A study published in 1974:
noted that “obsessional thinking about abortion, depression, fatigue, anger, lowered self-esteem, and identity conflicts were prominent. The symptom complex was considered a “transient reactive disorder,” similar to “combat fatigue.”
Marianne Such–Baer, “Professional Staff Reaction to Abortion Work,” Social Casework, July 1974 Quoted in Rachel M MacNair, PhD. Achieving Peace in the Abortion War (New York: iUniverse, 2009) 9
Although this study was old, it reveals how abortionists and clinic workers struggle to cope with seeing the dead bodies of aborted babies and performing abortions on a daily basis. There have been more recent studies that show this. Also, many former clinic workers and doctors discuss the emotional trauma of performing abortions. You can read some of their stories in the former abortionist and former clinic workers categories.
