Abortion tied to sharp decline in women's mental health

[mountaineer]

Abortion tied to sharp decline in women's mental health
By Ryan Jaslow
September 1, 2011 / 3:53 PM / CBS News

(CBS) Do women who have an abortion risk their mental health?

A provocative new study shows that women who have an abortion face an increased risk for mental health problems including substance abuse, anxiety, and depression.

"Results indicate quite consistently that abortion is associated with moderate to highly increased risks of psychological problems subsequent to the procedure," the authors wrote in the study, published in the September 1 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.   ...

They found women who had an abortion experienced an 81 percent increased risk for mental problems.  ...  More at CBS News

[PeteS in CA]

For decades:

* US Pro-Abortion advocates have denied this;

* EuroLand government-run healthcare systems have factored women's post-abortion mental health problems into their cost calculations.