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Suicides after pregnancy in Finland: 1987-94: register linkage study.  British Medical Journal 313:1431-4, 1996. Gissler M. Hemminki E, Lonnqvist J.

 

Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women. Med Sci Monit, 2004 10(10): SR5-16. Rue VM, Coleman PK, Rue JJ, Reardon DC.

 

Psychiatric admissions of low income women following abortion and childbirth.  Can Med Assoc J.  2003; 168(10):1253-7. Reardon DC, Cougle JR, Rue VM, Shuping MW, Coleman PK, Ney PG.

 

Depression associated with abortion and childbirth: A long-term analysis of the NLSY cohort. Medical Science Monitor, 1003; 9(4), CR105-112. Cougle J, Reardon DC, Coleman PK.

 

Deaths associated with abortion compared to childbirth: a review of new and old data and the medical and legal implications. The Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy 2004; 20(2):279-327. Reardon DC, Strahan TW, Thorp JM, Shuping MW.

 

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news regarding psychological effects of abortion

 

New Study Finds Higher Substance Use Rates Among Pregnant Women After Abortion  

 

Trauma Symptoms After Abortion Are Common: New Study Shows Women Attribute Symptoms to Abortion

 

New Study Links Abortion to Increased Risk of Child Abuse

 

Substance Abuse, Sexual Disorders, and Suicidal Thoughts Linked to Abortion    

 

Abortion Linked to Later Anxiety Problems, New Study Shows    

 

Death Rate of Abortion Three Times Higher than Childbirth: 13-year Population Study 

Published in Top OB/Gyn Journal    

 

Women Who've Been Pregnant Through Sexual Assault Plead For Public Hearings  

 

Abortion or Birth of Unintended Pregnancy Affects Subsequent Substance Abuse: New Study   

 

Psychiatric Hospitalization Rises After Abortion, New Study in CMAJ

 

Abortion Linked to Long-Term Clinical Depression in Nationally Representative Study

 

Substance Abuse Among Pregnant Women Linked to Prior Abortion, Puts Later Children At Risk, New Study

 

Abortion May Affect Mothering And Development Of Later Children, New Study

 

Abortion Linked to Elevated Mortality Rate Among Women, New Study

 

Women Need More Mental Health Treatment After Abortion, New Study Finds
 

Most Compelling, Up-to-date Information on the Forbidden Grief of Abortion Published in New Book
 

Clinical Depression / Abortion Link Reported in Top Journal

 

Pro-choice Researchers Acknowledge Existence of "Postabortion Syndrome" — Half a Million Affected
 

Abortion Nearly Four Times Deadlier Than Childbirth: New Government Study In Finland Ignored by Abortion Providers 

 

Women's Mental Health Declines After Abortion While Childbirth Helps: Two New Studies

 

Rape and Incest Victims Reject and Regret Abortions. New Book Surveys 192 Victims 

 

New Study Links Abortion to Subsequent Substance Abuse 

 

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