They said it.
From a study on women having abortions:
“… half the sample endorsed being really scared and 40% agreed that they were scared that a termination might damage them emotionally or physically.”
Allanson S., Astbury J. The Abortion Decision: Reasons and Ambivalence. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology 1995 September; 16 (3): 123 – 36, P130
For many women, these fears were justified. Read about physical and emotional harm of abortions.
Share on FacebookStudy found that
“abortion counselors were most upset by the “supercool client” who rejected pre-abortion counseling, and that they welcomed some emotional discharge as a sign that abortion was regarded with appropriate seriousness.”
Paul Sachdev “Perspectives on Abortion” (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1985) p 215. Essay entitled “Physicians, Hospitals and Abortion: The Influence of Attitudes in Medical Practice” by Constance A. Nathanson
The clinic workers, who see the bodies of aborted babies daily, know the gravity of abortion.
From studies on women who refused abortions and then went on to have their children:
73% and 84% in two studies of women who were refused abortions were later happy the pregnancy had not been ended.
John Scott “Involvement: Social and Sexual Relationships in the Modern World” vol 2 (Old Tappon, NJ, 1985) p 212
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Women’s World reports a study of aborted women in which 45% said they had thoughts of suicide following their abortions.
Martina Mahler “Abortion: the Pain No One Talks About” Women’s World, September 24, 1991, 6
Share on FacebookA study in Czechoslovakia of 220 children born to mothers who had been denied abortion twice (the requests had been turned down, appealed, and turned down again)
“An interpretation of this study to suggest that “unwanted” children will almost surely have a poor future would be misleading; the study children seem to be living relatively normal lives.”
Zdenek Dytrych, Zdenek Matejcek, Veratislav Schuller, Henry P David, Herbert L Freedman “Children Born to Women Denied Abortion” Family Planning Perspectives 7 no. 4 (July/August 1975).
The study found only minor differences between “wanted” and “unwanted” children. This would seem to verify that many children who are unwanted in the womb become wanted after they are born. From others who truly don’t want their children, giving birth and putting the baby up for adoption is an unselfish option that allows the baby to live.
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A study came to the following conclusion:
“Abortion can produce a deep, subtle (and often permanent) fracture of the trusting relationship that once existed between a child and a parent.”
Garton, J. “The Cultural Impact of Abortion and Its Implications for a Future Society” In: Mannion M, editor. Post-abortion Aftermath (Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1994: 88 – 99; P91
Siblings of aborted babies often suffer. Read the testimony of one sibling here.
