The following quote is based on a study that was done in the years before Roe when abortions had to be approved by committees. The study interviewed women who had been denied abortions and subsequently had their children. It analyzed their attitudes towards their born children. It came to the following conclusion:
“It is clear that mothers who initially believed their pregnancy to be “the worst thing that ever happened to them” came to feel about the same degree of affection for their children as the mothers who were initially “ecstatic” about the pregnancy.
Most women who were most regretful of the pregnancy now claim that they would have the child again if given the opportunity [whereas] one of every six mothers who were initially pleased with pregnancy would choose not to have the child again.
[They conclude]… Initial feelings about pregnancy are predictive of how a mother will eventually feel about her child only to a very limited degree.”
P. Cameron et.al., “How Much Do Mothers Love Their Children?” Rocky Mt. Psychological Association, May 12, 1972
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