Abortion: Incest Or Rape

Emotional effects can range from regret to severe depression. It can affect women differently when it comes to emotions depending purely on their situation and reasons for having an abortion. Emotional side effects of abortions are “regret, anger, guilt, shame, sense of loneliness or isolation, loss of self-confidence, insomnia, relationship issues, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, depression, anxiety” (American pregnancy). Abortion hurts women too, removing a life and leaving women with emotional issues that will continue to affect them. Women feel regret to a great extent, so far that “60 percent of women who experience post-abortion sequelae report suicidal ideation, with 28 percent actually attempting suicide, of which half attempted suicide two or more times” (After Abortion). This isn’t a case of just feeling the blues, women are genuinely suffering mentally, and being tortured by their decisions to the point of believing suicide is the answer. All of this when we could just be using contraception to save money, time and

Abortion can emotionally affect each woman differently, mothers who use an abortion as an easy exit of an unwanted pregnancy can suffer of persistent sadness, regret, anger, shame, depression, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, anxiety, thoughts of death, suicide or hopeless. Studies within the first few weeks after the abortion have found that between 40 and 60 percent of women questioned report negative reactions. Within 8 weeks after their abortions, 55% expressed guilt, 44% complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced sleep disturbances, 31% had regrets about their decision, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic medicine by their family doctor. (Abortionfacts.com) the emotional side effects of having an abortion are just as real as physical side effects.

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The only terms used by the scientific community to refer to psychological pain of abortion are those associated with anxiety, depression or some corollaries of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Indeed, testing protocols and treatment of PTSD can be used only if the symptoms provide clear manifestations in a period close to the event. However, the manifestation of suffering of abortion is often part time, or even cannot come to the surface at the approach of its own death. Encysted psychological suffering will then wait for an event occur and strong for the person to make the connection between past events and the suffering of abortion. Some testimonials even mention the period immediately following

Nearly 81% of women who receive abortions experience subsequent mental health problems according to a recently published study by The Royal College of Psychiatrists. The study demonstrates that the aftermath of an abortion can result in higher rates of anxiety, depression, various forms of substance abuse, and suicidal behavior. As a result of the study, it shows that women who have an abortion face almost double the risk of mental health problems as women who have their baby. This outcome is due to the fact that most women who are terminating pregnancies “may feel a greater sense of loss, anxiety and distress due to lack of support”, as summarized in the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit reproductive health organization. In fact, a five-year study shows that 25% of

Sharon Salzberg once said, “As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them”. The wake of devastation abortion leaves behind could not be described better. It is argued that it is the woman’s body; therefore it is the woman’s choice. What many do not know, however, is that abortion not only affects the mother, but the father, and of course the child. Guilt, anger, anxiety, depression, broken relationships, “numbing”, and even suicide; all of these are symptoms of Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS). PAS is the emotional/psychological damage women may experience after having an abortion. According to Dangers of Legal Abortion by Ann Saltenberger, women who have had abortions are nine times more likely to attempt suicide than women in the general population. Men, or the father, portray a range of emotions after their partner’s abortion. These include grief, guilt,

Talking about abortion brings out an emotional response in many women. This is because having an abortion takes a massive emotional toll on some women. As Nanyjo Mann said, three weeks after having an abortion, “I became preoccupied with the thoughts of death. I fantasized about how I would die. My baby struggled for two hours” (Reardon, 1987, p. xviii). In the forward of the book “Aborted Women, Silent No More” Nanyjo, a women telling

It is difficult to think about all the different emotions a mother must feel after losing her baby; no matter how it happens. The abortion may have been something the mother wanted or she may have been pressured into it by others around her. No matter what the reason is, it is hard for a mother to lose something that was a part of her for nine months. She feels many different emotions due to the major hormone changes she goes through. These emotions can range from average feelings to feelings that are dangerous to the point where the mother needs professional help. According to the American pregnancy association (2007), abortion causes many side effects such as; regret, anger, guilt, shame, loneliness or isolation, impaired self confidence, insomnia or nightmares, relationship issues, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, depressions and anxiety (para. 3). Many mothers go through a regret period, which is

For example, “ Emotional and psychological effects following abortion are more common than physical side effects and can range from mild regret to more serious complications such as depression.” stated Americanpregnancy.org. Every woman's body is different so each one would react differently to the abortion, while some will not have any side effects. According to independence.com “A new study from the US has also shown that 95% of women don’t regret having an abortion.” 1 in 3 women has an abortion, and 95% don’t regret it but the other 5% usually will be diagnosed with postpartum depression because of the emotional toll. Postpartum depression can a stressful and challenging

It doesn’t help the mother or the child. Many women feel shame, anger, guilt, and even suicidal thoughts after an abortion. A mother is not meant to kill her baby, a mother is meant to give life. There are many alternatives to abortion. Up to two-million couples are ready to adopt in the USA alone, that makes about 36 couples ready to adopt every child placed in adoption.

First, an abortion is more dangerous than childbirth. Women do not realize how dangerous is abortion. According to the Guttmacher institute (AGI) 47000 women die from complications of unsafe abortion each year. Also some researchers said that women who does abortion they will face 2.3 times higher risk of having cervical cancer, compared to women with on history of abortion. This increased cancer rates post-aborted women may be linked to the unnatural disruption of the hormonal changes which accompany pregnancy and untreated cervical damages or to increased stress and the negative impact of stress on the immune system. In addition, the women experience the loss of their fertility or increase in miscarriages after abortion. For example, my elder sister has tow daughter, and she was pregnant again but she could

Though the mother did not choose the father, studies show that the mother naturally still feels a connection with her baby. Feminists for Life says, “Some women have reported suffering from the trauma of abortion long after the rape trauma has faded” (Alcorn). People think that the being raped makes it okay to kill a baby. Many women used this excuse, and turned to abortion to take away what they had not wanted. One woman confessed saying, "I suffered because I was led to believe that taking my child's life was okay. It was not, and I have been living with that for five years" (Kaufman).Some victims do not realize what they are doing, until after they have done it. Alcorn is certain that “One day she’ll understand—and those who advised abortion will not be there to help carry her pain and guilt.” It’s hard to imagine a worse therapy for a woman who’s been raped than to add the guilt and turmoil of having her child killed. In the book Victims and Victors, almost every one of the 192 rape victims regretted aborting their babies (Alcorn). Those who had not killed their baby, and were pro-life, see that the child was their own, and they loved them, despite its creator: “He is not a despicable “product of rape.” He is a unique and wonderful creation of God” (Alcorn). No matter how the baby came to be, the mother will love it

Various studies have been conducted to show the psychological effects following an abortion. According to the results some women experience depression and anxiety. These psychological effects reflect on several factors. Abortion may relieve stress by ending an unwanted pregnancy, but the event itself may simultaneously be experienced as a stressor causing anxiety grief, guilt, despair and anger. These factors could lead to depression, as feelings of powerless, anger and self-condemnation are emotions that underlie depression. Controversies exist whether abortion is linked with mental health or not. Future research requires a better understanding of the conditions that lead to unwanted pregnancy and abortion with the ultimate goal of improving women’s lives and well being.

Gerber-Epstein et al. (2009) mention that there are three theoretical approaches to the emotional distress miscarriage creates. The first approach is the response of losing the embryo, Gerber-Epstein et al. (2009) explains that it is almost the same as losing a living family member. The second approach is when the first approach is treating the loss of the embryo. Since the embryo is felt by the women and knows that it is part of her body now, her body may reject it and to the woman, it is more like a “betrayal of her own body” (Gerber-Epstein et al., 2009). The last approach is the miscarriage occasion as a traumatic experience. Gerber-Epstein et al. (2009) discusses that from the traumatic signs come anxiety, hard time falling asleep, fear,

Abortions for incest can appear to be an enabler for kids that are involved in this, but for most it is nothing more than a tool to keep away any memories of it. The people that say it is an enabler don’t understand that, whether it is a twelve-year-old or a sixteen-year-old, no one wants a memory of that dark time in their life. A child that comes from incest is nothing more than a reminder of how during this time a family member, someone a person trust and loves, took advantage of another part of their family. Of course, there is also the medical aspect of this process, which is most likely the baby will not be healthy and most lead to miscarriages or death of the child at an early age, which is shown in a Czechoslovakian study on incestual