Posted on 01/14/2009 4:27:10 PM PST by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- While numerous studies confirm abortions cause women subsequent mental health issues, abortion advocates downplay them so abortion isn't seed in a negative light. But one doctor who counsels women after abortions says the proof is in the actual experiences of women who regret their choice.
Dr. Linda Mintle, who counsels women after abortions, says she sees problems such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse on a regular basis in the women who have had abortions.
"Abortion is a loss," Mintle told CBN News on Wednesday.
"It's a loss of a life and so it only makes sense that even though you thought in your mind that this is what you wanted to do, it feels very out of control once they do it, so that out of control loss feeling results in anxiety," she explained.
To deal with the psychological pain of an abortion they grieve, Mintle says women often turn to drugs or alcohol and eventually develop additions to those substances.
While groups such as the American Psychological Association, which is controlled by abortion advocates, deny the abortion-mental health link, Mintle told CBN News that an honest evaluation of post-abortion women reveals it exists.
"I have to tell you that I feel there is a lot of political pressure put on researchers and therapists to not really talk about the down side of abortion because there is such a strong pro-choice lobby in this country," Mintle said.
She told the news service that women should be given information before an abortion telling them of these post-abortion mental health complications.
Mintle's comments follow the release of three new studies from researchers across the globe that confirmed an abortion-mental health issue link exists.
Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University, and her colleagues published a study in December in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
The research team found induced abortions result in increased risks for a myriad of mental health problems ranging from anxiety to depression to substance abuse disorders.
The number of cases of mental health issues rose by as much as 17 percent in women having abortions compared to those who didn't have one and the risks of each particular mental health problem rose as much as 145% for post-abortive women.
For 12 out of 15 of the mental health outcomes examined, a decision to have an abortion resulted in an elevated risk for women.
"What is most notable in this study is that abortion contributed significant independent effects to numerous mental health problems above and beyond a variety of other traumatizing and stressful life experiences," they concluded.
Also last month, researchers at Otago University in New Zealand reported their findings in the British Journal of Psychiatry and found that women who have abortions have an increased risk of developing mental health problems.
The study found that women who had abortions had rates of mental health problems about 30% higher than other women. The conditions most associated with abortion included anxiety disorders and substance abuse disorders.
Abortions increased the risk of severe depression and anxiety by one-third and as many as 5.5 percent of all mental health disorders seen in New Zealand result from women having abortions.
A third study, from a team at the University of Queensland and published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found women who have an abortion are three times more likely to experience a drug or alcohol problem during their lifetime.
The study showed that women who had experienced an abortion were at increased risk of illicit drug and alcohol use compared with women who had never been pregnant or who gave birth.
I have a feeling that the number is fairly high, but you are right that this statistic will NEVER see the light of day.
hello, TigersEye. Thanks for the statistics. Do you have more where those came from? I am in need of some, if you do.
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I’m sorry, MountainFlower, that is all I have. You might find more through the links in my post. I also see someone has posted a bunch right below your request. I wish I could be of more help but I did most of my research a few years ago. Now I just add something when I run across it on FR.
If abortion doesn’t matter, why post to this thread? Just to be contrary?
Women with mental health issues after an abortion probably have a conscience.
As for FR, I think there ought to be room here for conservatives who don’t believe in Satan or God and don’t believe abortion is the only issue that matters.
If you think the owner of this forum should be required to provide you with the resources for spreading a message that he is opposed to, take it up with him, not me.
I choose to be a member of FR (with the owner's gracious permission) because I agree with the mission, policies, and most of all the agenda of FR. If at some point that changes, I won't demand that JR or anyone else be required to provide me with resources to spread my message, in opposition to his. I'll leave, as any decent person would. As long as he's paying the bills, he has a right to decide what message his forum sends out. If you disagree, you have options, but requiring JR to pay for your message, in opposition to his own, is not one of those options.
Thank you!
I didn’t help you at all ... but you’re welcome! ;-)
Excellent post, BB.
It has nothing to do with being in agreement on the issue. You’re just wrong, that’s all. I’m betting you have spent very little time, if any at all, discussing the matter with post-abortive women.
First of all, you HAVE NOT given ANY proof to back up your absurd claim that post-abortive women who have mental health problems had them before killing their babies.
Secondly, it IS a litmus test to those of us who value the sanctity of life. Abortion has caused more damage to this country than ANY tragedy in American history, even the economic problems we have today are DIRECTLY related to abortion.
Finally, of course you can be a conservative without being "fixated" on abortion, but what you and your ilk want conservatives to do is IGNORE abortion.
Actually, they are telling the truth, from their perspective.
They believe that if there were no reminders of how wrong abortion is, including religious reminders and especially in public policy (law),
then there would be no reminder of the guilt involved in killing your own baby.
This is the impetus behind, I’m conjecturing, 90% of all “pro-choice” women.
Just like you cannot be a solid conservative and reject the idea of a Creator,
you cannot be a solid conservative and believe that babies can be killed for the convenience of others without any guilt or moral wrong assigned.
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