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New Study Links Abortion to Wide Range of Mental Health Disorders
Abortion More Traumatic Than Other Stressful Experiences Springfield, IL (Dec. 11, 2008) -- A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research found that women who have abortions are at higher risk for various mental health disorders.1 The study, led by Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, used data drawn from a nationally…..
Is Abortion and Hormonal Contraception a Prescription for Breast Cancer? By Jenn Giroux
CINCINNATI, Ohio, OCT. 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Everywhere I looked this month I saw a pink ribbon. It was on my dry cleaning bag, grocery bag, coffee cup, mail catalogs, receipts, billboards … it goes on and on. Don't get me wrong. I love the color pink, and breast cancer prevention and finding a cure is…..
Induced Abortion and Intimate Relationship Quality in the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey – Priscilla Coleman, Vincent Rue, Catherine Coyle
This study was conducted to examine associations between abortion experience and relationship functioning.The data source was the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey and data were derived from interviews with an ethnically diverse urban sample of men (n=658) and women (n=906). For both men and women the experience of an abortion in a previous relationship…..
Distress After Abortion Linked to Increased Mental Health Problems, Study Finds
New Findings Indicate 85 Percent of Women Have Negative Reactions After Abortion Springfield, IL (Nov. 8, 2009) -- A new study on mental health problems after abortion has found that 85 percent of women reported negative reactions to abortion, putting them at higher risk for mental health problems. The paper, published in the British Journal…..
Abortion Definitely Increases Breast Cancer Risk, Researcher Tells NRLC Convention by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com EditorJune 14, 2007 Kansas City, KS (LifeNews.com) -- When you're a leader in the abortion industry and you generate hundreds of millions of dollars from selling abortions to women, the last thing you want to acknowledge is that abortion leads to breast cancer. And that's the problem Dr. Joel Brind described in a talk…..
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — A new study coming from researchers in Sri Lanka finds women who had abortions more than triple their breast cancer risk compared with wome who carry their pregnancy to term.
The study was published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology and found a 3.42 odds ratio against women having abortions compared with those who kept their baby. Abortion was the most significant factor in the study on breast cancer risk and researchers found a significantly reduced risk associated with prolonged duration of breastfeeding a newborn. Malintha…..
U.K. Study Finds Women Having Repeat Abortions More Likely to Be Abused
A new British study has found that women having repeat abortions were more likely to be in an abusive relationship.The study, published in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, the journal of the Royal College of Ob-Gyns., found that 30 percent of women having a second abortion reported being in an abusive relationship and that the number…..