compared with those who carried their pregnancies to term.
Fergusson's research was right in line with what professors at Bowling Green State University in Ohio found in 2004. They examined data on nearly 11,000 women between the ages of 15 and 34 who had experienced an unintended pregnancy. Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a research psychologist at BGSU, who published the report in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, said their survey found that women who have abortions of unexpected pregnancies were 30 percent more likely to experience subsequent problems with anxiety than those who don't have one.
Women in the study who had abortions and suffered from general anxiety disorder experienced irritability, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, a pounding or racing heart, or feelings of unreality.
Coleman pointed out that, while having a child as a teen may be problematic, "the risks of terminating seem to be even more pronounced."
"The scientific evidence is now strong and compelling," Coleman said. "Abortion poses more risks to women than giving birth."
In an interview with a New Zealand newspaper about his study, Fergusson said he doesn't oppose abortion but his results show that abortion is dangerous for women.
"I'm pro-choice but I've produced results which, if anything, favor a pro-life viewpoint," he explained. "It's obvious I'm not acting out of any agenda except to do reasonable science about a difficult problem."
"Our study is strongly suggestive of a link between abortion and developing mental illness," he concluded.
Professor Fergusson plans a followup study next year asking more detailed questions about the women who had abortions.
Obviously, Banned Parenthood (to quote a mutual friend) cares only about the Gloria Steinems and Kate Michelmans of the world who butcher their babies without a shred of remorse; they don't give a rat's tail about the women who DO suffer. Not only do they pretend they don't exist, but they frequently mock them. I remember a post-abortion "speak-out" in which a very brave woman shared her story, which included the horrible experience of rape. A lovely lady passing by on the street retorted, "That's your problem." Compassionate folks, those pro-aborts.
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Classic Pro-choice bullshit from Cullins. EVERY woman I have ever known who has had an abortion (and usually before the age of 23) has suffered greatly because of it. Anyone woman with a soul will struggle with what she did for the rest of her life. Usually way more than the "man" responsible for his part in it will. No wonder all those Lefty politicos like Bill Clinton embrace "woman's right to choose" so warmly:
it's a win-win situation for him: he looks like a hero to the Nina Burleigh*'s of the world, while preserving his ace-in-the-hole of making abortion E-Z for the scores of
women "friendly acquaintances" of his who he made sure needed one.
* Nina Burleigh---lefty female "journalist" who during the reign of Bubba, conjured the awful scenario that women, to show their adoration of Bubba for his devotion to "preserve" abortion rights, should be willing to get down on their knees and service him.
(Uhhhhh, Nina---that's just what HE had in mind,too.)
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"Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman." I've been posting that fact for more than a decade ... at least now one posting it isn't assaulted by the abortion apologists at FR. But the lies have gone on so loudly for so long that the significance of the truth is lost on today's readers.
Classic Pro-choice bullshit from Cullins. EVERY woman I have ever known who has had an abortion (and usually before the age of 23) has suffered greatly because of it. Anyone woman with a soul will struggle with what she did for the rest of her life. Usually way more than the "man" responsible for his part in it will. No wonder all those Lefty politicos like Bill Clinton embrace "woman's right to choose" so warmly:
it's a win-win situation for him: he looks like a hero to the Nina Burleigh*'s of the world, while preserving his ace-in-the-hole of making abortion E-Z for the scores of
women "friendly acquaintances" of his who he made sure needed one.
* Nina Burleigh---lefty female "journalist" who during the reign of Bubba, conjured the awful scenario that women, to show their adoration of Bubba for his devotion to "preserve" abortion rights, should be willing to get down on their knees and service him.
(Uhhhhh, Nina---that's just what HE had in mind,too.)
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Oh, I don't know. I think minds are changing. It takes time to change minds. Good for you for enduring the insults and persisting. I remember how different it was on FR years ago.
In a pig's eye!
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