A new study challenges defenders of abortion rights who insist the procedure is an essentially benign experience that brings relief to the woman.
The research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found women who had abortions were 160 percent more likely than delivering women to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the first 90 days after the end of pregnancy.
David Reardon, the study's lead author, said women in post-abortion recovery programs commonly complain therapists dismiss their concerns about past abortions.
"Therapists who fixate on the 'abortion is benign' theory, either out of ignorance or allegiance to defensive political views on abortion, are doing a great disservice to women who need understanding and support," said Reardon, co-author of "Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion."
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