Friday, April 30, 2010

Hurt By Abortion: Abortion Affects Mental Health Shows Fergusson Study

A group of researchers led by Professor David M. Fergusson who is the director of the longitudinal Christchurch Health and Development Study have been following the health, education and life progress of a group of 1,265 children in the Christchurch region since their births in mid-1977.

This 25-year study found that young women who have abortions subsequently experience elevated rates of suicidal behaviours, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and other mental health problems. The higher rate of subsequent mental health problems could not be explained by any pre-pregnancy differences in mental health, which had been regularly evaluated over the course of the 25-year study

this links describes in short the results of the study: http://www.prolifecampaign.ie/article_detail.php?articleID=37

and here is the link to the full article by Fergussion in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry: http://200.16.86.38/uca/common/grupo54/files/new_zealand_abortion_study.pdf

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