Sometimes women abort because there is something wrong with their unborn baby such as down syndrome. In fact, 80% to 90% of down syndrome pregnancies are aborted. Sometimes the baby has a more serious defect and is not expected to survive long after birth. Women may decide to have an abortion, thinking that the violent procedure will ease the suffering of the infant – when in fact, the opposite is often true. These abortions usually take place in the second or third trimester and involve poisonous injections, skull crushing, or dismemberment. Not surprisingly, women find these abortions to be very emotionally devastating. Here are two studies that found that women suffer after abortions for fetal anomaly.
White – Van Mourik MCA, ConnorJM, Ferguson–Smith MA The Psychological Sequelae Of a Second Trimester Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality Over A Two-Year Period. Birth Defects: Original Articles Series 1992; 28:61 – 74, P 71
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Zeanah CH, Dailey JB, Rosenblatt MJ, Saller DN Jr Do Women Grieve after Terminating Pregnancies Because of Fetal Abnormalities? A Controlled Investigation. Obstetrics & Gynecology 1993; 82; 272 – 275, P 275
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