One woman said the following after her abortion:
“I developed anorexia shortly after my abortion, but I never connected the two. I disowned my body. I became an 80 pound skeleton. A totally nonsexual, non-woman.”
De Puy, C and D Dovitch. The Healing Choice: Your Guide to Emotional Recovery after an Abortion (New York: Fireside, 1997; P 58
Another woman, who considers herself pro-choice, said:
“The inner torment is so unbearable that the only peaceful state I can imagine his death.” Says of the exercise that she is doing. “… Perhaps I can die if I keep going in this heat… I cannot drive my physical body to death. I’m a Frankenstein who has transformed myself into a monster that will not die.”
Nathanson S. Soul Crisis: One Woman’s Journey Through Abortion to Renewal, (New York: New American Library, 1989) page 148, 150
Both previous quotes cited in
Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles. Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence Second Edition (Toronto, Canada: The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research, 2003)
Yet pro-choicers say:
“The concept of “post-abortion syndrome” as a traumatic response to abortion is a myth, developed by those who seek to discourage women from choosing abortion as an option when faced with an unwanted pregnancy.”
“Countering Misinformation: the myth of “postabortion syndrome” ANSIRH: Advancing New Standards and Reproductive Health Care, UCSF
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