Abortion Causes Mental Disorders: New Zealand Study May Require Doctors to Do Fewer Abortions
Pro-Choice Researcher Says Some Journals Rejected Politically Volatile Findings
Amy Sobie, for the Elliot Institute,
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SPRINGFIELD, Il., Feb. 10

Christian Wire Service/ -- A study in New Zealand that tracked approximately 500 women from birth to 25 years of age has confirmed that young women who have abortions subsequently experience elevated rates of suicidal behaviors, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and other mental problems.

Most significantly, the researchers – led by Professor David M. Fergusson, who is the director of the longitudinal Christchurch Health and Development Study – found that the higher rate of subsequent mental problems could not be explained by any pre-pregnancy differences in mental health, which had been regularly evaluated over the course of the 25-year study. The rest