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Abortion hurts women

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The most comprehensive and largest study of the mental health risks associated with abortion,was published on September 1, 2011, in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry.The study was a meta-analysis that examined 22 other studies that had been published between 1995 and 2009.[1] The study involved 877,181 women – 163,831 of whom had abortions.

Here’s what the study found:

Women who have had an abortion have an 81% higher risk of subsequent mental health problems compared to women who have not had an abortion.

Women who aborted have a 138% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women who have given birth.

Women who aborted have a 55% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women with an “unplanned” pregnancy who gave birth.

Women with a history of abortion have higher rates of anxiety (34% higher), depression (37%), alcohol use/misuse (110%), marijuana use (230%), and suicidal behavior (155%) compared to those who have not had abortions.

[Dr. Coleman’s meta-analysis excluded studies that were potentially biased or weak. The meta analysis only included studies that were published in peer reviewed journals, had at least 100 women participating, controlled for prior history of mental health or abuse (that could have skewed the results), and compared women to those who had not had abortions with those who had abortions.]
Abortion Hurts Women – Illinois Right to Life Abortion Hurts Women ? Illinois Right to Life

If you are a mother considering having your child slaughtered please at least give the child a name and apologize to him/her for having him/her put to death. The spirit of your slain son/daughter still lives and one day you will be reunited.

I dated a girl who had names for her two aborted children and she was in a lot of psychological conflict and torment over a decision she could never reverse. Women aren't stupid! Their instincts will let them know they severely went against their maternal nature by having their children slain. A nation that kills it's own children is a nation without hope. If you're reading this, then your mother never aborted you. I'm sorry, I love liberals and will likely lose any liberal friends I had here.

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.[1] A homicide requires only a volitional act by another person that results in death, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.
Homicide - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide

To think women are stupid enough to not realize they are having their child murdered is a severe insult to the intelligence of women! To think this won't cause the wounded mother trauma, guilt, regret, and internal conflict is extremely ridiculous.

If you had an abortion, I love you, God loves you, and your aborted child loves you and forgives you. If you are liberal, I feel you. I used to be pro-choice as one can get. I started a previous thread titled "Abortion is beautiful". I told my pro-life mother she should have aborted me. I have lived in jails and mental institutions with murderers, gangsters, junkies, pedophiles, and hoodlums, that I feel would have been better off aborted. I feel it is the lesser of two evils to have a child with HIV, fetal alcohol syndrome, or various other disabilities aborted, but homicide is homicide regardless.

What bothers me most is not the death of the child. The child dies and is spared the agony of life. It is the pain and grief it causes the mother who went against her maternal instincts to have her own child, the fruit of her womb, slaughtered, that bothers me the most. Realizing the pain, trauma, and mental health issues abortion causes women is what bothers me the most as well as how sick it is for society to approve of such madness!

A nation which legalizes homicide and kills it's innocent children is a nation without hope! I love you liberals and I feel you. I'm sorry but I had to speak the obvious truth here. God bless you!
 
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Problem is, I believe in God's eyes you were a human being in your mother's womb with an immortal soul. We abort 50 million babies a year worldwide. That's a lot of people legally Slaughtered.

I'm sorry liberals... I'm sorry I'm this way... but I have to stick up for millions of defenseless human beings slain legally.
 
Rapes and incest account for less than 1% of abortions... If I were a victim of such, I would probably get an abortion, but it doesn't change the fact that it's homicide...if someone was raped does that give them permission to kill the human being that had nothing to do with it?

It isn't the woman's fault either. If men would control their lusts we would have far fewer abortions... Hedonism n love for pleasure is what leads to the 50 million abortions every year
 
The most comprehensive and largest study of the mental health risks associated with abortion,was published on September 1, 2011, in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry.The study was a meta-analysis that examined 22 other studies that had been published between 1995 and 2009.[1] The study involved 877,181 women – 163,831 of whom had abortions.

Here’s what the study found:

Women who have had an abortion have an 81% higher risk of subsequent mental health problems compared to women who have not had an abortion.

Women who aborted have a 138% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women who have given birth.

Women who aborted have a 55% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women with an “unplanned” pregnancy who gave birth.

Women with a history of abortion have higher rates of anxiety (34% higher), depression (37%), alcohol use/misuse (110%), marijuana use (230%), and suicidal behavior (155%) compared to those who have not had abortions.

[Dr. Coleman’s meta-analysis excluded studies that were potentially biased or weak. The meta analysis only included studies that were published in peer reviewed journals, had at least 100 women participating, controlled for prior history of mental health or abuse (that could have skewed the results), and compared women to those who had not had abortions with those who had abortions.]
Abortion Hurts Women – Illinois Right to Life

If you are a mother considering having your child slaughtered please at least give the child a name and apologize to him/her for having him/her put to death. The spirit of your slain son/daughter still lives and one day you will be reunited.

I dated a girl who had names for her two aborted children and she was in a lot of psychological conflict and torment over a decision she could never reverse. Women aren't stupid! Their instincts will let them know they severely went against their maternal nature by having their children slain. A nation that kills it's own children is a nation without hope. If you're reading this, then your mother never aborted you. I'm sorry, I love liberals and will likely lose any liberal friends I had here.

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.[1] A homicide requires only a volitional act by another person that results in death, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.
Homicide - Wikipedia

To think women are stupid enough to not realize they are having their child murdered is a severe insult to the intelligence of women! To think this won't cause the wounded mother trauma, guilt, regret, and internal conflict is extremely ridiculous.

If you had an abortion, I love you, God loves you, and your aborted child loves you and forgives you. If you are liberal, I feel you. I used to be pro-choice as one can get. I started a previous thread titled "Abortion is beautiful". I told my pro-life mother she should have aborted me. I have lived in jails and mental institutions with murderers, gangsters, junkies, pedophiles, and hoodlums, that I feel would have been better off aborted. I feel it is the lesser of two evils to have a child with HIV, fetal alcohol syndrome, or various other disabilities aborted, but homicide is homicide regardless.

What bothers me most is not the death of the child. The child dies and is spared the agony of life. It is the pain and grief it causes the mother who went against her maternal instincts to have her own child, the fruit of her womb, slaughtered, that bothers me the most. Realizing the pain, trauma, and mental health issues abortion causes women is what bothers me the most as well as how sick it is for society to approve of such madness!

A nation which legalizes homicide and kills it's innocent children is a nation without hope! I love you liberals and I feel you. I'm sorry but I had to speak the obvious truth here. God bless you!

Listen friend,

We all know abortions hurt women, if not physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, it is like suffering from PTSD.

This myth that an abortion is like getting your teeth cleaned is absurd and dangerously wrong!

Those on the other side do not understand the symbiotic relationship between the mother and child. It doesn't take a scientist to understand that when one spouse dies, the other dies from a broken heart very soon, especially if the couple is elderly.

Although different, this is somewhat similar. The intrinsic relationship between a mother and child is special and when that is taken away through life-ending measures, consequences will emerge in the future.

Thank you. That post deserves a thumbs up!!

:bravo:
 
The most comprehensive and largest study of the mental health risks associated with abortion,was published on September 1, 2011, in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry.The study was a meta-analysis that examined 22 other studies that had been published between 1995 and 2009.[1] The study involved 877,181 women – 163,831 of whom had abortions.

Here’s what the study found:

Women who have had an abortion have an 81% higher risk of subsequent mental health problems compared to women who have not had an abortion.

Women who aborted have a 138% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women who have given birth.

Women who aborted have a 55% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women with an “unplanned” pregnancy who gave birth.

Women with a history of abortion have higher rates of anxiety (34% higher), depression (37%), alcohol use/misuse (110%), marijuana use (230%), and suicidal behavior (155%) compared to those who have not had abortions.

[Dr. Coleman’s meta-analysis excluded studies that were potentially biased or weak. The meta analysis only included studies that were published in peer reviewed journals, had at least 100 women participating, controlled for prior history of mental health or abuse (that could have skewed the results), and compared women to those who had not had abortions with those who had abortions.]
Abortion Hurts Women – Illinois Right to Life

If you are a mother considering having your child slaughtered please at least give the child a name and apologize to him/her for having him/her put to death. The spirit of your slain son/daughter still lives and one day you will be reunited.

I dated a girl who had names for her two aborted children and she was in a lot of psychological conflict and torment over a decision she could never reverse. Women aren't stupid! Their instincts will let them know they severely went against their maternal nature by having their children slain. A nation that kills it's own children is a nation without hope. If you're reading this, then your mother never aborted you. I'm sorry, I love liberals and will likely lose any liberal friends I had here.

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.[1] A homicide requires only a volitional act by another person that results in death, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.
Homicide - Wikipedia

To think women are stupid enough to not realize they are having their child murdered is a severe insult to the intelligence of women! To think this won't cause the wounded mother trauma, guilt, regret, and internal conflict is extremely ridiculous.

If you had an abortion, I love you, God loves you, and your aborted child loves you and forgives you. If you are liberal, I feel you. I used to be pro-choice as one can get. I started a previous thread titled "Abortion is beautiful". I told my pro-life mother she should have aborted me. I have lived in jails and mental institutions with murderers, gangsters, junkies, pedophiles, and hoodlums, that I feel would have been better off aborted. I feel it is the lesser of two evils to have a child with HIV, fetal alcohol syndrome, or various other disabilities aborted, but homicide is homicide regardless.

What bothers me most is not the death of the child. The child dies and is spared the agony of life. It is the pain and grief it causes the mother who went against her maternal instincts to have her own child, the fruit of her womb, slaughtered, that bothers me the most. Realizing the pain, trauma, and mental health issues abortion causes women is what bothers me the most as well as how sick it is for society to approve of such madness!

A nation which legalizes homicide and kills it's innocent children is a nation without hope! I love you liberals and I feel you. I'm sorry but I had to speak the obvious truth here. God bless you!

Holy cow. Self righteous and plastering bull****... nice.
 
Listen friend,

We all know abortions hurt women, if not physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, it is like suffering from PTSD.

This myth that an abortion is like getting your teeth cleaned is absurd and dangerously wrong!

Those on the other side do not understand the symbiotic relationship between the mother and child. It doesn't take a scientist to understand that when one spouse dies, the other dies from a broken heart very soon, especially if the couple is elderly.

Although different, this is somewhat similar. The intrinsic relationship between a mother and child is special and when that is taken away through life-ending measures, consequences will emerge in the future.

Thank you. That post deserves a thumbs up!!

:bravo:

And being a parent when not ready hurts children..." friend"
 
Listen friend,

We all know abortions hurt women, if not physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, it is like suffering from PTSD.

This myth that an abortion is like getting your teeth cleaned is absurd and dangerously wrong!

Those on the other side do not understand the symbiotic relationship between the mother and child. It doesn't take a scientist to understand that when one spouse dies, the other dies from a broken heart very soon, especially if the couple is elderly.

Although different, this is somewhat similar. The intrinsic relationship between a mother and child is special and when that is taken away through life-ending measures, consequences will emerge in the future.

Thank you. That post deserves a thumbs up!!

:bravo:
My phone would not let me give your post a thumbs up. Excellent post!
 
Problem is, I believe in God's eyes you were a human being in your mother's womb with an immortal soul. We abort 50 million babies a year worldwide. That's a lot of people legally Slaughtered.

I'm sorry liberals... I'm sorry I'm this way... but I have to stick up for millions of defenseless human beings slain legally.

Studies showing the abortion-mental health connection:
• Bradshaw, Z., & Slade, P. (2005). The relationship between induced abortion, attitudes toward sexuality, and sexual problems. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 20, 390-406.
• Brockington, I.F. (2005). Post-abortion psychosis, Archives of Women’s Mental Health 8: 53–54.
• Broen, A. N., Moum, T., Bodtker, A. S., & Ekeberg, O. (2006). Predictors of anxiety and depression following pregnancy termination: A longitudinal five-year follow-up study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 85: 317-23.
• Broen, A. N., Moum, T., Bodtker, A. S., & Ekeberg, O. (2005). Reasons for induced abortion and their relation to women’s emotional distress: A prospective, two-year follow-up study. General Hospital Psychiatry 27: 36-43.
• Broen, A. N., Moum, T., Bodtker, A. S., & Ekeberg, O. (2005). The course of mental health after miscarriage and induced abortion: a longitudinal, five-year follow-up study. BMC Medicine 3(18).
• Coleman, P. K. (2005). Induced Abortion and increased risk of substance use: A review of the evidence. Current Women’s Health Reviews 1, 21-34.
• Coleman, P. K. (2006). Resolution of unwanted pregnancy during adolescence through abortion versus childbirth: Individual and family predictors and psychological consequences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 903-911.
• Coleman, P. K. (2009). The Psychological Pain of Perinatal Loss and Subsequent Parenting Risks: Could Induced Abortion be more Problematic than Other Forms of Loss? Current Women’s Health Reviews, 5, 88-99.
• Coleman, P. K., Coyle, C. T., & Rue, V.M. (2010). Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Journal of Pregnancy, vol. 2010, Article ID 130519.
• Coleman, P. K., Coyle, C.T., Shuping, M., & Rue, V. (2009), Induced Abortion and Anxiety, Mood, and Substance Abuse Disorders: Isolating the Effects of Abortion in the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 770– 776.
• Coleman, P. K., Maxey, C. D., Rue, V. M., & Coyle, C. T. (2005). Associations between voluntary and involuntary forms of perinatal loss and child maltreatment among low-income mothers. Acta Paediatrica, 94(10), 1476-1483.
• Coleman, P. K., & Maxey, D. C., Spence, M. Nixon, C. (2009). The choice to abort among mothers living under ecologically deprived conditions: Predictors and consequences. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 7, 405-422.
• Coleman, P. K., Reardon, D. C., & Cougle, J. R. (2005). Substance use among pregnant women in the context of previous reproductive loss and desire for current pregnancy. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10 (2), 255-268.
• Coleman, P. K., Reardon, D. C., Strahan, T., & Cougle, J. R. (2005). The psychology of abortion: A review and suggestions for future research. Psychology and Health, 20, 237-271.
• Coleman, P.K., Rue, V.M. & Coyle, C.T. (2009). Induced abortion and intimate relationship quality in the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey. Public Health, 123, 331-338.DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.01.005.
• Coleman, P.K., Rue, V.M., Coyle, C.T. & Maxey, C.D. (2007). Induced abortion and child-directed aggression among mothers of maltreated children. Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology, 6 (2), ISSN: 1528-8374.
• Coleman, P. K., Rue, V., & Spence, M. (2007). Intrapersonal processes and post-abortion relationship difficulties: A review and consolidation of relevant literature. Internet Journal of Mental Health, 4 (2).
• Coleman, P.K., Rue, V.M., Spence, M. & Coyle, C.T. (2008). Abortion and the sexual lives of men and women: Is casual sexual behavior more appealing and more common after abortion? International Journal of Health and Clinical Psychology, 8 (1), 77-91.
• Cougle, J. R., Reardon, D. C., & Coleman, P. K. (2005). Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: A cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 137-142.
• Coyle, C.T., Coleman, P.K. & Rue, V.M. (2010). Inadequate preabortion counseling and decision conflict as predictors of subsequent relationship difficulties and psychological stress in men and women. Traumatology, 16 (1), 16-30. DOI:10.1177/1534765609347550.

https://www.heartbeatinternational.org/30-studies-coleman

More facts and studies!
 
Rapes and incest account for less than 1% of abortions... If I were a victim of such, I would probably get an abortion, but it doesn't change the fact that it's homicide...if someone was raped does that give them permission to kill the human being that had nothing to do with it?

It isn't the woman's fault either. If men would control their lusts we would have far fewer abortions... Hedonism n love for pleasure is what leads to the 50 million abortions every year

:lol:

Lust.

If only lust did not make boners that penetrated vaginas we would save the fetus's!!!
 
I can think of a dozen reasons for such correlations that don’t involve “abortions causes mental problems”. Some of them are pretty damn obvious.
 
And being a parent when not ready hurts children..." friend"

What do you tell a woman that has an abortion and regrets it in the future?

That is something, you cannot reverse. The amount of guilt that woman must feel is overwhelming.
 
What do you tell a woman that has an abortion and regrets it in the future?

Nothing. It is her choice. Others should piss off... life is tough.

That is something, you cannot reverse. The amount of guilt that woman must feel is overwhelming.

The amount of guilt in having a child you don't want or love is far worse...
 
I don't take any pleasure in starting a thread like this. But I cannot remain silent about the murder of 50 million people legally every year. As I was texting this message many abortions happened.

I used to be so liberal that I said abortion was beautiful. With the grace of God my views have changed.

If you've had an abortion, apologize to the child and God, and move on. The child forgives you and the two of you shall be reunited eventually
 
Nothing. It is her choice. Others should piss off... life is tough.

The amount of guilt in having a child you don't want or love is far worse...

I regret a lot of things when I was 16-20. Even though I was an adult and was legally able to make a decision, I wish someone was able to intervene and prevented me from making some dumb decisions.

When you are saying it is her choice and life is tough, what a terrible thing to say!!
 
I don't take any pleasure in starting a thread like this. But I cannot remain silent about the murder of 50 million people legally every year. As I was texting this message many abortions happened.

I used to be so liberal that I said abortion was beautiful. With the grace of God my views have changed.

If you've had an abortion, apologize to the child and God, and move on. The child forgives you and the two of you shall be reunited eventually

Stories from real-life women:

 
Nothing. It is her choice. Others should piss off... life is tough.



The amount of guilt in having a child you don't want or love is far worse...

I love you! I'm sorry you feel that way. :(
 
I find it unfathomable how seemingly good thoughtful people see it as ridiculous to defend the lives of millions of innocent defenseless people slain around the world.
 
I don't take any pleasure in starting a thread like this. But I cannot remain silent about the murder of 50 million people legally every year. As I was texting this message many abortions happened.

I used to be so liberal that I said abortion was beautiful. With the grace of God my views have changed.

If you've had an abortion, apologize to the child and God, and move on. The child forgives you and the two of you shall be reunited eventually

In 24 hours?
 
In 24 hours?
It started about a month ago when I started praying daily rosary and going to daily mass.

We are all gonna die. Be kind to one another. This life is a brief journey
 
I regret a lot of things when I was 16-20. Even though I was an adult and was legally able to make a decision, I wish someone was able to intervene and prevented me from making some dumb decisions.

When you are saying it is her choice and life is tough, what a terrible thing to say!!

Life is tough...

Deal with it...
 
I love you! I'm sorry you feel that way. :(

No you don't and I certainly could care less about you...


I find it unfathomable how seemingly good thoughtful people see it as ridiculous to defend the lives of millions of innocent defenseless people slain around the world.

Fetus's are not people...
 
It started about a month ago when I started praying daily rosary and going to daily mass.

We are all gonna die. Be kind to one another. This life is a brief journey

That's true. I can't argue with that. I'm struggling with the myself now.
 
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Abortion isn't pleasant, or good, or without risks. But what is is is an expression of women's right to bodily sovereignty. In an ideal world abortions wouldn't happen, but we're not in an ideal world, and in our world abortions are preferable to abrogating women's fundamental freedoms and treating them as second class citizens.
 
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