https://freerepublic.com/tag/psyhology/ en-us Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:04:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538717/posts An abortion can cause five years of mental anguish, anxiety, guilt and even shame, a BMC Medicine study suggests. University of Oslo researchers compared 40 women who had had a miscarriage with 80 who chose to have an abortion. Miscarriage was associated with more mental distress in the six months after the loss of a baby - but abortion had a much longer lasting negative effect. Pro-choice campaigners said there was no evidence abortion directly caused psychological trauma. The researchers said their work underlined the importance of giving women information about the psychological effects of losing a baby - either... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538717/posts#comment Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:04:38 GMT