Abortion Regret Isn’t a Myth, Despite New Study

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Abortion Regret Isn’t a Myth, Despite New Study
Maria Baer January 22, 2020 9:00 AM

Pro-life advocates and ministry leaders are challenging the results of a new study that found that most women do not suffer emotionally after an abortion, and that over time, they are less likely to express regret.

Researchers from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) followed 667 women across 30 clinics after they received an elective abortion, finding that the majority had either positive feelings or no emotion at all toward their decision both a week later (71%) and five years later (84%), according to a study released last week in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

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While pro-choice advocates have used the findings to suggest that the idea of “abortion regret” is merely a scare tactic from pro-lifers, critics say the sample for the survey doesn’t justify the debunking its authors have touted in the media.

Read more at: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/pro-life-abortion-regret-study-post-abortive-ministry.html