Hardly Any Women Regret Having an Abortion, a New Study Finds

[Dexter]

http://time.com/3956781/women-abortion-regret-reproductive-health/

Ninety-five percent of women who have had abortions do not regret the decision to terminate their pregnancies, according to a study published last week in the multidisciplinary academic journal PLOS ONE. The study was carried out by researchers from the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at UC San Francisco’s School of Medicine, and from the university’s division of biostatistics. Its conclusions come after a three-year research period in which nearly 670 women were regularly surveyed on the subject of their abortions. The sample group was diverse with regard to standard social metrics (race, education, and employment) and on the matter of what the study calls pregnancy and abortion circumstances. Financial considerations were given as the reasons for an abortion by 40 percent of women; 36 percent had decided it was “not the right time;” 26 percent of women found the decision very or somewhat easy; 53 percent found it very or somewhat difficult.

[jmyrlefuller]

The kind of woman who would kill her own young and feel no shame is nothing short of a barbarian.

[Millee]

I don't believe this for a second.

[truth_seeker]

What a great social icebreaker.

"Hi. I think you are cute. But before I proceed, I must ask you; have you ever, or would you ever terminate a pregnancy?"

[240B]

The only thing any 'poll' measures is, it is a measurement of how people answer a 'poll'.

It is not truth. It is not reality. It is simply a measure of  "what people tell you". It is nothing more than that.

The reality is much darker. Many women suffer lifelong trauma from having an abortion. Every time they hear a crying baby, they could actually breakdown, thinking it is their own. When they see a baby, they wonder what theirs would have looked like.

There are deep psychological and hormonal aspects to pregnancy which cannot be simply 'dismissed'. It does not work that way. Unless you are a psychopath.

However, America is not currently suffering from a shortage of psychopaths. But, 95% would be a fairly high estimate.