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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…

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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…

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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…

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